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May 31, 2009
Why can't Hobbies be Simpler?
What's more fun to watch, this? Or a couple of guys having a knife fight? I'm picking up a new hobby this summer: SCUBA diving. It's something I've wanted to do for years, and due to an upcoming trip...
May 30, 2009
Bad guys aren't what they used to be
I was reading one of the right-leaning opinion writers I track (I try to read from all sides) and it occurred to me that bad guys really aren't as sharp as they used to be. Mark Steyn goes on quite...
May 29, 2009
Google Timing
It's Friday evening, and I was poking around the web and ran across something interesting: Last week of April: Wolfram announces it's new search product. Google announces it's new structured data product that same day. Last week of July, 2008....
Hacking to Great Guitar Rock Songs
What are the best songs to listen while you hack?
May 28, 2009
Online Scrum Tool Features You Need
Looking for that next online scrum tool? A developer who recently wrote a tool for a large corporation talks about what features users _really_ want to see in an application
May 27, 2009
XP Lessons From the Field
I just got through reading the results of a survey of early-adopter XP teams and I thought I would share their conclusions and comment on them. (XP, or Extreme Programming, is a set of programming techniques most associated with agile...
May 26, 2009
Tired of Erlang Innards
Somewhere there's a 300-pound man decked out in all the latest running equipment: new shoes, new sweats, heart-rate monitor and sports drinks, standing in his kitchen eating a twinkie and reading the latest tips on improving your marathon times. Somewhere...
May 25, 2009
"Fireproof" Shows Technology's Impact On Religion, Courts
Fireproof, which cost $500K to make, has made over $50 Million Actors volunteered their time. The movie only scored a 37% on Rotten Tomatoes Yesterday I watched the movie "Fireproof" with my wife. I don't do movie reviews, but...
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May 24, 2009
Why The American Civil War Is Important
I just got through listening to a set of college lectures on the American Civil War. I find that as I grow older, I become more and more fascinated with history. I think this is because when I was younger,...
May 23, 2009
Growing a Thick Skin
Geesh. What a long day at work. Creating sites -- trying to answer every question somebody would have about a topic -- isn't such an easy thing to do. The material is hard enough, but then that's only a fraction...
Neuropathy Microsite Launched As New Startup Project
I've been exploring an idea for the last several weeks: creating small websites (microsites) geared for little areas of the internet that are underserved. Actually it's a little more complicated than that (isn't everything!). The trick is to find a...
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May 21, 2009
Please Unplug
I spend my time trying to get large organizations to have small, effective teams. My job is to try to make people as effective solution-makers as possible. But geesh, folks. You guys have to unplug some to meet me halfway....
May 19, 2009
Allison Stokke?
Allison Stokke, athlete, college student, technology consulting maven Visit Guitar Hero Store for all of your Guitar Hero needs. Buy direct. Buy now. I've been blogging over four years. In that time I've written hundreds of articles about technology,...
May 18, 2009
Accounting -- Agile Project Management
Ever wonder how project management, accounting, and agile are supposed to work together? Experts in using agile talk about real-world agile project management techniques, including issues with accounting -- agile project management
May 15, 2009
Agile Coach Code of Conduct
A while back I started on an Agile Coach Code of Conduct. I noticed that after coaching for a while I started to forget basic principles that should be part of every coaching engagement. So I put this list together...
SEO Dreck
I haven't been blogging much lately, mostly because I've been reading up on SEO (Search Engine Optimization) and web analytics. As part of that, I've also been in discussions with an acquaintance from HackerNews about forming a startup. The startup...