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June 30, 2011
The Agile Political Party
For years I've toyed around with the idea of a political party based on Agile principles. Here's how I think a party like that would be: Issue-free. I don't care what your personal goals are. Want free healthcare? Sounds great....
June 23, 2011
Yes, it doesn't work
Sometimes restating the obvious is a terribly deep thing to do. I was reminded of that when talking to a developer a couple of years ago. He was talking about human growth and pointed out that "according to this growth...
June 16, 2011
Singing in the Brain
If you had a brain injury, but you were happier and enjoyed life more, would you be better off than if you were applied and smart enough to do a lot of neat things, but hated your life?
June 14, 2011
BigCorp Agile and Feedback Loops
I'm working with a new large client -- a great company with outstanding folks which will go unnamed -- and I've had a bit of troubling adapting to the corporate world after a year or so working startups and providing...
June 13, 2011
Modern Air Travel Explained to Somebody from 1940
You start several weeks before your trip, using many tools and perhaps spending several hours to find the best price. It's not unusual for every person on a plane to have paid a different rate, and a cottage industry has...
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June 5, 2011
Some Thoughts on Cancer from a Hacker
Just got through reading "The Emperor of All Maladies" on my Kindle today. Both my mom and dad died from Cancer, so it seemed like a good idea to read up on the subject. This was an excellent book which...
Four Steps from Perdition
There are four steps in making big changes in a group or organization. Descriptive/Sales. This is the first step. You buy the book, or attend the seminar. It looks hot, it looks like something that could make a big difference....
June 2, 2011
The Other End of the Telescope
It occurs to me in technology development that most times we don't even know what the important problems are that we are solving, focusing on the technical, easy-to-grasp instead of the social, difficult-to-work.
June 1, 2011
Economics: What your Backlog is Missing
Up until a year or so ago I used to think that backlogs were the worst-done thing in Agile because nobody kept the backlog stories in some sort of format that described future behavior. Instead everybody lost track of being...