Monday, June 17, 2013
Sunday, June 9, 2013
Perfect quote of the day...
"For sleep, riches and health to be truly enjoyed, they must be interrupted." - Jean Paul Richter --- Sent from Everyday Quotes (Android app)
Monday, March 18, 2013
Sunday, March 3, 2013
Thai Dessert - Easy Thai Dessert Recipe
This stuff is to die for! My wife and I look forward every year when mangoes come into season so Thai restaurants put this on their menu...
Thai Dessert - Easy Thai Dessert Recipe
Thai Dessert - Easy Thai Dessert Recipe
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Monday, February 25, 2013
The Pragmatic Bookshelf | PragPub February 2013 | Estimation is Evil
The Pragmatic Bookshelf | PragPub February 2013 | Estimation is Evil
Very awesome (did I also mention intelligent and insightful?) article by Ron Jeffries. I've seen this disease on my current team unfortunately, with some of our releases going into estimation fever, second guessing, and requests for new estimates if any of the features change. Fortunately we don't always fall into this trap, but unfortunately it happens.
Friday, February 22, 2013
Faster Smartphone recharges!?
Qualcomm Quick Charge 1.0: Less Time Charging, More Time Doing | Qualcomm
My phone is ready for an upgrade in two weeks, and timely enough I just read a blurb about this quick recharge Qualcomm is providing. 40% faster? Wow.
Taking this list of phones with me to the T-Mobile store, LOL
My phone is ready for an upgrade in two weeks, and timely enough I just read a blurb about this quick recharge Qualcomm is providing. 40% faster? Wow.
Taking this list of phones with me to the T-Mobile store, LOL
Sunday, February 10, 2013
Sweet and Sour Thai Chicken
Dinner last night.
We had planned on another recipe for dinner but found we didn't have all of the ingredients. So.. time to go through the pantry and see what we had to work with.
Actually, not too shabby if I say so myself. A saucy, sweet and sour done Thai style (meaning no thick and cloying maraschino sauce).
http://allrecipes.com/personalrecipe/63537391/sweet-and-sour-thai-chicken/detail.aspx
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Bushy basil
7 tips for growing mad giant basil plants | Offbeat Home
Nothing like the taste of fresh basil, I put it in just about everything!
My plants got pretty leggy last year though... so I'm trying these tips.
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Monday, January 28, 2013
How Not To Suck at Meetings
Down to earth title, LOL.
Actually one of the better articles I've read about meetings. Some of it you've probably heard before, but it's not low level or lame even reminding you of those things. And some other points are great thoughts I wish everybody tried or at least attempted.
For example, giving back... looking for help, and look at creative options like using online tools to help with meeting minutes. Nice read :-)
Sunday, January 27, 2013
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Delete the ScrumMasters? ??
Business Craftsmanship
A deep thought... but I like his thinking...
I especially with his comments that a team doesn't need another barrier or layer between them and the customer- or the rest of the business. And, that a Scrum Master is not a.. "master"; rather, he should be a guide, a helper, a mentor.
The deeper thought however is that maybe this role should go away entirely. Shocking to think of at first, but then again-- it's hard to argue that we should consider that if we want to think of ourselves as being agile. Isn't that what retrospectives are for, and the mantra to adapt, adopt? Perhaps something we start including in SCM training-- that our goal should be that we help "work ourselves out of out job". Vis a Vi, that we coach, lead and train the team to no longer need a SCM, and instead can naturally do and perform all of the behaviors that the SCM brings to the team. That is a concept that I think is hard to argue.
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