This iteration marked another iteration of attending retrospectives with a twist… up until now I had guest facilitated other teams as well as my own team’s retrospectives, but this week I facilitated one team while someone else facilitated mine. Some interesting patterns arose, and I’ll delve into them a bit after describing the two retros.
Archive for August, 2008
Google App Engine is Open?
August 19th, 2008
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Apparently, you can now sign up an account on Google App Engine without any problems. NICE!!! Edit: No… it is not open… but it is open for a limited number of new sign ups.
links for 2008-08-18
August 18th, 2008
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Yearbook Yourself For A Good Laugh Curry for dummies – B# .NET Blog (tags: functional .net) jQuery Plugin: jQuery Timers Here's a GREAT solution to the awkwardness of timed events in javascript… as well as the common problem of a misconfigured scope. (tags: programming jquery javascript timers)
How To Not Fit In On A Development Team
August 18th, 2008
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I’ve stated several times in the past that being a software developer today involves so much more than just being able to whip up code… it involves having great interpersonal skills, an ability to work with domain experts / customers, being very communicative, etcetera etcetera. Anyhow, here’s a few ways in my opinion to make [...]
Adventures in Agile Retrospectives
August 15th, 2008
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Lately we’ve been trying to improve our retrospective format, moving away from the as hoc “More Of, Same Of, Less Of” and into something more engaging and useful. For this goal, I’ve been applying the pattern outlined in the excellent Agile Retrospectives book: Set The Stage Gather Data Generate Insights Decide What To Do Wrap [...]
UI Patterns
August 12th, 2008
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Alright. Let’s face the truth… developers totally suck when it comes to designing good user interfaces. No I take that back… when it comes to designing even half way decent user interfaces. I remember the first ptoject I ever had, adding secure payment processing to a website cobbled together by someone who was a developer… [...]
