Is agile dead? 2025-01-14 Agile has proved it works when the conditions for it are ripe, but isn't ideal for all circumstances. Circumstances have changed in the past 2-3...
The Status of Status 2022-11-01 Last week I presented some of my thoughts about status reporting to the Vancouver Software Development Managers. What do you think?...
In praise of simple tools 2022-01-23 I write using Emacs and LaTeX. I'll grudgingly copy and paste to other formats because the organization demands it but I do better work with...
SCE to AUX 2019-11-14 DevOps Lessons from Apollo 12. 90 Seconds that defined what it means to do good work under pressure....
Lightning talks, and not… 2018-10-23 Lightning talks seem scary, but are in fact one of the best ways to introduce yourself to public speaking in general. Once you can do...
SCaLE 16x Lightning Talk: “You’re a Failure! Now what?” 2018-03-12 SCaLE is special and this worked well for the crowd there. There's a reason I wanted SCaLE to be the first conference where I gave...
Promo for my SCaLE 16x talk 2018-02-22 A promo video for my SCaLE 16x talk. This one features Mr. Spock and Flash the Linux Cat. As noted in my comments, pretty much...
New Zealand Again? Yes. 2017-09-05 Technology and Project Management are universal languages and themes, but they express themselves differently in different environments, different economies and different cultures. Those different expressions...
Don’t believe the client 2017-09-02 You have to disbelieve the client. When a mid-sized client tells you "this is the solution, when can we do it?" it's not the same...