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Monthly Archives: September 2011
Valley Area Libraries Now Support Kindle Book Reader
I love to read. I love libraries. I have blogged before about my obsession with books. I regularly put out book reviews. I am extremely active on Goodreads. So today, is a special day for me. Many of the Metro [...]
Posted in AZ, Chandler, Education, Personal, Sunday Book Review
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Four Building Blocks of High Performing (Agile) Teams
Building great teams is hard work. When it comes to Agile teams there four building blocks that have to be present. You might consider it the starting DNA sequence for building a high performing team. If the team lacks any [...]
Posted in Agile
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How SCRUM Teams Are Like The Three Branches of Government
I like metaphors. I can’t help but think that the roles of a Scrum Team could be compared to the three branches of government.
Executive Branch (Product Owner)
The role of the executive branch is to hold sole authority and responsibility for [...]
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40 Sleep Hacks to Get Your Sleep On
Working in an industry with people that seem to be incapable of being up at a reasonable time regularly always fills me with ire. Recently, I stumbled across a free e-book of 40 sleeping hacks. It made me realize that [...]
Posted in Productivity
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Political Bites : AZ School District Consolidation
Will the state’s latest school-district consolidation effort gain traction? Should it?
Districts should be collaborating. Consolidation claims lower capital costs, but opponents fear that they will lose local control. Unification seems to want everyone teaching the same thing. All of it [...]
Posted in Political Bites
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Three Things That Make Great Bands Great, That You Could Learn From
I have been reading a lot of music biographies lately. Musicians fascinate me. I am enamored by music and in awe of talented performers. I am finding a lot of commonality among exceptional musicians (and creators in general).
1. It takes [...]
Posted in Creativity, Personal
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Engagement. The Cure for Angry and Absent.
In political circles you might find complaints about constituents being “angry and absent”. It is a great way to describe the current state of affairs in most government settings. Politicians and civic staff are frustrated that people do nothing but [...]
The New Collaborative Economy
Today I was a guest on BlogTalkRadio C-Radio talking about the new collaborative economy.
Listen to internet radio with The CXRadio Show on Blog Talk Radio
Posted in Gangplank
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The Reality of Arizona Startup Community
It is important that we face the brutal facts about Arizona’s startup community. Before you think I am being negative please read Harsh Reality Needed.
The majority of ideas being presented here are shitty. There I said it. I let out [...]
Posted in AZ, Personal
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Sunday Book Review : The New Capitalist Manifesto by Umair Haque
The New Capitalist Manifesto by Umair Haque
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Umair is one of my favorite thinkers. I will say that I was not as impressed with his long form writing as with his essays, but regardless he is [...]
Posted in Sunday Book Review
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