Category Archives: Integrum

Hacking Standups – I Feel Exposed

Posted on October 4, 2011 by Derek Neighbors

At Integrum we regularly find new things to try as a result of our regular team retrospectives. Recently, the team had a lot of discussion about what it takes to make teams great. There was a lot of discussion about [...]

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Ruby Revolution Rebuttal

Posted on August 7, 2011 by Derek Neighbors

Mark Turner has made a great response titled “Ruby never powered a revolution” to counter my recent post “Ruby is Just a Bunch of Tools“. Excerpts from Mark’s post bold.
“I decided he was wrong.”
Mark, I am never wrong. However, I [...]

Posted in Agile, Creativity, Integrum | 1 Comment

The Effects of Shifting/Resetting on Society

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Derek Neighbors

If you are listening. A lot of people are talking about a “new norm”, a “reset” or a “shift”. Largely this discussion is around economics and growing concerns of debt. In reality it is about a lot more than that.
Every [...]

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Desert Code Camp 2011.1

Posted on February 3, 2011 by Derek Neighbors

Saturday April 2nd @ Chandler-Gilbert Community College Pecos Campus
Desert Code Camp has opened it’s call for suggestions. This is a great FREE event that brings together technologists of all kinds together at a single location to learn (while feeding them [...]

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Desert Code Camp Fall 2010 Recap

Posted on November 23, 2010 by Derek Neighbors

Desert Code Camp this year was held at Chandler Gilbert Community College. The venue certainly exceeded my expectations. The architecture was incredible and the rooms were well laid out. However, the most impressive thing was that wireless just worked. Easy [...]

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SunnyConf: Southwest Regional Ruby Conference

Posted on September 13, 2010 by Derek Neighbors

Regional technical conferences are something I have come to appreciate over the last five years. It is a great way to meet new people and learn new technologies. These regional events have for a large part launched the hallway track [...]

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Oblivious To The Things You Do

Posted on February 17, 2010 by Derek Neighbors

Sometimes when you are in the heat of doing things you become completely oblivious to how things are being perceived by others. At AgileOpenNorthwest we were talking about Agile software development and started to talk about Where Are Your Keys. [...]

Posted in Agile, Education, Gangplank, Integrum, Personal | Tagged Education, Gangplank, innovation, Integrum, Productivity | 3 Comments

Now is the Time to Setup a 401k for your Startup

Posted on February 15, 2010 by Derek Neighbors

I have decided to start sharing a little more about the things I do on a day to day basis. Mostly, they seem boring and uninteresting to me, but I am always amazed when sharing experience how someone can find [...]

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Dysfunctions of (Agile) Teams

Posted on January 7, 2010 by Derek Neighbors

Over the holiday break I read Patrick Lencioni‘s “The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable“. The premise is that each dysfunction builds upon the dysfunction before it. Much like Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. Below is an illustration of [...]