Category Archives: Integrum
How to Run a Lean Coffee Meeting
During a session at Agile Open Northwest convened by Arlo Belshee a number of us discussed good ideas (Lean Coffee, Core Protocols, Open Space Technology, Technical Practices and Team Practices) that needed to be spread. These are things we take [...]
Agile Open Southwest Recap
Open Spaces always tend to amaze me. They really are the right people in the right place at the right time. When we kicked off Agile Open Southwest, I was a little bit nervous about what might come out. As [...]
Hacking Standups – I Feel Exposed
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
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
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The Effects of Shifting/Resetting on Society
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 [...]
Desert Code Camp 2011.1
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 [...]
Desert Code Camp Fall 2010 Recap
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 [...]
SunnyConf: Southwest Regional Ruby Conference
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
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
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Now is the Time to Setup a 401k for your Startup
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 [...]
