Since I started blogging I’ve been fortunate enough to acquire a number regular readers. I want to offer you all my thanks for coming to my blog and reading the blurb that I write.
Next time you’re here, say "Hello" by adding a comment to this post. I’d like to know more about you so please feel free to tell me a little about yourself. I’m very interested to know my peers who share the same agile interests as me. And you never know, maybe we’ll meet at one of the many agile events and conferences that happen around the world each year.
Thanks.
Wednesday, 11 January 2006
Go on. You know you want to. Say 'Hello'
Posted by Simon Baker
7 Comments
I've had an RSS feed on my Yahoo page for some time to your blog. I enjoy the frequent and insightful posts.
Hi, Simon
I enjoy reading your blog, and we share the passion for agility. I work as a tester and I use Python as my primary language for writing automated tests. I'm trying to introduce Scrum here at work, so keep your fingers crossed for me :-)
Keep up the good work you're doing with your blog. Congratulations on posting informative post after informative post, I know from experience this is hard to do (I have a blog on agile testing/Python )
Grig
I've also enjoyed reading your blog, Simon, and I sure hope you'll continue what you're doing. Some great posts and a great noise-to-signal ratio :)
I'm what you might call an agile consultant, based in Finland, helping people in adopting agile methods and practices via training and coaching as well as the good old hard work.
-Lasse
Thanks for the comments.
Grig: Good luck with introducing Scrum. I did this at a client last year with >150 developers, onshore and offshore, split into 15 teams. It was tough, painful and fun all at the same time. The biggest problem was overcoming the cultural problems in the organisation which impacted a transition to product owners on the business side.
Lasse: I think we might have been sitting near one another in Tom Gilb's session at XPDAY5.
"Hello" ;-) Simon, I've been reading your blog on and off after we met at xp days london, and enjoying it. Providing Comments boxes is for the truly feedback addicted :-). My plan for this year is to redo my english blog so it has them too.
My own experience is that I get to know my readers by going to conferences or other meetings, rarely by direct feedback to entries. The blog sponteaneously comes up in conversations "oh yeah, I read that in your blog" or "I had this photo you made on my desktop" (that was cool).
I started blogging to write more freely and it is starting to work. Keep on blogging :-)
Hi Willem,
It was good to meet you at XPDAY5. You're right. The best way is to meet people at meetings and conferences. We're a good example of that. My thinking was to leverage my reader-base too. If I know their real names and I see them on the registration list at a conference or gathering I'll ensure I go introduce myself and have a chat. Put a face to the name, so to speak.
Hi Aaron,
Thanks for reading my blog. Correct me if I'm wrong, but you're in New Zealand, right? How's the agile scene there? I was in NZ for February and was wondering about the possibilities of working there.