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Friday, 12 December 2008

Bro at XPDay

Posted by Simon Baker
Tags: conference, lean, xpday
Finally, we got along to XPDAY today, albeit only for a few hours. We went specifically to see my brother, Marc Baker, and Dan Jones from the Lean Enterprise Academy do their keynote. It was great to meet Dan and talk with him over lunch.
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Energized Christmas Pirating

Posted by Simon Baker
Tags: pirate, social
Last weekend our Christmas bash went off with a "Heave Ho, me hearteys". And that was from the Lock Keeper, over the tannoy, as we sailed free of the lock on the estuary in Ipswich. Srsly!
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Wednesday, 10 December 2008

Pomodoro-powered promiscuous pair-programming

Posted by Simon Baker
Tags: agile 2008, conference, pair programming, pomodoro
At Agile 2008, Gus attended a session about the Pomodoro Technique by Stefan Noteberg and has been using it since.
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Quality, relativism and a fetish

Posted by Simon Baker
Tags: discipline, quality
Sooner or later the manager says:
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