Tag: energized-way
Friday, 20 March 2009
What makes us tick
Posted by Simon Baker
We're working on a new Web site and we did some concept work to develop a brand that captures what we're about here at Energized Work. You'll see the visual brand when the site launches but I wanted to share what we've come up with on how we see ourselves. If you read this blog (or know us) you'll know that we're pretty straight-talking and say what we mean. When we wrote The Energized Way to describe how we work we used short, sharp, punchy statements. We wanted to use the same approach to capture our ethos. Here's what we came up with:
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Thursday, 12 March 2009
No excuses
Posted by Simon Baker
Yesterday at QCon London, Gus and Kris talked about how we at Energized Work get from concept to cash every week. It's a simple message really.
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Monday, 2 February 2009
If speed is of the essence then so is high quality
Posted by Simon Baker
Ron Jeffries speaks out about trading quality for speed. Basically, you're kidding yourself.
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Saturday, 10 January 2009
No excuses: Concept To Cash Every Week
Posted by Simon Baker
I mentioned before that we'd been invited to do a session at London QCon in the track: Turning on a sixpence: Technical skills for agile development. We finally got around to completing the abstract:
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Saturday, 29 November 2008
The Energized Way
Posted by Simon Baker
Go live every week. Follow the money. Keep options open. Work with customers every day. Work in one place. Collaborate intensively. Talk face-to-face. Grow friendships. Create features iteratively. Code in pairs. Drive with tests. Fix defects immediately. Never compromise quality. See the whole. Fail fast; learn quickly. Have fun. Be remarkable.
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Saturday, 16 August 2008
Stuff I'm living now
Posted by Simon Baker
Here are some thoughts that have been rattling around in my head for some weeks:
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