Carpe Factum: Hit and Run Project Managers
Timothy Johnson, author of the Carpe Factum blog (great blog...check it out), had an interesting St. Patrick's Day post titled "The Luck of the Irate"
Experience vs Ability Redux
In early March, Mind Hacks had an interesting article titled "Are you experienced? Does it matter?" which adds another wrinkle to my the argument I made
It’s Your Ship
Just finished reading the book "It's Your Ship" by Mike Abrashoff. At first glance, this book looks like it would be something that I wouldn't like at
Project Shrink Posts “Proud Postings”
Check out the recent post from Bas de Baar over on Project Shrink...it features 3 of the posts that I'm most proud of. Bas asked me for a list of the
WordCamp Dallas 2008
Just registered for WordCamp Dallas 2008...looking forward to seeing meeting some very interesting folks....especially looking forward to Matt Mullenweg's
Is Perfect worth it?
"Don't let perfect ruin good" That's what Harry Beckwith, author of "Selling the Invisible" has to say on the subject. He goes on to say the following:
Project Knowledge Management
I've been reading up on knowledge management topics (due to one of my classes being "Knowledge Management") and have found that there is a nice subset of
Saturn Aura Final Update
For those that haven't read about it, I had some problems with my brand new Saturn Aura last year. I had the car for 4 months and only got to drive it ~
The Go-Giver
I'm just finishing up "The Go-Giver" by Bob Burg and John David Mann. My review in two words: "Love it". The book is a 'business parable' (whatever that
If you claim to be agile, then be agile
As some of you may know, I've talked about agile methodologies in software development in previous blog posts (see links below). The topic of Agile
Going Live…
I've been a little quite lately due to being extremely busy with the Boy Scouts of America. We recently migrated the main site from a flat file HTML
Tyner Blain – “Specializing Generalists’
I just read an interesting article at Tyner Blain titled "Specializing Generalists and the Politics of Agile"that is a good follow up to my "Better to be
Experience vs ability
Jeff Attwood over at Coding Horror wrote a great article titled "The Years of Experience Myth" that everyone should add to their 'must read' list. The
Buzzword Bingo Strikes again
I'm sure most of us have heard of "Buzzword Bingo" and some have probably played it a time or too. It's a fun game that should get people thinking about
Better to be a Generalist or Expert?
It seems like I've had this discussion recently with quite a few people...not sure if its because I like the topic or if lots of other people like it to.
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