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Jean Tabaka has posted 78 things I have learned in 6 years of Agile coaching over at rallydev, its worth a read. I particularly liked point 34, “Agile improves the quality of life for employees”. This matches my experience at work: since we took on Agile methods more seriously, I’ve had much fewer late nights. [...]

For those who aren’t already keeping up with the hilarity of xkcd, today’s is especially funny and even relevant here! http://xkcd.com/327/

Developing Programmers has been down for a while, due to a power supply “exploding” (figuratively). “Trouble” has migrated the whole system to another machine in another country and it’s now up and running again! Yay! The new server location should be faster for US visitors; and sadly a bit slower for readers in Australia. [...]

This week I have spent most of my time writing documentation as quickly as I can for the job I am leaving. They already have up to date API documentation etc, but they need more insights into the “big picture” of the software components and what the major ideas are in there without getting bogged down with [...]

Well, I’m back from work deadlines, house moving, a conference workshop in Sydney, and the flu. I have a new article in the final stages of completion, but if you need something to read before then I’ll point you to Developer Dot Star’s Chris Morris, who has posted about some important considerations to stop and [...]