Author Archives: deanj
Sweet little projector: Optoma HD66
I’ve finally taken the high definition TV plunge with this sweet little projector. It’s also 3d-ready but I haven’t played with that at all. It dropped into my old-school TiVo, xBox, and PC running XBMC environment surprisingly easily.
Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.Steve Jobs
Angie’s List Fails on my Trial Run
I’ve always liked the idea of Angie’s List. I’m a firm believer that the right lead saves money, time and stress. In need of a Water Softener I finally had a legitimate need for their services and signed up: ~$30 for two years. Only one entry under category Water Softener in my area was even [...]
Mark your calendar and save the date!
It drives me crazy when I receive email at work asking me to “mark my calendar.” Outlook is clunky but it has a functioning calendar. If you’re sending me email with a date and time in it you probably need to start over with a calendar invitation.
If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe. Carl Sagan
Additional Stories mid-Sprint
I was too lax recently when a Scrum Team ran low and picked up some additional Stories. The quick email discussion going over the Stories was probably insufficient to get unanimous buy-in and a Failed Sprint might have been avoided. Moving forward, I will always have a mini-Sprint Planning Meeting when any new Stories are [...]
Clean End
One of the things we’ve been tracking is Pass or Fail for a Sprint All the work you set out to do was done? Pass. You missed a Story? Fail. There’s no associated reward or punishment but the teams get pretty serious about it. A Sprint ended Friday and the Team was patting themselves on [...]