New Comm Biz
Image by Tac Anderson via FlickrWe have dozens of Twitter-like, microblogging applications for inside the enterprise but where’s the LifeStreaming applications? If there is one already, I’m not aware of it.Where is the Enterprise 2.0 version of FriendFeed? Where is the app that captures my work progress? Every time I create (Read More)
Agile Software Development blogs
One of the killers on software development projects is Work-In-Progress. We have learned from the Lean experts and from the teachings on the Toyota Production System that too much work-in-progress is a liability. Just yesterday I was asked to spot the problem with a sister company's task board. Sure enough one developer had (Read More)
What To Fix
A while back I started on an Agile Coach Code of Conduct. I noticed that after coaching for a while I started to forget basic principles that should be part of every coaching engagement.So I put this list together to help me (and others) remember what coaching is all about.Like everything in agile, it's an ideal, not someth (Read More)
A VC
Regular readers of this blog know that I was fortunate to learn the venture business via an old school apprenticeship at the feet of two late 50s/early 60s venture capitalists named Milton and Bliss. I learned a ton from those guys over ten years from 1986 to 1996.I was reminded of that yesterday morning when I took another (Read More)
dzone.com: latest front page
It's been nine months since I created the Top 100 Best Software Engineering Books, Ever, with the best books ever released. I still refer to it when I want to pick up a timeless classic.But last week I suddenly had the desire to know what the new best software development books are. And I couldn't find any such list. So, (Read More)
Agile Software Development blogs
Expecting your teams to estimate in Story Points can be quite a leap of faith. When I first introduced the concept of Story Points at my previous company no-one could wrap their heads around the concept. When it comes to estimating, we’re so accustomed to thinking in days or hours that making the leap to some obscure, seemi (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb
A study that will appear in tomorrow's New Scientist magazine found that social media sites, blogs, and instant messaging services were better at connecting people and providing warnings during emergencies than traditional sources of such information, according to the Telegraph. Dr. Leysia Palen, an Assistant Professor of (Read More)
: Great find - I first noted that three police departments were on Facebook (there are now five) and two (there's now a third, but no posts yet, though they have 5 followers) are on Twitter. I made some suggestions in our recent book that police departments could find innovative ways to communicate with the communities, and I have been impressed with those who are (and I am waiting patiently for the tens of thousands who are not). I delved a little deeper into a hypothetical scenario in a post on Social Network Commerce.
I have noted also that a fire department is Twittering (update: Now there's a second). The @LAFD has a very active presence in the Twitterverse, and they add followers by the day (you can follow them, too) though they are only following one. And I just realized that there are nine (yes, 9) Fire Departments on Facebook -- wow!
And yesterday (Wednesday, April 30, 2008), while Twittering with Chris Brogan (@chrisbrogan), I learned from @wscottw3 (yeah, the Comcast guy) that Amber Alerts are on Twitter, too - see @Amber_Alert, whose Twitter Feed is directly from the national website DM.
: i believe people will take in any negative breaking news immediately and check on it, hence the acceptance of citizen journalism. Who would post a rumor about earthquake or gun shooting? great article.
Submitted by Svartling
from Twitter:
SocialMedian is incredible cool! I really like more and more. FriendFeed, Twitter and SocialMedian is all I need. http://ping.fm/JE3Y5. (Read More)
Submitted by Jasongoldberg
from blog:
What tastes better than chocolate and peanut butter? Not much. But, we think we may have found something. socialmedian + facebook have now been brought together. Check it out the next time you log in to socialmedian.... (Read More)
: Would like some more control over what gets posted to my profile. There are some stories that I would like to maintain on my status versus browsing, liking or disliking etc. How about more granular setting or a confirmation to post to FB?
Mac Rumors
9to5mac claims to have heard from a "tipster" that Apple could announce a Verizon iPhone as early as Macworld San Francisco 2009. 9to5 points to "falsely reported rumors" about Apple's exclusivity deal with AT&T "if one exists".
The ... (Read More)
Agile Advice - Working With Agile Methods (Scrum, XP, Lean)
Bob C. Martin (Uncle Bob to you and me) suggested, in his “quintessence” keynote at the Agile2008 conference that he had the perfect metric for code quality. Cyclomatic complexity and others were interesting mostly to those who invented them, etc. His answer was brilliant, and was easily measured during code rev (Read More)
: WHile this might seem funny, getting the team members to read this might bring them round to understanding that quality starts with them and they day-to-day practices.
Agile Software Development blogs
This survey was conducted and sponsored by VersionOne in June and July 2008. It received answers from 3061 participants in 80 countries; most of them (70%) were participating to the survey for the first time. The majority of the respondents were agile team leaders, coach or consultants. This could lead to a bias towards a p (Read More)
Henrik Kniberg's blog
Here is InfoQ's video recording of my 90 minute session "10 ways to Screw up with Scrum and XP" at Agile 2008 in Toronto. And here are the slides too.Too bad the slide animations and the audience participation doesn't show up, and that you mostly see the back of my head (the camera was off to one side). It was a fun sessio (Read More)