Two observations from attending JAOO in Brisbane
I had the opportunity to attend the JAOO conference in Brisbane the last few days. There were some really interesting talks and a lot of good discussions. I wanted to mention two points that were made at JAOO that have left me thinking, but first let me say a few words about the highlight of … Read more
There can be only one Scrum
The idea for this post came from an online discussion that I had regarding types of large scale Scrum. Many of the ideas that were being dicussed had already been debated within the Scrum community and resulted in the concept that “there can be only one Scrum.” Although these ideas have all be talked about … Read more
Technical debt presentation at the Brisbane Scrum Users Group.
Update: I’m releasing the presentation under the Creative Commons (cc) by 3.0 license. This basically means that you can remix, edit or create derivative works of this presentation, provided that you attribute it to me, and the artists whose work (photographs) I’ve used. The license allows you to use it for profit, so you can … Read more
Beyond Continuous Integration … Continuous Deployment at IMVU and a tale from Pirum
I’ve just finished reading an excellent article on Continuous Deployment. This is the way of the future. Now that Continuous Integration has become (almost) mainstream and as expectations for services to be “always on” becomes the norm, the interest and demand for practices such as Continuous Deployment (CD) will increase. With CD, the cost of … Read more
Brian Marick gives advice on getting invited to talk.
How do you go about getting invited to speak at conferences? The other day Brian Marick mentioned that his conference submissions seldom get rejected. I was curious so I asked him why. He mentioned several reasons included the fact that he usually gets invited to speak! My own track record for speaking at conference is … Read more
