November 2011
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Around Here Wiki: put your surroundings on the map
My second Windows 7 Phone app is here! I’ve recently been experimenting with developing small apps for the Windows Phone 7 ecosystem. My second app, now available in the Windows Phone 7 Marketplace, takes Wikipedia articles in the area around you and puts them on the map. Discover what’s around you with a tap. The…
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It’s ok to be second
Facebook was not the first social network. As early as the first dot com boom in the late 1990s companies like sixdegrees.com had launched with services similar in theme and purpose to what Facebook became. When Facebook launched in 2004 from a dorm room at Harvard there were already a number of competing products: Friendster…
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5 reasons Agile is like a cult
As readers of this blog will know I’m a big fan of agile and lean software development principles and practices, but have you ever noticed how cliquey the agile scene is becoming? How almost cultish? Here are five reasons the Agile scene is turning into a cult: You’re either one of us, or you’re not.…
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7 reasons your Scrum Master may be underperforming
What do you need to have a great and effective scrum master on a team? The Scrum Master is, I think, one of the most misunderstood roles on the scrum team. It’s a critical role to ensure your team will perform at their best. An effective Scrum Master is not just anyone who wears the…