http://derekwwade.net/blog the way which can be named is not the true way Sat, 18 Aug 2007 23:47:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Strange, Charm, Truth, Beauty, and your old favorites Up and Down, now in Fat-Free versions. http://derekwwade.net/blog/2007/08/18/love-subatomic-particles-but-hate-the-calories/ A colleague writes: Over the past few weeks, I've been digging into links, blogs, forums using this term (Post-Agile)... Have you seen this term? Followed it's discussions? Any comments? ...Pliant Software is another term that seems to be associating itself with Post-Agile... I think the software world is sort of like a ... http://derekwwade.net/blog/2007/05/24/post-agile-and-pliant-software-the-emperors-new-agile/ This year is proving to have perhaps more than its share of challenges. After spending 26 days with my father in the hospital, I was with him when he died last Wednesday. I've been writing quite a lot already, what with obituaries and funeral programs, so for now I'll let ... http://derekwwade.net/blog/2006/10/15/milestones/ After a 2-month bout with feline lymphoma, today we said goodbye to our beloved pal Kokoro. At long last the dread, the fear, the intensive care, the rollercoaster of good days and bad days is over. Now we can but remember all the joy and depth he brought ... http://derekwwade.net/blog/2006/06/23/letting-go/ RailsConf starts tomorrow. I'm pumped. http://derekwwade.net/blog/2006/06/21/rolling-rolling/ Facilitators, has this happened to you? You have a nice four-hour block for your working requirements / product planning / process re-engineering / whatever meeting. You allot a "generous" 30-minute chunk near the beginning for the definition of terms. You put a few domain-specific words up on a ... http://derekwwade.net/blog/2006/04/16/the-affinity-definition-game/ At lunch with my wife the other day: Meg: ...sometimes it seems as if everyone on the internet is an idiot. Me: Well, it used to be that the 'net was the place for geeks to go and converse with other geeks. Then the web made using the 'net ... http://derekwwade.net/blog/2006/04/14/doesnt-seem-likely-to-be-offered-soon-does-it/ I just got back from CITCON and am boiling over with the many wonderful stories, ideas, and concepts that were either sparked in my head or crammed in there by other attendees. Some highlights to dig into later: the spontaneous co-invention by Brian Marick, Jason Huggins, and myself of "the ... http://derekwwade.net/blog/2006/04/09/products-people-psychology/ It may seem odd, given how little travel we do these days, but my wife and I are travel junkies. We definitely notice that our brains feel stretched after being in an unfamiliar place, amongst unfamiliar people, possibly even speaking an unfamiliar language. Indeed, after most of our ... http://derekwwade.net/blog/2006/02/26/travel-as-mental-yoga/ The subject of leadership came up on an online forum today. After reading a lively dialogue, I came upon this bit of wisdom: "a leader has to have the courage to say 'this far, no further' and be willing to act when the cause is just and it is the right ... http://derekwwade.net/blog/2003/03/04/what-is-a-leader/