Archive of Slightly off-topic Articles

The material in the presentation is off-topic, but the presentation is so good that you just have to watch it. I found this when researching about openID (mine is http://tynerblain.com/scott.sehlhorst/ - check out myOpenID to set up yours). Consider the open ID thing to be a tangent you might be interested in pursuing today, and will be interested in pursuing soon.

Regardless, you should watch this presentation. The delivery will knock your socks off. The topic is interesting, or perhaps not interesting at all - but delivered so well that you’ll be interested.

This is your third link to it. Last chance.

For folks who don’t read a lot of blogs - there’s a meme going on right now where people list five things that most people don’t know about them. This spreads virally, like the old email chain letters. After you share your five things, you tag five more people. Read on to see my five things…

Many of us who are part of the Tyner Blain community are geeks, gadget hounds, and people who read books that make you think. All of us know someone like this. Tyner Blain is a mostly-for-free site - we just ask that you remember our name, join in on the discussion, and share [...]

A little Halloween fun - an homage to Edgar Allen Poe describing this week’s issue triage and prioritization meeting.

Twenty-One dysnfunctional definitions of things we encounter every day as part of the software development lifecycle. Check ‘em out and add to the list!

David, at 37signals, writes an interesting post about changing the way their company is managing the naming of new versions of their Backpack information manager product.

David starts with the premise that there is too much feature-creep when scheduling deliveries of software updates.

… Skyline Unharmed
Short-sighted demands on software teams usually don’t kill people. Software development is often described with a construction analogy. The Big Dig construction project was under exactly that kind of pressure. On July 10th, 12 tons of tunnel ceiling collapsed and killed a motorist. On July 20th, Mitt Romney ordered [...]

If This Be Treason, Make the Most Of IT! (Patrick Henry)

The customer is always right, except when he is wrong. When we have bad customers, we should fire them. Declare today as Customer Independence Day, where we declare our independence from bad customers.

Innovation begins with people, but only if the process allows it. Process Trumps People. A quick break to read about innovation can be a great way to recharge the batteries. Here are a couple good articles to get the juices flowing:

Scout got my Diet Mt. Dew today, so no late night blogging tonight. Apologies for the short notice - see y’all tomorrow!
Scott