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David Kramer’s high-entropy blog. Listening To Your Tools. So the next time you feel tempted to “ignore the Check Engine” light, spend some time finding out if there’s a more elegant solution than putting tape over it. March 16th, 2015. Posted by David Kramer. Resisting the urge to do more. February 4th, 2015. Posted by David Kramer. Lies, Damn Lies, and Burn Down Charts. The burndown chart shows how things are going inside the iteration. July 11th, 2011. Posted by David Kramer. May 20th, 2011. My name i...
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About Clio’s Techscribe. Why Clio’s Techscribe? Job Search Management Tools. WIND (Wednesday Is Networking Day). Is a professional networking group in the greater Boston area, with meetings on different days north, west, and south of the city. I typically attend the WIND North meeting, which is facilitated by WIND Executive Director Fred Nothnagel. I looked at two commonly-available open-source CRM tools: SugarCRM. A second one I discovered is CleverCareerist ( www.clevercareerist.com. CleverCareerist of...
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David Kramer’s high-entropy blog. I’m glad Microsoft is embracing open source. When someone, especially new software developers or those still in college, asks me whether they should learn Java or C#/.NET, my normal answer is something like “They both do. The same thing, but Java will run on almost anything, and almost all the development tools are free. With C#/.NET you could pay hundreds for Visual Studio. And the programs will only run under Windows. Microsoft is opening up major parts of the .NET...
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David Kramer’s high-entropy blog. MVP is a VIP (Very Important Practice). MVP stands for (in this article) Minimum Viable Product. It’s not an Agile concept. It’s not even a software-specific concept, though it’s certainly easier to do with software, since upgrading software is usually easier than upgrading hardware. The concept is simple: Instead of building every feature under the sun into your product then releasing it, build the least you think people will buy and release. July 9th, 2016. This is esp...
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David Kramer’s high-entropy blog. Listening To Your Tools. So the next time you feel tempted to “ignore the Check Engine” light, spend some time finding out if there’s a more elegant solution than putting tape over it. March 16th, 2015. Posted by David Kramer. All content 2016 David Kramer. MVP is a VIP (Very Important Practice). Two Java Phone Screen Questions. What does your company maximize? Why Is Performance Management So Taboo In Agile? My account on StackOverflow. My account on LinkedIn.
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David Kramer’s high-entropy blog. Resisting the urge to do more. As a Software Engineer and as a geek, I face many tempations. One of them is “I can add this really cool feature while I’m in the code, and it will take hardly any extra time. It won’t impact any of my other work at all”. There are some very good reasons why you shouldn’t do it though, and why it’s an Agile anti-pattern. You are part of a team. The extra work you do may not create much burden on you, but it may create a burden on others.
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David Kramer’s high-entropy blog. Lack of accountability will break ANY process. No matter what your process, and how good that process is, lack of accountability can limit its effectiveness, and the effectiveness of your organization as a whole. Any model will fail to be accurate when it does not represent reality close enough. The unplanned work being done isn’t being tracked, so resource planning and allocation will be off. This will just take a minute to implement” temptation. September 30th, 2014.
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New Dimensions Coaching: June 2009
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My New Dimensions Coaching Website. Stage 1: Denial and Isolation. Its Happened to Me AGAIN! CHANGE is a 6-Letter Word! Welcome to the New Dmensions Blog! I am a Life and Career Transition Coach. I will inspire you to improve your outlook, change your thoughts, and find happiness and fulfillment in your life and career. View my complete profile. Monday, June 15, 2009. Fourth in my series on grief and job loss . The third stage of grief is Bargaining. You want things to go back to the way they were. Focus...
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David Kramer’s high-entropy blog. I’m glad Microsoft is embracing open source. When someone, especially new software developers or those still in college, asks me whether they should learn Java or C#/.NET, my normal answer is something like “They both do. The same thing, but Java will run on almost anything, and almost all the development tools are free. With C#/.NET you could pay hundreds for Visual Studio. And the programs will only run under Windows. Microsoft is opening up major parts of the .NET...
