I'm off to see Steve this weekend. Drunken blogging on Saturday night is a distinct possibility...
To Amsterdam again on Monday evening, thence to Madrid on Wednesday evening, and back to Blighty on Friday.
The company for which I work is not yet 'agile'. We are introducing test-first throughout our development process, though, and other we are looking at and discussing the other XP core practices.
One if the aspects of XP which seems to be putting some people off the idea is the absence of a specific design stage. Demystifying Extreme Programming: Just-in-time design demonstrates the just-in-time design concept.
My only question - where (oh where) is Carol Vorderman? The deck just isn't complete without her.
Via b3ta
So now you know what a link whore is. ;-)
Via Erik.
Workmates' habits 'drive us mad'
One colleague always leaves his mobile on his desk . It's uncanny - it never rings when he's there, and always rings as soon as he steps out of the room.
Another has a mouse which doesn't work smoothly. Every hour or so he'll slam it down on the desk and make everyone jump.
There are, uh, disagreements about whether the window should be open or not. Me, I'm fresh-air boy. People who like to be warmer can wear a bloody jumper! If I'm too hot, there's nothing I can do.
We also get the coffee slurping thing, too.
Me, I'm perfect, naturally. No irritating habits at all. ;-)