Say goodbye to International Travel
This is the end International Travel, the end This is the end Flying International Airlines, the end Policies and Invitation letters, the end Long Visa application queues, the end Customs and...
View ArticleWant to use it? First help us test it!
Why do Web 2.0 companies over look the importance of a solid suite of automated tests? From an end user’s perspective it looks like they use their first thousand users as their manual testers. I’ll...
View ArticleMonkey See Monkey Do
Most people know that if something has happened in the past, repeating the same steps again in a different environment, will not produce the same results. Then why do most companies try to imitate...
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Stop using us as Guinea-Pigs
I’m trying to transfer some money from my account to another account, I enter all the details with passwords and what not and finally I get this… Wonderful, Self-explanatory Error Message! Come on...
View ArticleGoodbye SourceForge
Today I’ve decied to leave an old friend behind. I really cannot keep up with SF’s speed any more. Its time to move on. I’m slowly going to move all my open source projects to Google Code or GITHub....
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Yahoo Groups: Moderated Messages
Yahoo Groups’ message moderation is behaving weirdly (I think its a bug). I moderate various groups on YG. For all the groups, I’ve setup posting to the group such that first post from any new member...
View ArticleSoftware Development continues to be Episodic
I guess you agree with me that software development is a continuous evolutionary process. While developing a software product one should be in a flow mode rather than an episodic mode. As Sandeep puts...
View ArticleMost Common Agile Adoption Pattern
Someone, really high up the hierarchy (one of the CxOs), after reading a bunch of case studies and reports, decides Agile is the way to go. She builds a business case and announces We’re going Agile....
View ArticleInterested in Agile Training/Consulting for your Organization?
Recently I’ve been getting a lot of request for Agile Training and Consulting. Unfortunately the expectations from the training are not clear for me. Most people approach me saying, “we want a TDD...
View ArticleAnnoyed by the amount of Energy wasted in US
I’m in Chicago attending the Agile 2009 conference. I’m getting really annoyed by how much energy is being wasted here: Everything (soda, water, lemonade) has a ton of ice in it. Just think of the...
View ArticleStop Sprinting, Start Minting
These days, its common to see teams doing the Product Backlog Management to Sprint Planning t0 Daily Scrums to Reviews to Retrospectives perfectly fine, as described in the book (or the 2 days...
View ArticleAfter 6 Years We’re Still Struggling to Establish Any Sustainable...
For the last 6+ years, few of us in India, are trying to establish a sustainable Agile community. The truth is that we are still struggling to have a self-sufficient, self-driven community. We don’t...
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Facebook and Twitter Icons on Print Media
These days its fashionable for businesses to have a Facebook and Twitter account. I can see how social media can help them. But what beats me is, every now and then, I see a billboard or a poster with...
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Twitter pushing Ads in between my Stream #Fail
On my iPhone Twitter app, I’ve noticed that Twitter has started pushing ads in between my stream. The look and feel of the ad is very similar to the normal tweets. One needs to carefully look at the...
View ArticleDone with Definition of Done or Definition of Done Considered Harmful
TL;DR: Definition of Done (DoD) is a checklist-driven project management practice which drives compliance and contract negotiation rather than collaboration and ownership. Its very easy for teams to go...
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