I just made Jurgen Appelo’s list of ‘Top 200 Blogs for Developers’. I’m sneaking in there at number 198, apparently down from 150 when Jurgen last published the list. It’s my own fault for not blogging for almost three months!
There are some great blogs in the list that I’m already aware of and a heap […]

A few weeks ago I flew to Canada to deliver presentations in Calgary and Toronto. This time it was for joint presentations with Kraig Parkinson, who works out of our Canada office. The nice folk at InfoQ were at the Toronto presentation to record it. You’ll find the video here: Lean Software Development Presentation.
If you […]

This post was inspired by a comment from Andy Marks in a joint presentation he delivered with Martin Fowler to an audience in Melbourne yesterday. The presentation was on how to fail with Agile.
Andy asked the audience to put their hands in the air if they had ever read an e-mail from a manager within […]

I few years ago I got to hear a Toyota MD talk about frog and bike thinkers. The MD in question was an Australian that was being coached by leadership in Japan. Here’s my summary of what he said…
There are two types of thinkers in the world, frog thinkers and bike thinkers. If we are […]

The first ever Agile conference in Australia has just been announced: Agile Australia 2009.
The event is going to be held at the Four Seasons Hotel in Sydney on the 15th and 16th October.
If you’re looking for a good reason to come to Australia then this is it! The event promises to be great and I […]