Have Notebook Will Travel
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Have Notebook Will Travel

March 29th 2009

I am a guest contributor on Tom Johnson’s “I’d Rather Be Writing” website. My article “Have Notebook Will Travel” details the basic survival techniques required when documenting in an Agile environment.
The meetings were a frenzied walk around of fifteen minute stand-ups between 12 working development teams. I listened, took notes, asked questions, and scheduled followups [...]

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The STC Screencasting presentation

January 16th 2009

Created with Zoho Show
This presentation went well and will be published online as a podcast.
In the meantime…here are the slides! Enjoy (and feel free to contact me with questions).

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STC Presentation outline

January 7th 2009

ScreenCasting: Workflow and Presentation
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Screencasting (when applied properly) is a valuable tool and it’s popularity is gaining traction. Most of the software available is accessible and easy to use. But you can make or break a screencast before you ever capture a single screen. This presentation will cover the basics of Screencasting from concept and pre-production [...]

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Fall

December 8th 2008

There is a certain shift in light when Fall slides into play.  I’ve really noticed this since I was kid.  It gave me a certain restlessness in my stomach – in some ways I feared it. I no longer feel that fear.  I understand it. As the Stones pile up, I’ve come to regard that feeling [...]

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Sit and be a shadow

December 8th 2008

*Repost from Moab, UT*
Friday night I walked down the stairs to have a smoke. I could smell the pool, hear the pool equipment behind the door legibly labeled “Pool Equipment” (Important note…it was not a meat grinder like I first thought). The last flight down I reached into my pocket to pull out the aforementioned [...]

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