EC made this remark while interrogating one of my wife’s friend’s husband (one-on-one in our dining room) after Thanksgiving dinner. Apparently, EC was not pleased with this gentleman’s fashionably late arrival.
Monthly Archives: November 2007
Quote from EC: “We make them. We don’t buy them. You should try it sometime.”
My six year old son made this remark to his Grandmother yesterday while telling her about the cookies he and his Mom were making.
An Ancient Thanksgiving Recipe
Although many of my co-workers did not believe I made the delicious dish known as squash stuffing, I will still post the recipe here as requested. I know what some of you are already thinking, “he’s like some sort of Renaissance Scrum Master.” Who am I to argue? I coach agile software development teams, write …
Quote from EC: “We could put her on stilts.”
My six year old son’s response this past October after I explained to him why his request for he and his two year old sister to be a two-headed chicken for Halloween wasn’t possible due to the size differences between the two of them. As if that was the only reason.
Making The Holidays Extra Special This Year
Since my game changing book won’t likely be ready in time for the holidays, I figured I should provide the readers of this blog with a great gift to give to their friends and family this Christmas. The picture in this post is just one of many styles of shirts you can purchase with the …
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I Think I’m Going To Write a Book
Today was a real break through. I was talking to two senior developers here at Gestalt this morning about how to test some code one of the teams in the Joplin, MO office is working on. I came up with this awesome idea that I threw out there to these two devs. I said, “We …
Quote from EC: “I’m ready to get sugarized!”
My six year old son yelled this as he was grabbing the vacuum several days ago. I don’t know what the connection is. I don’t know what “sugarized” is either.
Top 10 Signs of a Troubled Daily Scrum
Takes longer than 15 minutes All team members aren’t answering these three questions clearly: What did I commit to and get done since the last daily scrum? What am I committing to getting done by the next daily scrum? What obstacles are impeding my progress? No one can remember what anyone else said 30 seconds …
Top 10 Things to Look for in A Scrum Master
Can schedule meetings in Outlook or a similar software package Able to setup a projector on a moment’s notice Knows how to start and manage a web conference Can launch and navigate an agile project management tool The “go to” note taker Has all the best menus to order lunch from handy at all times …
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Quote from EC: “Ethan.com”
This morning EC had me scan in his new online game called “Ethan Math”. He said, “Put it on Ethan.com. People will like this game because they like ‘Ethan figures’.” Click on the picture to see (play?) “Ethan Math”. Oh yeah, he approved this post after ensuring that we could print out the full size …