Author Archives: Don Ardonio

The end of an era

Today has been marked in my calendar for a long time. Today is the end of an era. Today is the last day of Bill Gates at Microsoft. We all have an opinion on Microsoft and their products and strategies. … Continue reading

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(r)Evolution

I came across this post and immediately felt a very familiar sense. It’s something I had been wondering about for a while. I started noticing on events and various ad-hoc meets that a lot of the crowd I know is … Continue reading

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Is apple the new fur?

I’ve never been into fanboy-ism (positive or negative). Not on mac, not on most things else. That doesn’t take away the fact that I love to make fun of fanboys. Generally by telling them how good/bad their favorite product is … Continue reading

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9 baby’s in 1 woman for a month

Or at least something containing all those elements. This article is all about the question "Can 9 women deliver a baby in 1 month?". In this post and subsequent comments we already brought up that 9 women can’t deliver a … Continue reading

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All.your.basez.are.belong.to…

Emporio.Ardonio. For a while I’ve been looking for a spot to start conquering the world. What else could I do than kickstart the infamous Emporio.Ardonio (mind the dot). On that blog I’ll be posting the more personal stuff. Cool links … Continue reading

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Barcamp gent

Just home after a great barcamp in Ghent. Seen some interesting sessions and met great people, thanks to @wolfr, @YvesHanoulle, @eddynaert and @pascalvanhecke. My session product ownership ended in an interesting discussion on scrum in general, I’d love to continue … Continue reading

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A new Blog

www.ardonio.com it had to happen some time. I’ve played around on blogspot and before that on blogs.ict-blue and now I’m here to stay. The relevant posts from blogspot have been transferred to here, blue didn’t really have a lot of … Continue reading

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Product Ownership, in reply to Bramus!

My pal Bramus! (mind the exclamation mark) was so nice to post a long comment on the series. Instead of replying on the comment, I decided it deserved a full post. (I’ve snipped the comment, the original can be read … Continue reading

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Product Ownership (6)

In this post I’d like to elaborate on the last point from the introduction. You can read this post as a standalone, or you can go back to the introduction, part 2, part 3, part 4 or part 5. Point … Continue reading

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Product Ownership (5)

Continuing the series on product ownership, here’s links to the previous parts: Introduction, part 2, part 3, part 4. Point 4: A "business sense" and a vision When I was first thinking about the qualities and how they fit together … Continue reading

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