http://www.ardonio.com formerly known as Braintwistz Mon, 15 Feb 2010 10:59:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I’ve been following retroflection for a while now and I promised myself time and again that I would take some time out to write up an answer. But first of all, let me say thanks to Yves for doing this. I may be a rather quiet follower most ... http://www.ardonio.com/2010/02/15/retroflection/ I’m tired. Tired of hearing yet another big bozo speech about how we will move to open source and how that will magically reduce our costs and make our software better. Gentlemen (and those few ladies who end up reading this), behold, a couple of reality checks 1. Open ... http://www.ardonio.com/2009/12/15/the-open-source-question/ I was browsing some job opportunities and came across a company that was looking for a scrum master (seems like either the position got filled in the mean time, or they took the offer offline). The offer looked pretty normal in many respects but there was one line that threw ... http://www.ardonio.com/2009/10/28/scrum-mastering/ The most burning question a business generally has for engineers is "when will it be finished".  They are looking for a specific date and often a specific plan for how you'll get there. They would most likely be overjoyed if you could tell them exactly at which point in time ... http://www.ardonio.com/2009/08/14/embracing-failure/ In the scrum world there are various roles. There are team members, a scrum master, a product owner and stakeholders. Each of these have their own specific aspect to deal with and all serve a distinct purpose. Obviously, it's pretty essential that each of these roles is filled with people...and ... http://www.ardonio.com/2009/04/23/dont-take-it-personal/ Technical debt is a concept which I never fully realized how accurately it is named. (I have to thank some colleagues for listening and discussing this subject on several occasions) For those not 'in the know'...technical debt refers to dirty pieces of code/db design/UI clutter/... that build up over the time ... http://www.ardonio.com/2009/04/15/technical-debt/ After a conversation with one of the suits in the office, I got an email late at night that same day... To our conversation of this morning… Kennedy’s challenge was to land a man on the moon and return him safely ... http://www.ardonio.com/2009/01/16/motivation/ I've been trying out a new morning routine for a couple of months now. Here's how it looks. I wake up around 8:30 I pick up my iPhone and read the mails that were sent overnight by my colleagues from around the world ... http://www.ardonio.com/2009/01/14/the-morning-routine/ I was browsing through some resumes lately and besides the standard templates and paragraphs everybody has, there was one thing that jumped out. In the languages paragraph, one person was claiming to be fluent in the following languages: Dutch, French, English ... and ... C#. I admit, I was intrigued. ... http://www.ardonio.com/2008/11/27/programming-language/ For those of you who don't know yet, twitter is a micro blogging platform. Meaning you can post a short message (140 characters) to update people that care enough to follow you of your current ideas, activity, whereabouts or other piece of genius that fits the char limit. I've ... http://www.ardonio.com/2008/08/25/twitter/