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Re: Patterns and Practices - A Team of Thieves

iknovate — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 23:01:43 GMT

Rory, you mentioned a 'lack of ego'. Language is interesting. I just got done with a rather extensive email to a colleague who has problems with the word 'judgement' when instead he has a problem with the term 'negative judgement' (just as the word 'discrimination' has taken the place of 'negative discrimination' -- discrimination is simply a means of choice).

These guys don't lack ego in the least. Indeed, the energy that is here is due to that ego. It is simply a 'sure ego' and not a 'feigned ego'. 'Feigned ego' is fueled by 'fake energy' -- it cannot be sustained without a lot of effort. The natural energy of this conversation is effortless.

I only elaborate this because this is a critical axiom of relevant design -- follow the natural energy, it requires less effort.

[BTW...the group hug at the end is classic!]
I've immortalized the interview in text.

Re: Patterns and Practices - A Team of Thieves

iknovate — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 15:51:35 GMT

At position 10:54 Edward says "we call it the...hack". What exactly did he say?:$

Re: Patterns and Practices - A Team of Thieves

Rory — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 01:33:22 GMT

msivers wrote:
Enjoyed this very much and I agree Rory it is one of the your best interviews (although I've enjoyed most of them!).

Thanks :)

They were especially good talkers, though. They had their act together, you know?

msivers wrote:
I was particularly interested to hear how a team of architects, coders, testers and product/program managers work closely together in such a continual way and the benefits that result.

Same - but I didn't realize it until the interview really got going. Like I said, I just wanted to hang out with Peter, but then I found out that his job is, like, freakishly interesting, and now I want to go back. Both to do a video showing their work in action, and also to interview CHRIS TAVARES (yeah, Chris - I've got my peepers on you) about Enterprise Library.

msivers wrote:
Really enjoyed this piece and it has convinced me that a more agile development approach can bring real benefits and productivity.

My feelings are pretty much the same. Even though I was on the other side of the camera, my reaction is about the same as yours. I had never seen real world benefits of agile development, and I was really impressed with what I saw.

msivers wrote:
Keep up the good work!

I have to, or else they'll fire me.

Thanks, though :)

Re: Patterns and Practices - A Team of Thieves

Rory — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 00:30:06 GMT

DonXML wrote:
Is it just me, or does Peter look like Kerry King from the band Slayer? He is just missing the tattoos.

Don!

Don!

Don!

(That's all - just excited to see you here, dawgg :) ).

Re: Patterns and Practices - A Team of Thieves

msivers — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 15:47:54 GMT

Enjoyed this very much and I agree Rory it is one of the your best interviews (although I've enjoyed most of them!).

I was particularly interested to hear how a team of architects, coders, testers and product/program managers work closely together in such a continual way and the benefits that result.

Really enjoyed this piece and it has convinced me that a more agile development approach can bring real benefits and productivity.

Keep up the good work!

Re: Patterns and Practices - A Team of Thieves

DonXML — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 12:59:31 GMT

Is it just me, or does Peter look like Kerry King from the band Slayer? He is just missing the tattoos.

Re: Patterns and Practices - A Team of Thieves

Massif — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 12:15:34 GMT

OK, so we get to work in big open offices and collaborate a bit here in the UK. But no-one would let me write on the walls.

The most productive environment I've worked in was when we were forced to use a single PC (because it was the only thing connected to the £100,000 odd machine.) Of course, having the project manager pacing up and down behind you trying to figure your problem can be motivating for other reasons than collaboration.