Comments for me.andering http://me.andering.com Willem van den Ende's river meanders slowly through software development land Tue, 02 Jun 2009 22:37:58 +0200 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 Comment on Beyond Agile: Cultural Patterns video on InfoQ by George Roussakis http://me.andering.com/2009/05/30/beyond-agile-cultural-patterns-video-on-infoq/comment-page-1/#comment-42559 George Roussakis Tue, 02 Jun 2009 22:37:58 +0000 http://me.andering.com/?p=530#comment-42559 I am a student in the univ of Leiden , ICT in Business. I am doing a research on inovvation in software development and i was wondering whether you are able to hand over the presentation you gave. I consider of outmost importance to kick-off my research. Could you comment on what to look? I am interested in agile methodologies, organizational factors that affect innovation. Thank you. I am a student in the univ of Leiden , ICT in Business. I am doing a research on inovvation in software development and i was wondering whether you are able to hand over the presentation you gave. I consider of outmost importance to kick-off my research. Could you comment on what to look? I am interested in agile methodologies, organizational factors that affect innovation. Thank you.

]]> Comment on Bottom Up Systems Thinking by Willem http://me.andering.com/2009/03/11/bottom-up-systems-thinking/comment-page-1/#comment-42091 Willem Mon, 25 May 2009 20:57:37 +0000 http://me.andering.com/?p=465#comment-42091 Hi Anders, My experience with open space is pretty positive. I've organised a couple of open space only conferences (www.agileopen.net ) and the events were life-changing for some of the partipants; that was something I did not expect at first, it was more powerful than I could imagine. Unlike what some open space practicioners say, I don't believe facilitation is unimportant for open space - finding a balance on what (not) to say and do seems to make a big difference. You can read more about my experiences as organiser and participant in some of the posts tagged open space: http://me.andering.com/tag/open-space/ The day after tomorrow I'll be co-hosting yet another open space :) really looking forward to it, this time together with a 'scheduled' conference (xp2009) that is always a bit more tricky than pure open space. I'm curious to hear your experiences, and where your interest in open space comes from. Willem Hi Anders,

My experience with open space is pretty positive. I’ve organised a couple of open space only conferences (www.agileopen.net ) and the events were life-changing for some of the partipants; that was something I did not expect at first, it was more powerful than I could imagine. Unlike what some open space practicioners say, I don’t believe facilitation is unimportant for open space – finding a balance on what (not) to say and do seems to make a big difference. You can read more about my experiences as organiser and participant in some of the posts tagged open space: http://me.andering.com/tag/open-space/

The day after tomorrow I’ll be co-hosting yet another open space :) really looking forward to it, this time together with a ’scheduled’ conference (xp2009) that is always a bit more tricky than pure open space.

I’m curious to hear your experiences, and where your interest in open space comes from.
Willem

]]> Comment on Bottom Up Systems Thinking by Anders Vesterberg http://me.andering.com/2009/03/11/bottom-up-systems-thinking/comment-page-1/#comment-42056 Anders Vesterberg Mon, 25 May 2009 06:37:01 +0000 http://me.andering.com/?p=465#comment-42056 Hi Interesting post! I am a also a developer/project manager that tries to permeate my work with systems thinking. You mention Open Space. What is your experience with that concept? /Anders Hi
Interesting post! I am a also a developer/project manager that tries to permeate my work with systems thinking. You mention Open Space. What is your experience with that concept?
/Anders

]]> Comment on SPA 2009 was wicked: Haskell, Beatboxing and Anarchy in the UK by Willem http://me.andering.com/2009/04/21/spa-2009-was-wicked-haskell-beatboxing-and-anarchy-in-the-uk/comment-page-1/#comment-40502 Willem Sun, 26 Apr 2009 20:17:14 +0000 http://me.andering.com/?p=474#comment-40502 Hi Martijn, thanks for your response and offer of support. The reference to practical was somewhat ironic (difficult to convey in text) - I looked at haskell about four and eight years ago, and found it difficult to find examples of applications (outside its' natural sweetspot: creating (domain specific) programming languages, which is not something I do on a day-to-day basis :) ). So I'm pleasantly surprised to see books like Real World Haskell and the tutorials at SPA appear. I'll let you know how it goes! Hi Martijn, thanks for your response and offer of support. The reference to practical was somewhat ironic (difficult to convey in text) – I looked at haskell about four and eight years ago, and found it difficult to find examples of applications (outside its’ natural sweetspot: creating (domain specific) programming languages, which is not something I do on a day-to-day basis :) ).
So I’m pleasantly surprised to see books like Real World Haskell and the tutorials at SPA appear. I’ll let you know how it goes!

]]> Comment on SPA 2009 was wicked: Haskell, Beatboxing and Anarchy in the UK by Martijn http://me.andering.com/2009/04/21/spa-2009-was-wicked-haskell-beatboxing-and-anarchy-in-the-uk/comment-page-1/#comment-40247 Martijn Tue, 21 Apr 2009 21:42:10 +0000 http://me.andering.com/?p=474#comment-40247 Ha Willem, Goed om te horen dat het leuk was! En vooral spannend dat je met Haskell hebt zitten spelen. Ik werk al een paar jaar met Haskell nu, voor m'n studie en voor m'n plezier. Het is een fascinerende taal. Ik merk dat je nog niet helemaal overtuigd bent ("and sometimes in practice" :-); je moet eens kijken op http://hackage.haskell.org/packages/archive/pkg-list.html; daar staan een heleboek packages met veel interessante programma's en library's die mensen hebben geschreven en gepubliceerd. Ik hoop dat je doorgaat met spelen met Haskell. :-) En als je ooit hulp nodig hebt: ik weet er veel van af, en ik help je graag. We kunnen dan vast wel wat regelen. Groetjes, Martijn. Ha Willem,

Goed om te horen dat het leuk was! En vooral spannend dat je met Haskell hebt zitten spelen.

Ik werk al een paar jaar met Haskell nu, voor m’n studie en voor m’n plezier. Het is een fascinerende taal. Ik merk dat je nog niet helemaal overtuigd bent (”and sometimes in practice” :-) ; je moet eens kijken op http://hackage.haskell.org/packages/archive/pkg-list.html; daar staan een heleboek packages met veel interessante programma’s en library’s die mensen hebben geschreven en gepubliceerd.

Ik hoop dat je doorgaat met spelen met Haskell. :-) En als je ooit hulp nodig hebt: ik weet er veel van af, en ik help je graag. We kunnen dan vast wel wat regelen.

Groetjes,

Martijn.

]]> Comment on SPA 2009 was wicked: Haskell, Beatboxing and Anarchy in the UK by Willem van den Ende http://me.andering.com/2009/04/21/spa-2009-was-wicked-haskell-beatboxing-and-anarchy-in-the-uk/comment-page-1/#comment-40233 Willem van den Ende Tue, 21 Apr 2009 14:15:54 +0000 http://me.andering.com/?p=474#comment-40233 Hi Eric, The blog stands corrected (but your comment has immortalized it ;) ). Hmmm, that gives rise to a new archetypical developer: a "Randoori Chicken" - a developer who is too afraid to join when the pair who is programming rotates in a new developer. Seriously, dojos seem to be going mainstream, so who knows, there might actually be a Coding Dojo in Bangalore :) Hi Eric, The blog stands corrected (but your comment has immortalized it ;) ). Hmmm, that gives rise to a new archetypical developer:

a “Randoori Chicken” – a developer who is too afraid to join when the pair who is programming rotates in a new developer.

Seriously, dojos seem to be going mainstream, so who knows, there might actually be a Coding Dojo in Bangalore :)

]]> Comment on SPA 2009 was wicked: Haskell, Beatboxing and Anarchy in the UK by Eric http://me.andering.com/2009/04/21/spa-2009-was-wicked-haskell-beatboxing-and-anarchy-in-the-uk/comment-page-1/#comment-40227 Eric Tue, 21 Apr 2009 12:18:53 +0000 http://me.andering.com/?p=474#comment-40227 "randoori"? is this a Coding Dojo event in Bangalore? ;-) “randoori”? is this a Coding Dojo event in Bangalore? ;-)

]]> Comment on Five seconds to Fieldstone by Rose http://me.andering.com/2006/02/15/five-seconds-to-fieldstone/comment-page-1/#comment-38911 Rose Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:35:32 +0000 #comment-38911 I dont usually comment, but after reading through so much info I had to say thanks I dont usually comment, but after reading through so much info I had to say thanks

]]> Comment on Agile Open France – refreshingly simple by Willem van den Ende http://me.andering.com/2009/02/05/agile-open-france-refreshingly-simple/comment-page-1/#comment-37750 Willem van den Ende Wed, 18 Feb 2009 13:08:04 +0000 http://me.andering.com/?p=375#comment-37750 I Agree. "A Workstation is where the work stops", offices often have the same effect. Friends often tell me the work at home part-time so they can get some creative thinking done. Go figure! Some of my clients are making an effort to make their office an inviting place for creativity, that helps. It seems however, that business are more successful if like-minded businesses and services that go with it, are closely located. Some expect e.g. Detroit to depopulate further, while density of New York City will increase. I Agree. “A Workstation is where the work stops”, offices often have the same effect. Friends often tell me the work at home part-time so they can get some creative thinking done. Go figure!
Some of my clients are making an effort to make their office an inviting place for creativity, that helps.
It seems however, that business are more successful if like-minded businesses and services that go with it, are closely located. Some expect e.g. Detroit to depopulate further, while density of New York City will increase.

]]> Comment on Agile Open France – refreshingly simple by Harald Walker http://me.andering.com/2009/02/05/agile-open-france-refreshingly-simple/comment-page-1/#comment-37747 Harald Walker Wed, 18 Feb 2009 12:41:01 +0000 http://me.andering.com/?p=375#comment-37747 So why is it that most of us work in boring office buildings in busy and polluted cities? I wouldn't mind developing software being surrounded by forests and wine fields. So why is it that most of us work in boring office buildings in busy and polluted cities? I wouldn’t mind developing software being surrounded by forests and wine fields.

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