Ah… local books created by local writers/illustrators… I love them. And, from this one ritual that has evolved is to bring back a book unique to the place I am traveling for Makenna. Because she has a voracious appetite for books my hope is to give her a taste for other places and a love [...]
Archive > August 2008
Team SOA
One of the hardest parts of being a TW Consultant (to me) is that moment when people roll off the project and retreat to their home cities. First there was Jim, then Pat, and now Doctor Ian. He’s not officially a Doctor but at some point I started to think of him as one — [...]
Roos Playhouse
If you’re a parent and you happen to find yourself in Greenwood, Nova Scotia with your kids, Roo’s Playhouse in the Greenwood Mall is worth a sojourn. Wouldn’t it be nice if Calgary had a mall or two where parents could utilize a babysitting service like Roos ($3 per hour) and go off and do [...]
That Word “Agile”
I’ve been thinking back to the two month period where I spent large amounts of time going to interviews and chatting with other project managers about project manager stuff. Agile is the latest set of requirements needed to get you through the door of most tech organizations; without agile knowledge you won’t get far (which [...]
Customer Enemies
It was Delta Airlines. It started with a simple sit down and we’ll get to you in a minute. It progressed to an announcement that the plane was 10-minutes late. After 30 minutes people began asking questions, to which they were told: we want to get all the Boston passengers out before dealing with the [...]
