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User Story: basic concepts and suggestions

Some comments I believe most of the people are used to hear when start working in Agile are: This is not a good user story. We are missing acceptance criteria in this story. This is a technical user...

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Display your author information in Google search results

As we are aware, our Google search results from time to time are displaying author information. For example if you Google “why chickens and pigs agile” on of the results will be: But how do you display...

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Finally bought the Google Nexus 4 (8GB)

It’s been hard (several F5, hard refreshing waiting periods, the Google Wallet as slow as ever), but with a final price of 308.99€, today, November 13, 2012 at 12:55:29 AM UTC-8 I’ve ordered the new...

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Summary video of agile product ownership and Agile SDLC big picture

A really good high level summary video of agile product ownership, by Henrik Kniberg. Personally I believe it is valuable not just for Product Owner but for the whole team as general knowledge. This...

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Methods to get an Ingress code (new Google Social game)

One of the best emails I’ve received this weekend: “You’ve Been Invited to Play Ingress” I’ve finally get an #Ingress code! How did I gain an access code to the beta Google Social game? There are...

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What is Ingress? …a Google global game of mystery, intrigue and conquest.

What is Ingress? Ingress is the new social game developed by Niantic Labs at Google. At the moment it is still Beta and access codes are hard to find (this is how I did). The viral online marketing...

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Movember is over …and my moustache will soon be gone!

As many of you is already aware, during the month of November each year, Movember asks men across the world to grow a moustache with the aim of raising vital funds and awareness for men’s health...

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Personal suggestions/improvements for the #Ingress game

The other day I was explaining what this Google #Ingress game was to a friend of mine. He suddenly asked me what my personal opinion was and if I had some improvements for it… Following you can find...

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Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, Morse Code and BBC…

Since I was a child, I’ve always been interested in Coding and Cryptography (I now remember that with some friends of mine we even created a simple substitution cipher); now, as a personal hobby, from...

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The agile ability to be Value Driven (and the Paradigm Shift from a...

Not long ago someone asked me what in my opinion was the most important improvement using Agile methodology. I could have answer any of the twelve principles that underlie the Agile Manifesto. For...

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Scrum and Agile, synonyms? (and other Agilemethodologies)

Scrum and Agile are often used are synonym, but the reality is a bit different. Scrum, XP, FDD or Kanban are some of the many methodologies that share common characteristics, practices and philosophy...

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Hiding a recruitment message in the html source

Flickr is hiring! If you view the page source of Flickr you will find yourself with the following: Really nice idea! I personally love it. I know I am a bit late, by Googling a bit into it, I have...

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Movember 2014 is now over and my 3rd year mustache with it

You may have noticed something a bit different about many men in the streets in the last month. It’s not a haircut or a new t-shirt, but some of us have made the decision to donate our upper lip to the...

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Tor (The Onion Router) FAQ

  Many have asked me what the hidden network is and what Tor or similar services are… I’ve decided to write some posts explaining each of them individually. Following you can find a simple FAQ on...

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