When was the last time you spent a full day just to practice new ways of coding? Back in 2008 four guys met during a conference and tried to encourage more people to engage in deliberate practice. This is how the Coderetreat concept was born. Briefly, a Coderetreat consists of 5-7 programming sessions of 45 minutes. The main characteristic of these sessions is […]
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In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can. — Nikos Kazantzakis How does a technical leader act in a company with empowered teams? This blog post is part of a series that tries to answer that question. I believe all leaders must attend to five fundamental duties: demonstrate character, clarify direction, solve problems, increase motivation
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Recently, I participated in an experiment for Product Development. It was during a weekend, in the mountains, with a team of 8 persons from Bucharest Agile Software Meetup Group. We didn’t know each other very well and we have not been working together before. Our misson was to develop a product in a day and
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Effective problem-solving leaders know how to organize the environment so that all eyes are operating at full power. — Jerry Weinberg, Becoming a Technical Leader How does a technical leader act in a company with empowered teams? This blog post is part of a series that tries to answer that question. I believe all leaders must attend
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The first version of this article was published in Today Software Magazine, no 24. Below it is an updated version. The authors: Adrian Bolboacă and Alexandru Bolboacă The Beginnings How fast could you create a software product starting from an idea? This is the purpose of this article. We will explain our concept, from a technical
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The future belongs to those who see possibilities before they become obvious. — John Scully How does a technical leader act in a company with empowered teams? This blog post is part of a series that tries to answer that question. I believe all leaders must attend to five fundamental duties: demonstrate character, clarify direction, solve problems,
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Blog post by Andreas Leidig, originally appeared on his blog. Republished with permission. Thanks Andreas for your active participation during the unconference.
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After the first intensive day of I T.A.K.E. Unconference the participants started the second one sharing briefly to each other their impressions and takeaways. Mozaic Works teddy bears supported them, being their pair right from the intro. All speakers presented briefly the next talks and workshops. Already used to five parallel tracks, the participants joined their preferred sessions. These were: True Software
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I T.A.K.E. Unconference 2014 kicked off with the open Intro. The speakers briefly introduced their sessions in front of almost 200 participants. All the participants attended Michael Feathers‘ keynote who talked about the influence of organization on code structure and evolution. His experience shows that the composition of teams and the structure of the organization around them often has
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As supporters and contributors to software craft community we love to make visible the values and thoughts of experienced practitioners over the world. Here is what Sandro Mancuso shared with us just few days before I TAKE Unconference 2014, where he is present for the second time. Where did you get the idea for London Software Craft Community
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