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Career, Personal, Video Posted onApril 14, 2020April 14, 2020

Networking: Now is the time to NOT get out

If you’re like me and hate “networking” then here’s my sixty seconds on the support I’ve received from going out just a few times last year, and why now is the perfect time to start your own network — without the cringe.

General Posted onNovember 10, 2019November 11, 2019

Migration, NPS and French Fries

When causing a major customer disruption you cannot stop NPS from dropping. But how should you measure success?

Personal Posted onSeptember 18, 2019September 19, 2019

Side Projects that don’t wither and die

This brilliant bit of cartoon vandalism is doing the meme rounds on every social media platform this week. If you’ve ever had a side project […] Read More

General Posted onSeptember 14, 2019September 14, 2019

One weird thing that Waterfall does well that Agile does not

It’s 2019. We are all supposed to hate Waterfall. But I’m not convinced it’s completely bad. In “Waterfall land” you begin a project, you design it, you get it signed off, you build it, you deliver it and then you celebrate.

Technical Posted onJuly 22, 2018July 22, 2018

A purposeful first commit using Git Flow

My friend Jack wrote about the Purposeful First Commit, “A first commit helps define what the project intent is. Why are you committing this code? What do you aim to achieve?”

In this post we look at how to achieve a purposeful first commit when working with Git Flow

Uncategorized Posted onJuly 9, 2018August 8, 2018

One-on-One Healthcheck

Team one-on-ones are a great way to feel your team’s pulse. Here’s a bunch of questions I like or have used over the years to measure the pulse.

Management, Readme Posted onJune 22, 2018July 22, 2018

Manager.readme

There’s a growing trend in software management to create a “README” file. Like any readme it’s a quick way to understand something. In this case, it’s understanding me, and how we’ll work together.

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General Posted onJune 17, 2018June 22, 2018

Hello! My name is Rick

Why do I wear a name tag? Wearing a name tag invites conversation and introduces you to everyone. And it removes that awkward barrier when you can’t quite remember someone’s name.

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  • Networking: Now is the time to NOT get out
  • Migration, NPS and French Fries
  • Side Projects that don’t wither and die
  • One weird thing that Waterfall does well that Agile does not
  • A purposeful first commit using Git Flow
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