The making-of the Rise of the Lean Machine
It's a matter of time. Time I don't have.I once learned that Alfred Hitchcock used to sketch on storyboards to pre-visualize the shots of his movies. What if I could…
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October 5, 2010
Public speaking? Like a great movie!
I have really enjoyed doing some public speaking this year. I'm just back from the DDD Community Event in Galway and, once again, the feedback on my talk has been…
May 5, 2008
The Developer Summit 2008 has been a triumph!
I'm just back from Stockholm, where I presented a session titled "Passionate Teams and Cooperative Customers: Agile tales of creative customer communication". Based on my direct experience, I offered some…
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April 13, 2008
How do you get your ideas?
I get a lot of ideas on my way to the office, while on my motorbike. Perhaps Dublin’s traffic and pollution is good for my brain. Or maybe not. At…
March 14, 2008
Patterns of Systematic Creative Thinking: Extract Concept
As software developers, we love to delve deep into technical matters and write code that delivers value. It's not a big secret, however, that many problems in software originate with…
March 12, 2008
The Joy of Speaking and the ExpertZone Developer Summit 2008
I'll be back to Stockholm in early April, delivering a talk at one of the main IT conferences in Sweden. For such a technology-centric event, it is quite fascinating to…
February 4, 2008
IQ and Creativity in the Big Brother House
There is this common notion of "intelligence" as a largely inherited talent that can be assessed in one hour interview. Do you know your Intelligence Quotient (IQ)? I don't. In…
July 31, 2007
My name is Alexander
Have you ever believed that you could never learn to be creative because inventive people are born with some special ability that ordinary people like you don’t posses? A few…
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July 20, 2007
Skillful Creativity
What would you say if I told you that creativity is a skill and not a gift? Like any other skills, it can be learned and developed. Many will be…
July 15, 2007