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FFS I am not a resource
This is a paraphrasing of a talk I gave at FFS Conf Down Under in February 2019. This is about language; and when you talk about language, it’s …
"It's 2017, WTF are you doing at an agile conference?"
Why would anyone go to an agile conference in 2017? As someone involved in organising an agile conference or two, that may seem like a pretty …
Don't just build the thing right - Build the right thing
This is a paraphrasing of a talk I gave at the 2016 Melbourne CTO Summit. My Story Right now I’m a CTO but I’ve had many different roles in different …
Automating Android apps with Robot Framework and Appium
As part of the DevFoundry event this week, I proposed to do some basic test automation of an app using Robot Framework, Appium and AWS Device Farm. …
LAST Conference is coming to Sydney
LAST Conference has been running in Melbourne for five years and this year, for the first time, it’s coming to Sydney too. LAST is a community-run …
A one day offsite for leadership teams
This week I held an offsite for my engineering leadership team. My two aims were to do some formation activities as we have a few new faces in the …
The team that learns together stays together
I prefer to build long-lived teams where the same people stay together over an extended period of time. I believe in the immutable team: Teams are …
Culture gardening
“Get the right people on the bus, the wrong people off the bus, and the right people in the right seats.” That’s the advice from Jim Collins in his …
Agile Australia 2016 - submit now
The advisors and chairs of Agile Australia 2016 conference themed Towards the Agile Country are looking for real stories of how products are developed …