User Story Examples
This is a sample set of user stories for a time management system. Continue reading User Story Examples
Author Archives: Bill Wake
Review – The Sciences of the Artifical, The Tree of Knowledge
The Sciences of the Artificial (3/e), Herbert A. Simon, MIT, 1996. The Tree of Knowledge, Humberto R. Maturana and Francisco J. Varela, Shambhala, 1992. These books represent two very different approaches to understanding the nature of intelligence. Simon comes from Continue reading Review – The Sciences of the Artifical, The Tree of Knowledge
Review – Voice Lessons to Go
Voice Lessons to Go: Volume 1 – Vocalize and Breathe Voice Lessons to Go: Volume 2 – Do Re Mi Ear and Pitch Training By Ariella Vaccarino. These CDs are designed to help improve your singing voice. For me, Continue reading Review – Voice Lessons to Go
Review – Hot, Flat, and Crowded
Hot, Flat, and Crowded, Thomas Friedman. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008. The author of The World is Flat looks at the implications of globalization, the impact that a global middle class will have on energy in the future. Rather than Continue reading Review – Hot, Flat, and Crowded
Coach Interview: Lisamarie Babik
Interview with coach Lisamarie Babik. Continue reading Coach Interview: Lisamarie Babik
Review – Getting the Right Things Done
Getting the Right Things Done. Pascal Dennis. LEI, 2006. A lean thinking book about “strategy deployment” – planning and execution. It’s in the form of a story mixed with explanation. Touches on a variety of tools: “True North,” PDCA, catchball, Continue reading Review – Getting the Right Things Done
Review – The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. Stephen R. Covey. Fireside, 1989. I avoided this book for a long time, just assuming it was a rehash of personal-affirmation type platitudes. Instead, I found the habits and the book to be Continue reading Review – The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
Programming Language Puzzle
A word-stack puzzle on programming languages. Continue reading Programming Language Puzzle
Review – Clean Code
Clean Code, Bob Martin, Prentice-Hall, 2008. Bob Martin tackles the challenges of making code sparkling clean. He provides numerous guidelines, and demonstrates their utility in action. I particularly appreciated some of the longer examples where he really works them over. Continue reading Review – Clean Code
Review – Current Trends in Programming Methodology, Vol. 4: Data Structuring
Current Trends in Programming Methodology, Volume 4: Data Structuring, Raymond T. Yeh, editor. Prentice-Hall, 1978. In parallel with “structured programming,” (which often focused on code structure), there was more esoteric work done on “structured data.” A lot of this found Continue reading Review – Current Trends in Programming Methodology, Vol. 4: Data Structuring