I propose we replace Best Practise by great practise

It all started with this tweet from J.B. Rainsberger:
jbrains I consider never using the phrase "best practice" a best practice. #wcr09
 
 
I RT this, just like many other people.
I like to think I immediately understood what JB mend. For me it what it means is that, from the moment people start to call [...]

Happy New Year 2009 Video Card

Click here to see last years New Years video in English or onze 2008 nieuwjaars wensen in het nederlands
Click here to go to YouTube and click on the “Watch in high quality” link below the video to watch the video in high quality.
If you like it, please leave a message [...]

The Smartest way to resolve a conflict: the Listen protocol (a better Indian talking stick)

Person A and Person B sit knees to knees in 2 chairs. (knees pointing toward each other)
Optionally, Person C (Coach/consultant) sits next to them and makes sure they follow the protocol.
1. Person A and Person B each state their alignments.
2. Person A begins saying what he wants to say to Person B in short chunks.
3. [...]

XP Game Players LinkedIn group

Doing planning & estimation is never easy. When I started doing agile, doing agile planning & estimation looked even harder. That was until I played the XPGame. Vera Peeters & Pascal Van Cauwenberghe created the XP game years ago (the first use of the game I know was in 2001, but I know it was [...]

Win een huiskamer concert van THOU

Thou heeft het 4de gedeelte van hun ‘This is not a record’ serie op ITunes gezet. Hoewel ze alle vier als ep werden gereleased kan je ze nu ook samen als CD kopen. Om dit te vieren geven ze een exclusief living concert weg via hun MySpace.

Als u Thou nog niet [...]

XP Days France 2008 – Paris, je t’aime…

On Monday 05 may & Tuesday 06 may my father and I were in Paris. Instead of visiting this beautifully city we enjoyed the people from the French Agile community.
Although the organization before was rather chaotic, XPDay.FR 2008 itself was splendid.
The first thing I noticed when we arrived was the Job Board. Hey [...]

Tips for/from FP: Famous Partners

This weekend at the end of my GTO weekend, the partners were invited for a small session.
During the first 2 years of the gestalt therapy training, we focus mainly on personal growth. (And trainers show us how to work the gestalt way.)
This means that these 16 people that follow the training talk alot about their [...]

Viral Icebear

Today I got a mail from an old friend with a cryptic message about an icebear expedition
As I have another friend who just got back from the Beyond limits expedition, I was curious
Not what I expected, but still nice and with good music.

Click here for the expeditie-ijsbeer website
The funny thing is [...]

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Our Birth card: the story

October 19
 
Somewhere at the beginning of the pregnancy my wife said to me, for the birth card, I want to write a little fairytale.
Great idea. Love it. Euh, how will we do this?
This idea was in and out our head for the last 8 months. How do you create a fairytale in a small card. [...]