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Gifts in unlikely places.
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500"] By: JD Hancock - CC BY 2.0[/caption] Finding the right gift is a pain - it shouldn't be, but it is. My friend Søren has just launched a new product - Gif...
Want 30 days of free #agile #coaching for your team? Help me on my project and it's yours. Pls Share.
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500"] By: Andreas Klinke Johannsen - CC BY 2.0[/caption] A little about me? I'm Mike Sutton - a deeply experienced agile coach with a background in development....
Why @whatsapp just became one of my favourite companies and I don't even use their software.
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="523"] Image courtesy of Whatsapp[/caption] I'm getting old. I don't hanker after gadgets as much as I used to and I'm not connected to the latest app fads. Pl...
Just so you know - #agile training is *not* coaching.
I'm noticing a rather bizarre thing happening in the agile services space. Trainers - certified or otherwise - are increasingly adopting the 'Agile Trainer/Coach' title. In my experience, trainers are...
What happens on #Twitter when someone like #Mandela dies
I was going to title this post - 'What billions of silent voices screaming at the same time look like' - but it seemed too dramatic. As I was about to release the pre-beta of my new app Hashies, the ...
Awesome parking service at Malaga airport. Love this crew! /cc #shoutout @1_parking
I had to park my car for a week whilst I was away in the UK recently. It would have cost me €75 one way for a taxi and I thought it would be cheaper to park my car for a week. I wasn't prepared how gr...
#Google is stalking me. Online advertising is ready for another disruption.
I searched for the ASUS Eeebox on Amazon and now I'm being stalked everywhere, and twice on the same page. Wow - what would be worse than this is if I bought the device and Google was still st...
10 #problems I need your help in understanding better.
I'd really welcome your help to validate some problems I see in various spaces and that I think I might have an idea to help solve. Whatever seems to have some promise will go into the next stage of m...
@kevindewalt says passion is the fundamental key to #startup success and I agree
Kevin Dewalt - a really awesome startup investor and mentor and all round nice guy emailed me today about some of the lessons he has learned from offering his free advice service to over 150 founders....
Would you recommend a company you've worked or are working with to a friend?
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500"] By: Stewart Black - CC BY 2.0[/caption] The world seems all skewed to the 'employer' - clearly because they are doing all 'employees' a favour by hiring ...