2013

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December

@anasete would you be interested in sharing your company's story of growing up with JIRA and HipChat at the next Atlassian User Group?
WIP limit of one sink on Christmas Day lunch. Clean the dishes before the next course. Lean.
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"Do I look alright?" "Yes, you look wonderful... I don't have my glasses on though" "Super..." Twitter Christmas Party, here I come.
Neat little @JIRA trick from one of the teams - making sure they've completed all the things committed this quarter.
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Know of a company in downtown SF that can host 50 folks for an @atlassian user group in late January? Please pass it on. Thanks.
"The danger of having a growth team is that is displaces responsibility from the product org" - @JaredSF at Agile Marketing meetup
"Build a business through: 1) product 2) marketing 3) partnerships And building community is key to success... an early hire..." @JaredSF
"Growth requires you to think cross functionally... If you want to succeed" @JaredSF at agile marketing meetup.
@m4rtin pretty pictures in JIRA. No idea how the data is the way it is, have to dig deeper and have a gander on Monday.
Neat feature on the iOS Stocks app to check difference between prices on specific days, the AUD/USD:
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November

RT @webgeek_: Another insanely great speaker @ Agile Marketing Meetup on 12/10. Sign up fast, it is half full in 1st day http://t.co/dxdgU…
@av thanks for the tip on the samosas, got a hankering for biryani today so we'll head to Biryani House and try that. Cheers!
Seeking your recommendation. Where is the tastiest biryani in downtown Berkeley? Thanks, have a great day!
Life is wonderful. Feel like I've completed a productive and constructive week. Now, on to the weekend.
RT @tommynorman: If you aren't disciplined enough to deploy after the 1st Sprint, why would you think you would be able to do it after the …
@bfd thank you, in the calendar for tomorrow as we'll head that way for the farmers market too. Cheers
Morning @dwester42a - any chance you can recommend a breakfast place in Capitol Hill or near the locks? Looking for a great hot chocolate.
Well this is certainly frustrating. Flight to Seattle delayed several times this morning. It will be lunchtime by the time we arrive! Bah!
RT @msharp: Squirrels are crazy animals. I mean, for starters their diet, it's just nuts!

October

@hangopsau I'll be sure to join the live stream this Thursday evening. Any chance you can add a cal invite to future emails? Cheers!
RT @webgeek_: Another great speaker at the Agile Marketing Meetup. Jason Miller tells Tactics for a Badass Social Strategy http://t.co/MTss…

September

Kicking off the SF Agile Marketing meetup with a packed house, awesome!
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RT @sfaussies: Looking for IT Aussies from WA to talk to the West Australian paper on a profile piece on San Francisco. Meeting... http://t…
Do customers vote on stories on your products @JIRA backlog? Add the Quick Filter 'votes > 0' to the Agile board so you can easily see them.
Overheard (OH) - "An alternative to estimation in Scrum teams: Mouse, Cat, Dog or Horse."
RT @sfaussies: Wednesday, September 18, 2013 Venue: Bank of the West 295 Bush St, San Francisco New to the US or been here for a... http:/…
RT @wadenick: Quickly destain a tea cup browned with tannins–a small salt+water paste, a rub with the fingertips. Brought to you by @njm's …
RT @leankitjon: Actually WIP is worse than worthless. WIP is cost. Limit it ruthlessly. Pay it back ASAP. Celebrate delivery not effort #ag
RT @jasongorman: Teams ask me for advice on how to sell certain technical practices to mgmt. I ask "How did you sell the use of For loops t…
@BarackObama why do you care that people died through a chemical weapons attack? Why is that the litmus test, and not death via gun/bomb?
RT @100CoffeeCups: OH: When moving a US company to Australia, make sure you do a little study on the local sports scene. Very important! #i
Why can't we vote on policy, one by one? Why must we vote for these turkey politicians that squabble all day long? #ausvotes
RT @sjohnson717: And the dangerous thing about excuses is that if we recite them enough times, we actually come to believe they are true.—R…

August

For car fans, mesmerizing and effortless rally through the streets of San Francisco: #t=519" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">youtube.com/watch?v=LuDN2b…
Very useful for helping teams keep on track, the JIRA Agile Sprint Health gadget:
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@da_terry Singapore may be one country to actually have a benevolent dictator. All in the family and the country seems to prosper. Possible?
RT @da_terry: Explicitly putting this down again due to importance. Matches my personal experience wrt addictivity /cc @njm http://t.co/FlE…
RT @bshine: Found a bug in prod, wrote a test demonstrating the bug, fixed the bug. TDD FEELS SO GOOD.
RT @anandrajaram: The next time you think you really need that "killer" feature, just remember that netflix didn't have profiles for its fi…
In Yosemite. Due to the wonders of email and wifi I now know where the @sydneyswans sit on the footy ladder after the weekend games. Still 3
RT @marcuschown: The Sun. Taken at night. Not looking up at sky but down through 8000 miles of rock. Not with light but with neutrinos http…
Have you got your tickets to Atlassian Summit yet? Awesome! If not, use this cheeky discount code for 20% off: AtlasSummer20
RT @jonsnowC4: I have undersold John Grisham's remarkable op ed piece in the NYT: It is breathtaking in the horror it depicts: http://t.c…
@jchyip true, we miss that, easier to get the large boxes of singles over. Madura loose leaf organic was all the rage in Sydney.
Agile 2013, two years in a row with Dave Mathews covers, and I'm loving it.
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Use agile to drive extreme visibility in an organisation. Agile 2013. Mike Cottermyer.
Fascinating talk about Technical Debt by Israel Gat at Agile 2013. Love this conference.
@lyssaadkins have you ever discussed including motivation as part of the Agile Coaching Competency Framework? Transformation Mastery?
Dinner with troublemakers at Agile 2013. Love this conference.
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RT @DocOnDev: If you require your team members to work on more than one project at a time, you put quality, speed, and value at risk. #agil
"Stop trying to change management, become management. Agile disciplines make you the more skilled manager." Agile 2013, Nashville.
Agile 2013: 35% experts, 50% practitioners. 50% from 1000+ employee companies.
"Taking care of business, in a flash" At Graceland, Memphis, checking out Elvis' place. What a pad! cc/ @smithcdau
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Where to eat, Agile 2013, c/o @cra: Pharmacy Burger Parlor, Arnolds Country Kitchen, Jacks / Martins BBQ, brunch at farmers market, Marche
@cra we're stopping by Uncle Julios in Dallas, a favourite from last year. Suggestions for Nashville?
RT @darthted: Want to present at Asia's Premier Conference on Agile and Lean Software Development? Propose your topic here: http://t.co/Bnt…

July

@joelpob ah mate I can't. Fly out to Dallas on Friday, doing a RoadTrip to Agile 2013 in Nashville. Back at SFO late on the 9th. Have fun!
@d_jones lots of incremental stuff too. I look at SpaceX and Tesla and think they may be significant. From Govt leading to Private lead.
It feels like it has been a really long time since we've done something as significant as put a human on the moon. What's next?
This evenings Agile Marketing Meetup brought to you by arrays of monitors, an amazing view of the bay, and Artis!
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Evening Australia, @TwitterTPM is looking for Aussies to join the team in San Francisco. Are you that person? Know someone who is? Call me.
RT @garyvee: I made this in 2008 - its 5 years later and it makes me sad I can make this tomorrow and it still feels fresh, ugh :( http://t…
RT @cyetain: "Best practices" R somebody else's solutions to their problems, not necessarily the right solutions to our problems -Mary Popp…
Switched back from Windows Phone 8 to iPhone. Glad I tried it - some good things, some bad things. Give it a try if you get the chance.
Lovely lunch in North Beach with Liz and mum. Absolutely brilliant risotto, give it a try sometime.
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Brilliant puzzle of London. Love the odd shaped pieces - anchor, dolphin, boat. Awesome. Wentworth Wooden Puzzels!
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@JIRA is there a way to do a JQL where current assignee is not the reporter? Struggling. Thank you.
RT @mulegirl: This whole BART strike thing really brings home how useful a bike path across the Bay Bridge would be.

June

SFO to Seattle for Agile coaching sessions today - very much looking forward to this.
@njm the crazy guy got shot with a bean bag, non-lethal. Amazing sights last night in the Mission - my dads eyes were out like organ stops.
Just want to take my old man out to dinner and I think somebody get shot by police at BART. Love this city! Taxi!
'Just like any other currency, bitcoin is backed by sentiment' - fascinating Meetup this evening.
'If you put money in Bitcoin be prepared to lose all of it' - at the bitcoin FinTech Meetup.
CogniK looks very cool! Stem the decline in US TV viewing with personalised channels. Neat! #ftt13 (Now if only I had time to watch TV...)
@dillyh no idea yet, i'll grab tickets when I get there. Heading to the tailgate thing-a-ma-thing now. Ping me when you get down.
@i386 gosh, clearly i have not thought this through. what are my options? want to swing by for lunch and we can explore this more?
RT @yow_oz: Places still available for some great Agile workshops at #AgileAus in Sydney on June 18, save using code AA13-YOW: http://t.co/…

May

hello @jira - I'm looking for a team management add-on - create teams, see members, roll up a hierarchy of teams, and more. suggestions?
Scary app update, Shazam now runs in the background, constantly listening...
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@muldoon how could I not support that!? I've enlisted my old man too. He should reach out to more of the Muldoon clan in Australia!
@jroper what costs me more over the long term (enterprise), people or infrastructure? For startups optimise for the people and learning.
RT @jroper: Which is more valuable, a framework that makes your servers more productive, or a framework that makes your developers more pro…
Agile Marketing campaigns, direct response or engagement - what is your goal? This plus more from @juney, stay tuned for the video!
Awesome tips from @HiveTheory for GMail: Turn on Auto-advance in Labs and make sure the display density is set to Cozy. Thanks mate!
Likely one of the best microbrews in the US - cask double IPA by Anacortes Brewery.
Spicy ban me from Portland's amazing food truck selection! S-P-I-C-Y! Need an ice cream to cool the burn...
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RT @webgeek_: Yay! Sign up fast, former head of Airbnb online mktg talking at this month's Agile Marketing Meetup (+ free beer) http://t.co…
@doctorow I am at Powell's. You weren't kidding, this place is brilliant! Thanks for Little Brother and Homeland!
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Watching the sun rise from the Amtrak Coastal Starlight. Brilliant!
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Wondering why Skype bothers making my credit inactive when it will reactive the credit next time I need it. Weird?
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Lovely day to walk to work, must be around 20* outside in the sun already. Great day for the roof deck. cc/ @guy_pearson bring sunnies.

April

Off to NY for the week. Passed by the Recology artist in residence display at SFO, styrofoam hummer:
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RT @matthewlmcclure: Code review mentality shift: don't just read code and critique in English. Refactor and improve its style as you read …

March

@d_jones sounded like an air raid siren - so much noise warning of the opening. And even then people walked past the barrier! Bah!
@Gilgad I want to get my Glass to a doctor in a developing country so they have answers on the spot. Internet and power concerns. Thoughts?
Every day is a school day! #JIRA has so many esoteric features (JQL): component in componentsLeadByUser(nmuldoon) #AdvancedSearching-componentsLeadByUser" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA/A…()
.@OrganicSydney and I joined her colleagues for a fantastic dinner to Don Giovani in Napa. Legal conference all weekend. Fine food helps!
Great questions and fascinating charts at the SF Metrics Meetup: (takeaway: the pie chart is a bad chart)
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User story mapping session with the team. Furiously writing stories. Love it!
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I don't get it, how is this high speed Internet stuff supposed to work?
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RT @cindyalvarez: It's not enough to have learned all the tricks. You don't level up until you have successfully passed them on.
Thanks @GreenHopperTeam - fantastic that it is now possible to query by sprint! #GreenHopper6.1.3ReleaseNotes-SearchforSprintbyName" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">confluence.atlassian.com/display/GH/Gre…
RT @danmartell: Customers will never truly understand the insane amount of time, thought, sacrifice, etc that went into the product they ...
Help your users upgrade to the new UX and UI in Confluence 5 with this guide. c/o @mattnhodges #content/view/302809812" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">confluence.atlassian.com/plugins/servle…
Using anchors in the text in Confluence? You don't need the Anchor macro, just use headings and Confluence does it auto. c/o Tony Pelosi
Advertise the macros criteria when using the Content By Label Macro in Confluence, care of Anthony Pelosi at SF AUG
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.@atlassian I love the fact that there is now SSO for Answers, My Atlassian, CAC and JAC. Makes life so much easier. Thank you.
RT @TwitterOSS: love twitter, distributed systems and open source? we're looking for an open source advocate to join our team! https://t ...
@_dth repair the disk before you start the install (before you press that Continue button in the installer)
OH: "What did America get from the moon landing? Some rocks?" cc/ @danm - you know a thing or two about US history, what say you?

February

#ifihadglass I wouldn't look like a tourist when visiting new cities, although I would look a bit space age telling myself to 'take a photo'
#ifihadglass I would have the recipe at hand (eye?) in the kitchen without having to refer to the book on the table. Hands free for cooking?
@cbang thank you CB! On to next issue now, troubleshooting JQL tricks add-on for an Epic dependency board in GreenHopper
@JIRA - what does setting up a link between two projects on separate JIRA instances get me? Scratching my head. cc/ JIRA Guru: @cbang
Finished reading In The Plex by @StevenLevy last night. A wonderful read about the exciting times behind the Google growth phase.
Must say a big thank you to the nice fella on the phone from T-Mobile, he just helped me save $10 a month on messages. Neat.
@kab8609 excellent. just wanted to check... don't want folks rushing to close stories and forgetting that quality must remain. have fun!
The release train - if your team misses the train, which leaves the station at a set time, then you need to wait for the next release.
Surprised to learn that the Scrum Alliance needs scrum coaches to help guide them. I suppose they were all too busy helping other teams?!
A team has their daily standup sitting down over breakfast and it takes half an hour. What do you do? Keen for your thoughts folks!
Two takeaways from #StartupProduct - you can change pricing everyday to find the right price. And "Product: viable minimum" instead of MVP.
@polexa could you please do an email intro, I am keen to know what resonated and what was a miss. Thanks, have a great weekend!
RT @dorkitude: If I'm building a team, I'll take generalists who are addicted to learning over specialists who are addicted to thinking ...
@Nomad_Odyssey want to stay with Liz and I for a few months in San Francisco? You could blog climate change and work on Internet security.
OH: "You know you're getting into Agile when a girl starts listing things she wants to go and do and you ask her to create a backlog..."

January

RT @ourfounder: Calm your workload by getting it out of your head & written down. We stress less when our work is visible &addre ...
RT @brainmates: Interested in going 2 Startup Product Summit in San Fran on 7 Feb. Use code brainmates25 for 25% discount. http://t.co/y ...
@scode right, not possible to do that. You could try adding the advanced search as a 'search bookmark' in Chrome. That can work well.
RT @cyetain: The more inventory a company has, the less likely they will have what they need. -Taiichi Ohno
RT @dhanji: Hipchat is really cool. I love all the integrations and the ridiculously simple API.
RT @Nomad_Odyssey: Wouldn't it be nice if the Wall Street Journal checked its facts? Rue the Loss of media objectivity. http://t.co/fJo ...
RT @MrtinTalbot: Joe Biden wants to meet with video game developers about gun control. This is like meeting with Hot Wheels about car sa ...
RT @jmwind: Looking for an engineering team lead for Confluence - track record of shipping product and distributed teams. http://t.co/pA ...
Open question: how did you find your mentor? How do you interact with your mentor?
RT @frick: Most important tweet of the day: Make the Metric system the standard in USA, instead of the Imperial system: https://t.co/Xol ...