September 2007 - Posts

How To Be a Leader in Your Field
How to be a leader in your field? Dragos shared a link to How to Be a Leader , which I found interesting. In the article, Philip E. Agre presents a six step recipe for becoming a leader in your field: Pick an issue. Having chosen your issue, start a project Read More...
Posted 24 September 07 09:01 by J.D. Meier | 2 Comments   
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How Might That Be True?
It's obvious in retrospect, but I found a distinction between low-friction communication and high-friction communication. By low-friction, I mean *person A* doesn't have to work that hard for *person B* to get a point. I find low friction scenarios are Read More...
Posted 21 September 07 07:23 by J.D. Meier | 3 Comments   
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How To Use the Six Thinking Hats
How do you get past deadlocks in a meeting? You can apply the Six Thinking Hats. I've blogged about the Six Thinking Hats before , but to summarize, it's a way to get everybody thinking about the problem in a collaborative way. The Keys to The Six Thinking Read More...
Posted 19 September 07 07:32 by J.D. Meier | 4 Comments   
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Mark Curphey Joins Microsoft
Well, it's official ... Software security is in for a ride! -- Mark Curphey joins Microsoft . Mark already brings a ton to the table in terms of ideas, network, and results. At Micrsoft, he'll crank it up. Congrats Mark and I look forward to our future Read More...
Posted 18 September 07 09:07 by J.D. Meier | 1 Comments   
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Scenario Frames for Team Foundation Server
Our Scenario Frames for Team Foundation Server are available on CodePlex. We have Scenario Frames for the following: Build Project Management Reporting Source Control We use scenario frames for several things: Mapping out the problem space Performing Read More...
Posted 10 September 07 07:52 by J.D. Meier | 1 Comments   
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