Thoughts

Books about technical excellence

I go to know agile as a developer, after I learned that "my smart/lazy" way of testing a screensaver was done before and was called unit testing. And I learned about extreme programming. At that moment both Scrum clearly said you needed technical excellence, and I remember talking about scrum in 2005/6 where they said, We don't want to define what is technical excellence as... Read more >

Books for CEO’s & senior management on agile

I have lot's of book on agile. Books that explain: the technical aspects of agile the different methodologies retrospectives on facilitation product owners ... Yet I felt it was time to create a book (and video) list that explain agile to CEO's. Book name Author Tip Turn the Ship around David Marquet Radical Management Steven Denning Fearless Agility Crossing the Chasm Geoffrey Moore Fearless Agility... Read more >

Books on Money

While I was studying, I was living of welfare. Meaning I had 375 euro's a month to pay rent, food, my studies (I the first year of IT, without a computer, I could only afford one my second year.) That ment I had to learn how to deal with money and age 19, while most of my friends where still living at home. When they... Read more >

What is the difference between a hard drive and memory of a computer

When I worked as a software support engineer, I noticed that many people had a difficulty understanding the difference between a hard drive and memory. I tried many different metaphors. Let me share the one that stuck with me even 25 years later The hard drive of your computer is like the library in your study (bedroom): The bigger it is, the more books and... Read more >