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  • Automating WebPageTest with a Ruby Script

    WebPageTest is a great tool for seeing how well your website is performing. I was just on a project where the speed of a particular results page loading was the focus. How long the server took to respond, how long the UI took to render, what it was rendering, and where there were places for…

  • The fear of blogging about technical topics…

    I rarely blog about technical topics, despite my main trade of being a developer. The prospect has always scared me, and from others that I’ve talked to I’m not the only one. The irrational thoughts that tend to go through my head are: What right to I have to blog about technical stuff?! Major case…

  • The Retrospective Handbook by Patrick Kua

    One of my colleagues at ThoughtWorks published his first book last year called the Retrospective Handbook. It’s a great tool for people thinking about facilitating or wanting to hone their skills facilitating Agile retrospectives. You can buy it here on Amazon or on Leanpub I thought it was great… I’ve listed out here some of…

  • Stand-ups – We can make them better…

    I’ve been thinking about how to get the most out of stand-ups. They are something that all the teams that I have been on do every day, but  how often do they actually meet the real goals of a stand-up? I spent some time thinking about how, instead of just rattling off the usual status…

  • Mountains, Snow and Sunshine

    These photos were taken in Flumserberg, Switzerland back in February, the first 5 with my Canon Rebel EOD and the rest with my iPhone!

  • Gender Diversity on Teams – Roundup

    Wanted to keep a note of a bunch of articles and books that I found recently around studies about gender diversity on teams. Prompted by a discussion with a programme manager at an investment bank and then subsequently with my fellow ThoughtWorks colleague Nic Ferrier I found these often quoted “facts” and was trying to hunt down…