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Ben Thorp

@benthorpedo

software engineer | leader | pontificator

 Columbus, Ohio
fixingsoftware.com/
Joined May 2011
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X : I'm an expert in agile. Me : Good on you. I'm sill learning. X : Would you like me to teach you? Have you ever done any agile before? Me : I started using XP around 2000, just before the agile manifesto came out. I think this graph will help you.
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gannon, die #NES #NintendoSwitch
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Where it all began for me
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Does this give anyone else the shakes? I can’t make myself hit enter...
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Required reading, this should be taught in our schools and tech boot camps. Thanks again @thoughtworks
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post: We do a lot of Pair Programming at ThoughtWorks. My colleagues @birgitta410 and Nina Siessegger have written a comprehensive article on what we've learned: how to it well, benefits, and challenges martinfowler.com/articles/on…
On Pair Programming

On Pair Programming

A guide to effective pair-programming

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#codemash quote of the day from @jitkrish about writing expressive code: “When I wrote the code only God and I understood it. Now only God understands.”
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Replying to @soIoucity @IHOB
Not really afraid of the burgers from a place that decided pancakes were too hard.
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Greed and Control Can Ruin an Industry and Movement kenschwaber.wordpress.com/20…
Greed and Control Can Ruin an Industry and Movement

Greed and Control Can Ruin an Industry and Movement

It has come to my attention that Scrum Alliance is trying to register a trademark on, “SCRUM USER GROUP,” at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.  Word on the street is that that the Trademark Off…

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Come hear why automation without a test-first mindset is like PB&J w/o the J @CardinalNow cardinalsolutions.com/events…
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Plans are coming along for Dog Food 2015. We're lining up keynoters & will open the call for speakers this month. #dogfoodcon
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Excited for the opportunity to speak about product ownership at Path to Agility #path15 @CardinalNow @Scrumdotorg
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An interview with Scrum enthusiast Ben Thorp (@benthorpedo) buff.ly/1EUfrPG on @Webworkers614 #Cbus
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Scrum Masters, forget the framework for a minute, are you living the core values? evernote.com/shard/s16/sh/47… @Scrumdotorg
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This week's shared family goal card.
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Scale Scrum Development, not Technical Debt wp.me/pXa9t-7o
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Scrum does scale! Listen to @DDame make a case scrum.org/Resources/Scrum-an… @Scrumdotorg
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Columbus #AgileLeadershipSeries 11/6 - Accepting Uncertainty to Achieve Agility: Learn to Go With What You Know. ow.ly/DlFe2
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Go w/ the flow of what you know to deliver software faster. Join the discussion - Cbus #AgileLeadershipSeries - 11/6. ow.ly/DsTfG
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Nick Martin & @vfabro are presenting today at 2:10 PM in the Franklin room for Sean Pales. The Internet of Things
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