At the moment we have only folded 451 Scrum Post-It paper cranes, but our pile is getting a bit unruly. I really need to go through and string them, but I haven’t found the time. However, in true Scrum fashion, the crane-folding task has been parked for the foreseeable future.
Last week, our product owner came [...]
A year ago our software team became a pilot project for the Scrum software development process. Among the changes that came along with this was a giant board in our work area where we write down all of our tasks on Post-It notes and move them around as we complete them. Every two weeks, we [...]
In the Weird Coincidences department…
The day after I published my last blog post, a new series of ads went up in the Oslo subway system, featuring money origami! I think I did a double-take the first time I saw one of the signs at the station, but unfortunately my camera battery needed to be charged, [...]
There is a very bizarre mix of things that interest me, and I’m always excited when two of those interests overlap (for example, last month’s mash-up of Halloween and Geek culture).
Today’s strange bedfellows are travel and origami. More specifically, foreign currency and origami. Along with the rest of my family, I’ve been doing origami since [...]
In honor of Halloween (my favorite-because-it’s-so-ridiculous holiday), I’ve been saving a few links for completely geeky jack-o-lanterns.
Cool Gaming Themed Pumpkin Carvings for a Geeky Halloween
Aside from the usual assortment of Pacman pumpkins and game console logos, these two rather stood out for me:
A sackboy from Little Big Planet! How adorable!
(Explanation for non-geeks: Little Big Planet [...]
I have to admit that I love cool computer cases. In the same way I loved Swatch’s old-school transparent watches back in the day, I really appreciate the plexiglass cases that I can see inside. So it’s not a big surprise that I encouraged Lucas to drop quite a bit on a pricey Antec Lanboy [...]