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• What is Agile?

  Published: July 8, 2007, 3:36 pm

  Tags: Customer Collaboration, Responding To Change

  There’s a thread on the Extremeprogramming yahoogroup attempting to define Agile. John Roth started this thread with a trial balloon of ways to recognize an Agile project from easily observed practices. I have a bit of difficulty with this definition; I think that it’s too prescriptive and, while it could be a useful [...]

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• The Case of the Recalcitrant Customer

  Published: March 28, 2007, 11:45 pm

  Tags: Individuals And Interactions, Customer Collaboration

  Over on the ScrumDevelopment yahoo group, a ScrumMaster reported problems getting the Product Owner fully involved in the development process. Part of the problem is that the Product Owner isn’t co-located with the development team. The physical distance will certainly make participation more difficult, and less sure. That’s

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• Software Development is not a Commodity

  Published: July 29, 2007, 6:21 pm

  Tags: Customer Collaboration

  Esther Schindler, a senior editor and columnist at CIO.com, recently asked on the agile-testing yahoogroup, If you could get the (client) boss(es) to understand JUST ONE THING about computer consulting and contracting, what would it be? It would be that software development is not a commodity. The cost-value equation is not just enhanced by

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• The Java Promise

  Published: August 9, 2007, 10:57 am

  Tags: Collaboration

  Sun is announcing today the availability of a new license that will fulfill our promise to the Free software world to make it possible to test OpenJDK-based implementations for compatibility. We are about to start an IRC discussion to talk about it. Please check out the OpenJDK TCK License and also the updated FAQ. After the chat

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• Web 2.0 benefits consumers through SmarterReviews

  Published: August 23, 2007, 5:45 am

  Tags: U Efullinks, Consumers, Folksonomies, Wikis, Facilitate, Defined, Benefits, Communities, Collaboration

  which aim to facilitate collaboration and sharing between users. (description : wiki) How does Web 2.0 benefits us consumers? Well, through the platform, the consumers are now connected to the main portals like SmarterReviews where they have the ability to compare prices, provide feedbacks and reviews and share information. Therefore, all

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• Web As Desktop: Diagram Online with Best4c

  Published: August 29, 2007, 11:45 am

  Tags: Collaboration Tools, Diagrams, Top, Web As Desktop, Web Publishing, Web Utilities

  Create complex diagrams with webapp Best4c, which works like a stripped-down version of Microsoft Visio right in your web browser. Much like previously reviewed Gliffy, Best4c looks like a solid (and cheap) solution to create network diagrams, floor plans and flowcharts. Creating a diagram is relatively intuitive with a drag and drop multi-paned

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• Interruption Management: Why Proximity Kills Productivity

  Published: August 30, 2007, 11:00 am

  Tags: Collaboration, Distractions, Interruption Management, Interviews, Office Culture

  Entrepreneur Jason Fried found that working in the same office with his long distance co-workers actually reduced their productivity:Proximity is an invitation to interrupt somebody. And interruption is the biggest enemy of productivity that there is. When everyone is sitting together, everyone's at the same desk or nearby. It's really easy to

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• ArmchairGM Blends In Social Features

  Published: September 5, 2007, 12:42 am

  Tags: Armchairgm, Collaboration, Community, Content, Internet, Media 2 0, Social Media, Social Networking, Somewhat Frank, Somewhatfrank, Somewhatfrank Com, Sports, Startup, Technologies, Technology, Web 2 0, Web Tech, Wiki, Wikia, Wikipedia

  ArmchairGM, a wiki platform devoted to sports, which was acquired by Wikia has decided to go totally social by adding a blend of social networking features. ArmchairGM leveraged a wiki format to form a community but felt it was missing something.  Here is a rundown of the social networking features ArmchairGM has recently added:Friends or

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• Students: Take Notes Online with NoteSake

  Published: September 11, 2007, 9:00 am

  Tags: Back To School, Collaboration Tools, College, Note Taking, Students, University

  Free webapp NoteSake makes taking and saving notes online easier than ever. The interface is much like Notepad on steroids: a regular text editor that sports features for extra formatting goodness, such as the ability to recognize *bold* and _underline_ formatting. You can also designate the appropriate course and tag your notes for easy slicing

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• Shopping: Share Mobile Shopping Lists with Knotler

  Published: September 11, 2007, 8:00 am

  Tags: Cell Phones, Collaboration, Consumerist, Lists, Mobile, Mobile Phones, Organization, Shopping

  Webapp Knotler manages and shares your shopping lists, which you can access at the store from your mobile device. Knotler requires no registration, supports simultaneous edits by multiple users, and is built on a clean and simple AJAX interface. Create your list, add your items, and then choose to share it with your roommate, partner, or

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• Google Docs Presentations: It ain't Keynote...

  Published: September 18, 2007, 2:12 am

  Tags: Collaborative Learning, Ltsfutures, Newcon, Productivity, Wiki, Collaboration, Googledocs, Powerpoint, Presentations

  ...but it does have a black gradient template. If you go down to the woods today in your Google Docs account you'll notice that you can create a new document, a new spreadsheet and, yes, a new presentation. Collaborative presentation writing has been born. It's great if you like using Microsoft Office tools, since it resembles PowerPoint

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• To Do Managers: Manage Group Projects with TaskBin

  Published: September 20, 2007, 8:00 am

  Tags: Collaboration Tools, To Do Managers

  Collaboration webapp Taskbin shares and manages to-do lists among groups. Flag tasks in order of urgency to prioritize, and write notes for yourself or share them with group members. What separates TaskBin from other tools is that it doesn't force you to enter deadlines; it's a simple list manager that gives an unlimited amount of users a lot

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• Whiteboard: Collaborate with an Instant Online Whiteboard at Scriblink

  Published: September 21, 2007, 5:00 pm

  Tags: Collaboration, Collaboration Tools, Webapps, Whiteboard

  Create and collaborate using instant online whiteboards with web application Scriblink. To get started, head to their homepage for an instant whiteboard space. From there you can invite friends by grabbing your whiteboard's URL or sending an email. Once they join you, you can chat or phone conference (phone conferencing doesn't seem to be

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• IM best-practices in the workplace

  Published: September 29, 2007, 1:44 am

  Tags: Tools Metatalk, Collaboration, Instant Messaging

  What is IM used for in the workplace? My office mates and I figured out this week that we have an IM client on our corporate workstations. Novices to the world of corporate IM, we don’t really know what it’s used for. I’ve used IM clients at home, of course, but never at work and we’re all at a bit of a loss on how

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• Microsoft Office: In yet another attempt to compete with Google ...

  Published: October 1, 2007, 10:43 am

  Tags: Collaboration Tools, Microsoft Office, Web As Desktop

  In yet another attempt to compete with Google Docs, Adobe has acquired online word processor Buzzword, after today's Microsoft Office Live Workplace announcement. Now who's going to snap up Zoho?

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