Posted by Marty Haught on Aug 13, 2010
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This week I spoke at the Agile2010 Conference in Orlando, FL. This is a large software conference that focuses on Agile methodologies. This is my first time coming to a conference focused on Agile as I usually attend technical conferences only. I was inspired to submit a talk when I saw some requests on twitter that more technical presentations to be submitted. Given that I’ve been passionate about Lean Startup techniques it made sense to submit a talk on the technical angles of the approach. I figured it would be something new that no one else would likely cover. I was right and they accepted my talk.
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Posted by Marty Haught on Jul 16, 2010Comments
I recently went to see Toy Story 3 with my wife and 6 year old son. We really enjoyed the movie as it was well done. However, I found the movie to be a touch bit sad. I’m not sure if others felt that but I surely did. As I pondered this, it came down the process of Andy truly saying good-bye to his toys. I believe there’s also the sadness of his mother seeing him off to college. As the parent of two children, I’m am aware that this same day will be coming soon. My oldest will turn 12 in August, which means we have another 6 years to go. Those years will go by fast. Matter of fact, we’re 2/3rds the way through having our daughter at home. It is perhaps for this reason that the movie touches me a bit more in a sad way.
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Posted by Marty Haught on Jun 30, 2010Comments
I’ve had a few blog posts at the tip of my fingers in June and never got around to getting them finished. Such are things when you’re incredibly busy. The last couple months have been crazy busy but in a good way. I’m now starting to catch up and decided I should give my blog some attention. The biggest reason for being so busy was RailsConf and my lean tutorial. Let’s start there.
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