If you were here as a 140-year-old, maybe you would believe how many of us have finally found you. Someday I hope my own music will measure up. #Medtner https://youtu.be/DwstisSyXxo

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Happy 140th, Kolya. #Medtner https://youtu.be/ihgNNpwf8y0

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/103432967104853998

Help a manager, teammate, or client keep their thinking warm for the holidays. Give them (or yourself!) the gift of #agilein3minutes — the simplest essays that could possibly work — with this seasonal Leanpub coupon: https://leanpub.com/agilein3minutes/c/winter19

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/103341438841771066

Today’s individual #coaching session brought my client from “frustrated” to “energized”. Can I perhaps be useful to you? https://latentagility.com/

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/103318446377678749

OH: Nice cough, dada.

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/103301673998646745

Here's another new way to hear Agile in 3 Minutes: Spotify! https://open.spotify.com/show/1O2JiocZYrqNNhRKfCOBwB?si=PgBYfc0VTiCIMwfTwc1yCg

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/103245219777718306

In related news, and possibly a buried lede, I finally have a YouTube channel for talks and screencasts and podcasts (mine and others) and whatnot: https://www.youtube.com/user/schmonzoid/playlists

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/103241606881528533

To celebrate 70k podcast downloads of Agile in 3 Minutes, I've uploaded the show to YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkuryjnRFclR2B6KArV70nyRWhtZx6fOm

Share and enjoy!

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/103241497510855371

To start your week, I bring you 7 tips for "How to start pair programming": https://schmonz.com/2019/12/01/how-to-start-pair-programming/ #PairWithMe #MobProgramming #coaching

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/103238069978583026

When the International Rachmaninoff Conference asked me to play #Medtner, it had been a long time since I’d performed. Then my piano teacher said “You love this music. Give them a chance to love it too.” So I made one of the best decisions I’ll ever make. https://youtu.be/Dt7xzgkIQR4

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/103201878270213036

Nostalgia

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/103196810035081235

A couple years ago, Adi Bolboacă and I remote-paired on "Trivia" #LegacyCode in Perl. Now you can watch how we coped with frustrating network conditions and employed the "modulino" technique to get code under test. Enjoy(?)!

https://schmonz.com/talk/20191121-adibolb-codecast/

#PairWithMe #LegacyCodeRocks

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/103177880578936002

Energized by #GDCR19 giving you several new points of view on a seemingly small problem? You might enjoy the payoff from the larger investment of going on #CodingTour. Happy to chat about what it's like and how you can make it happen. https://schmonz.com/2019/11/19/manhattan-november-2019-global-day-of-coderetreat/

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/103166589866374946

Quiet day alone at home. Have been needing this. Also needing to use it well. Therefore, it starts not only with coffee but also with #Medtner.

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T: “Wanna see the old house, where Haskell lives.”

Me: “He’s not alive anymore, so even if we go there we won’t see him. Do you miss Haskell?”

T: “Yeah. Take the old car?”

Me: “The old car isn’t alive anymore either. Sorry, buddy.”

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/103110012494356474

NYC #dev, come play with code and #TDD and #PairWithMe a week from tomorrow — free! — at Global Day of Code Retreat #gdcr19. To register: https://schmonz.com/talk/2019-gdcr/

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/103102381113171873

Got boring dinner guests? Turn your attention to this somewhat entertaining cheese.

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/103099622730630345

Heard a train approaching. Found himself a comfortable seat.

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/103074918062493227

@liw more like a prison break. The coffee has gotten free. Cause for celebration!

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/103039613658701588

Recently wrapped up a programming gig, so it’s time to swing back from “doing it” to “helping others do it” (and flying regularly) for a while. Also time to be seeing my friends in southeast Michigan!

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For my #Patreon peeps, it’s been a quiet couple months. But I’ve gotten more done than I realized, and am about to get back in a rhythm. Supporting my efforts is an investment in the open-source commons — thank you! https://www.patreon.com/posts/31034386 #notqmail #ikiwiki #pkgsrc

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/103023340216967992

@joeyh saw today's blog post, found this, hoping you're okay

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/103020707134216650

#Agile not going the way you want? You're in luck!

Wait, what?

That's right — because Gene Gendel and I are holding joint office hours tomorrow(!), Saturday Oct 19, 9am US/Eastern, https://zoom.us/j/925404330?pwd=SjFtZklpT2ErSFc2eWh3eTI2RjZaQT09

Bring your tricky questions and we'll help you figure out your next step.

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/102985195588654879

"When I start, the problem or domain is not dear to me. But I'm a human person, I'm social, I'm a member of the ape family. Once I see why you care about something, I'll begin to care about it too." https://schmonz.com/talk/20191018-accidental-engineer/

#dev #coaching #tdd #ci #xp

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/102984371195710473

SCENE: Getting kid ready for bed.

"Here's your Paw Patrol shirt," I say.

"Paw Pashirt," he says.

He looks off into the distance.

"That's a funny word," he continues.

My work here is done, folks.

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/102975220088785139

@joeyh @liw let’s be thankful that bread knives, as yet, can’t remember either

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/102961786567208682

For my peeps in/near #NYC who care about #Agile and #Lean and #Scrum, what happens when your org needs more than one team? Maybe lots more than that?

I'm always looking for ideas, so I'll be participating in Gene Gendel's #LeSS class this Saturday. Join me: https://less.works/course-details/less-basics-brooklyn-1326

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/102956843774807176

"It was never any sort of coherent plan, but it seems to be coming together anyway." https://schmonz.com/2019/10/11/now/

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/102945871547958190

@cyetain jelly

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/102944655012256452

Degenerate cases of this meetup include:

1) It's just me, and I get to start my day with some outstanding third-wave coffee

2) It's just me and you, and you get some free consulting

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/102843299218946379

[Share widely, please!]

Based in southern NY or northern NJ? There's a new Meetup in town: Rockland Extreme-Agile-Lean.

Join me in a couple weeks for our first #LeanCoffee, then head to work with a new idea ready to try: https://www.meetup.com/Rockland-Extreme-Agile-Lean/events/265098931/

#ExtremeProgramming #Agile #Lean

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/102843281312115016

Someone running notqmail on NetBSD/evbarm64 took the time to write: "I wanted to express my gratitude to schmonz for his remarkable work in patching, modernizing and cleaning up qmail, with particular regard for his acceptutils/rejectutils… very straightforward."

Day made 🙂

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/102832064143260886

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/102794179315342607

Curious what I'm up to, open-source-wise? Here are my latest commits (not counting branches) to #pkgsrc, #notqmail, and #ikiwiki: https://schmonz.com/commits

Curious at a much higher level of abstraction? Sign up for my mailing list: https://schmonz.com/2016/02/22/my-new-mailing-list

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/102768870094768926

Been practicing this #Medtner: https://youtu.be/sLBWEeAFPRQ

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/102759489514768955

@xenotrope enjoy!

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/102743440750006667

notqmail 1.07 shipped two weeks ago. We immediately got to work on what will become 1.08.

Already merged: https://github.com/notqmail/notqmail/wiki/notqmail-1.08

Coming soon: https://github.com/notqmail/notqmail/wiki/Roadmap#108

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/102735916083409296

If you’re still running #qmail, please

1. Update your systems to notqmail 1.07, released earlier this week
2. Let us know easy it was
3. Give us your thoughts about our roadmap

More info: https://schmonz.com/2019/08/20/announcing-notqmail/

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/102678645542930449

Last day.

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/102674138780374074

Announcing the initial 1.07 release of notqmail, a community-driven fork of #qmail that begins where netqmail left off: https://notqmail.org/1.07

Themes for this release:

- Fix broken builds (FreeBSD, macOS)
- Make packaging easier

I'm proud to be one of several developers bringing this valuable #LegacyCode back to life. Here's my personal blog post telling this first chapter in the story of notqmail: https://schmonz.com/2019/08/20/announcing-notqmail/

#smtp #LegacyCodeRocks #c #dev #pkgsrc

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/102650008056373519

@joeyh cannot un-imagine-hearing

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/102616278898523153

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/102613410108888838

In my triumphant(?) return to Developer on Fire:

- relearning how to learn from a kid

- relearning how to work w/an extraordinary teammate

- gaining self-awareness via unusual feedback

- White Dude’s Guide To Inclusion

- being more effective together

https://schmonz.com/talk/20190812-developer-on-fire/

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/102605514792380600

How did I first get a clue about #coaching?

Mainly, dinnertime conversation with the primary author of "Is Female Visual Signaling to Male Song Socially Regulated in Brown‐headed Cowbirds?" and "Transitivity Types Predict Communicative Abilities in Infants at Risk of Autism".

Bibliography:

- 2014 cowbird paper (sadly paywalled): https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/eth.12341
- 2019 autism paper (out last week, full text available): https://www.exeley.com/journal_of_social_structure/doi/10.21307/joss-2019-009

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/102601424261368653

My standing desk for the next couple weeks. Resolution and sharpness are decidedly non-Retina. Fine for an occasional hour, and therefore perfect.

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/102571393659003490

How did I address my performance fears and decide to play piano in recital in midtown Manhattan?

How does this relate to #LegacyCode, #TDD, #MobProgramming, and the rest of what I do professionally?

What does #Medtner's music sound like?

All this and more on Legacy Code Rocks!

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/102526391781586113

Whenever I see @Andrea Goulet and M. Scott Ford at conferences, we always have mind-opening and actionable conversations. I hope my new guest spot on their #LegacyCodeRocks podcast, talking about definitions of #LegacyCode, does some of that for you.

https://schmonz.com/talk/20190729-legacy-code-rocks/

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/102525505084375656

Well, I can check "started a project that made the front page of orange site for nerd news" off my bucket list.

Oops, I never put that on the list! Must have been an oversight.

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/102522276440458649

Would you personally benefit from an individualized session with an experienced, inquisitive, and empathetic conversation partner? Maybe you're facing a challenging situation at work, a learning opportunity in some code — or both.

Get in touch. https://latentagility.com

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/102502722452575073

Would your org benefit from a rare combination of technical coaching and impactful conversations? (Take other people's word for it, not mine: https://latentagility.com/testimonials)

It's not too late to book me for Q4. Let's talk about what fits for you: https://latentagility.com

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/102502683920344829