Teammate on most recent team gave me this parting feedback: “I learned a ton, we got lots done, our team dynamics were awesome, and I’ve never felt this kind of team feeling before.”

If your business makes software, I might be good for your business.

https://schmonz.com/snac/schmonz/p/1750949585.435936

Can’t work. Doc says I have one of these.

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/103703371563081321

Presenting "Strangle Your Legacy Code" for #BCSMiniSpa in 10 minutes. https://schmonz.com/talk/2020-minispa/ #LegacyCode

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/103697503045620812

My recent appearance on the Mob Mentality Show has just been remastered to use my locally recorded track. Now I'm quite pleased with the content AND the audio quality.

Give a listen: https://mobmentalityshow.podbean.com/e/amitai-schleier-on-the-synergy-of-mobbing-and-coaching/

#MobProgramming #Coaching

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/103680242075448978

…I turned directly to the camera and admitted:

«Je ne suis pas le vrai chef du subjonctif. Mais il ne faut pas qu’on le SAIT.»

Or

“I’m not the real master of the subjunctive. But it’s not necessary that anyone KNOWS.”

Our teacher fell out, laughing through tears.

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/103655186475607432

In high school French, we got a raised eyebrow and extra credit every time we correctly used the subjunctive mood.

(A few of us rephrased nearly everything we said, to game this.)

For a group skit, I played «le chef du subjonctif». Seemed like a good guy. But in a key moment…

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/103655183799605651

@craigmaloney oh dag, I could've come

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/103643127225388742

On the first day of 7th grade French, our teacher said boys could pick any name except Hugues. She did not care for the sound.

So I picked Philippe and was a model student.

On the first day of 8th grade French, I asked for Hugues. She grudgingly agreed.

I raised my hand often.

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/103643126555586224

Seeing awesome conferences in Europe in my stream. Perfect time to start thinking about my options for a year from now.

What else should be on my radar for 2021, besides these? https://gist.github.com/schmonz/d77c70fd1e4a0667a286f8dab4034c9d#2021-considering

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/103625090573521728

Hi! I'm the new organizer for the Jersey City Java User Group. Join us, and please vote for topics you'd like to see presented next. https://www.meetup.com/Jersey-City-Java-User-Group-JC-JUG/ #Java #Kotlin #Clojure #Scala #JVM #dev

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/103618271380181096

@xenotrope or possibly “The Epilepsening of Sexlexia”

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/103609075687747810

@xenotrope IIRC, my incessant BSD advocacy on CWRULUG was strongly related (and probably positively) with their becoming interested in what was going on besides Linux. In a just universe, (1) they'd have huge royalties from their book and (2) I'd get a cut.

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/103606612808304666

Mini-SPA, on February 21 in Leeds, UK, is something of a tasting menu for the British Computer Society’s Software Practice Advancement conference. I’ll be presenting “Strangle Your Legacy Code”.

Registration is free: https://schmonz.com/talk/2020-leeds-february/

#LegacyCode #LegacyCodeRocks #TDD #C #Python #SMTP

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/103605054529878710

Three-stage deployment.

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/103552966730362556

@mwlucas got it 👍🏼

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/103528835526434849

@mwlucas thanks. wow, neat IPv6 regression in sslserver. Listening v4-only for now, should be "fixed" enough for our present purposes.

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/103528810143460231

@mwlucas oh shit! (I'd love full bounce details, if you can DM or pastebin them.) I won't be there 3rd week of March either, and might not be back in MI again for a while after that. But 3rd Tues in March is St Patrick's anyway. How about March 10 or 24 for a full-length talk?

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/103528644579321105

@mwlucas not sure my mails to Semibug are going through, but I'd love to be part of the February meeting. Do you happen to know when it'll be?

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/103527966405060020

New! I'm talking with the Mob Mentality Show about the synergy between #MobProgramming and #coaching, mobbing in #LegacyCode, and programming for non-programmers. https://schmonz.com/talk/20200122-mob-mentality/

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/103527946124484548

Nothing like a relaxing morning waking up with the sun, coffee, a crashed server, manual fsck, rebooting and crashing and fscking again, truncating and recreating the journal, crossing fingers, booting without crashing, and figuring out why some services haven't started.

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/103515665324807536

“Your development process and #notqmail itself were both very inspiring. The importance of your roadmap was insightful, and the way you found collaborators just sounded fun... I want to start running my own email.”

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/103499878715157114

One of several off-label applications T has found for this.

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/103499761588746235

On his Programming Leadership podcast, Marcus Blankenship and I talked about building a collaborative open-source team in a software community with a long history of… not that. https://schmonz.com/talk/20200110-programming-leadership/ #LegacyCode #qmail #notqmail

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/103459164647415133

A fruitful frame. #xp #ExtremeProgramming #Agile #Scrum

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/103443641196696176

In March, for the New York City BSD User Group, I expressed a wish to avoid creating yet another #qmail fork.

Tomorrow’s #NYCBUG talk is about my failure — notqmail is alive and well — and our success with it so far.

Details: https://schmonz.com/talk/2020-nyc-january/

#LegacyCode #C #Dev #SMTP

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/103442967841359603

B: Do you know how much I love you?

T: Yeah.

B: Really? How much?

T: Big, and slow.

B: [considers this answer extremely correct]

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/103438193454275234

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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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/103433916411327505

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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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/103165284099585591

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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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/103039418215868750

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