Hopefully, everything was migrated across correctly, and all of the RSS feeds still work. Apologies in advance if this post ends up anywhere it should not — please let me know if that’s the case and I’ll be happy to fix it!

Here are the details:

• Main flickr page;
• RSS feed; and
• Map of photos.

Please note that some of the photos are not public. If you want to see these photos, you’ll need to get a flickr account, and then add me as a friend/contact.

“Shipping is a feature. A really important feature. Your product must have it.”

Too right!

“There’s a lot of talk about change being hard, but sometimes it’s harder to keep your mind than change your mind.”

I couldn’t agree more. I’ve seen the fact that a development team is working in an “agile” environment used as an excuse for not making a decision so many times, it’s crazy. The argument usually goes along these lines: “It’s impossible to know what the right decision is, so let’s just make any old decision. We can always change our minds later. After all, we’re ‘agile’.”

I just want to scream when this happens — just because you use an Agile development process is not an excuse for being lazy in your decision making. Think about the problem, discuss it, mull it over, sleep on it, and start all over again if you need to. But be confident, when you have made your decision, that it’s the right decision.

Yes, you may need to change the decision later, when circumstances change or new information comes along ; but at least start out with confidence, and maintain that confidence until you find a compelling reason to change course.

Oh well, next weekend!

So, congratulations, mate! I am sure you will have a blast — hopefully, we can catch up for a beer soon…

Update: Since everyone keeps asking… 4 minutes.

“Misleading journalism … is becoming a public health problem.

“Healthy living advice hasn’t changed at all for at least a decade – don’t smoke, exercise, eat more fruit and veg. [Yet] a quarter of all respondents said that because scientists keep changing their minds, you might as well eat whatever you want, because it won’t make any difference anyway.”

I did a little bit of work with isocket a couple of months ago, and both John and Zak are great guys, so I am sure this will be the start of big things for them — best of luck, guys, now that the really hard work will start!