Daily Reading from May 16, 2008

16 May 2008

Links to what I’ve been reading recently.

What Does Done Mean for Your Project? — "One of the problems I see in projects is that there is not a sufficient definition of done. For agile teams, it’s not clear what done means for a timebox. For non-agile projects, the team may not agree on what …"

Best Of

The best of 2006 I wrote a lot of drivel in 2006. Here's the things that are less crappy than the rest.
Embrace the medium The Web is different than print, television, or any other medium. To be successful, designers must embrace those differences.
Debunking predictions Read/Write Web's authors have some goofy predictions.
Customer reference questions. Sample questions to ask customer references when choosing a software vendor.
How not to apply for a job Applying for a job isn't that hard, but it does take some minimal effort and common sense.
More of the best »

Thanks O'Reilly (Jun 29): Captcha usability
BarCamp Sacramento today (Apr 26): A short report from Barcamp Sacramento.
Barcamp Sacramento (Apr 16): BarCamp is coming to Sacramento
Chrometa in Inc (Jan 14): A local startup gets some national ink.
Scrum introduction (Jan 10): Getting a handle on the Scrum project methodology.
Unfriendly returns (Dec 27): Toys R Us blocks returns. You can bet I'll do all my shopping at a store with a friendlier return policy in the future.
The ongoing Comcast saga (Dec 27): Using Twitter as a customer service tool.

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