Philosophy

The study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence, especially as an academic discipline. The author studied ancient and medieval philosophy. Recently, he has learned a great deal about postmodernism and existential thought.

The Two Olive Paradox

I have worked in the business world for over twenty-five years.  When I left college, I hoped that I would work with grown-ups who would do the right thing.  Experience has crushed those

Globalization and a scrum master

Chicago in January, is an exercise in mental toughness.  I am sitting at my desk very early in the morning and it is single digits in Fahrenheit and deep in the negative in

A holiday message from Dirty Fingers

It is easy to get discouraged at the office.  There are lots of mean, petty, and crazy people.  You also have to cope with bureaucracy and office politics.  As a scrum master, these

Making a difference

The other night I was having dinner with someone who worked as a nurse.  I understood what they did for a living and when they discussed their work it was easy to understand

You can't fight mother nature

This has been an unusual week.  My off-shore development team has been offline because of horrible flooding in Chennai, India. I have been worrying about the health and safety of my teams which