Why information sometimes is very hard to digest and save As long as I can remember, I’ve had this weird issue with learning new things. Take high school, for example. Subjects like history and geography were a breeze. Even the statistics and probability part of math came naturally to me — but algebra and calculus?…
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Agilemania 2025
I started working in the IT industry in 1999 — not counting my three internships. I first encountered Agile and Scrum around 2007, and in 2008 I got officially certified. My training was under the inspiring guidance of Jens Østergaard and Bas Vodde, two early champions of the framework. Since then, I’ve seen my fair…
A blast from the past – Chaos! (57:130/0)
A blast from the past. Thirty years ago — yeah, I’m that old — I didn’t even know the internet existed yet. As far as I knew, cable internet didn’t exist either. But there was a vibrant community of people running Bulletin Board Systems (BBSes), which you could dial into to get your daily fix…
Door to door sales, the new “lying” standard
For the past few years, we’ve had a sticker next to our doorbell that politely reads: “No door-to-door salespeople, please.” It works — 99% of salespeople (yes, even the polite ones in suits) see it, turn around, and leave us in peace. But then there’s a special breed of door-to-door sellers. The kind who think…
Welcome
Ever had the idea of writing a book? Well, I did — and not just once, but several times. In my mind, I’ve written countless chapters: long, elegant, and descriptive. But whenever I tried to commit them to (digital) paper, I always ended up with chapters the size of — and you probably already guessed…