http://michael.podvinec.ch Michael Podvinec's blog Sat, 05 Dec 2009 04:55:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm keeping this writeup definitely shorter than my  writeup of XP Days Benelux. In Karlsruhe, we presented the Science Scrum talk again, that Joseph and I had submitted together. Slides from the talk are here and a podcast was recorded and should become available on the organizer's site soon. It definitely ... http://michael.podvinec.ch/science_scrum/xp-days-germany This year, I attended XP Days Benelux for the first time, and I want to share some of the insights and impressions I got from this event. To tell the truth, I have not been at any XP Days-Events before, and my mind was blown away. This was not what ... http://michael.podvinec.ch/tech/a-personal-look-back-on-xp-days-benelux-2009 Ich werde an den XP Days Germany zusammen mit Joseph Pelrine (@josephpelrine) eine 30'-Version unseres Erfahrungsberichts mit Scrum im Management einer Uni-Forschungsgruppe präsentieren. Der Vortrag ist auf Deutsch (was mir nicht schwerfallen sollte, aber dennoch ungewohnt ist), im Gegensatz zu der Session, die wir ein paar Tage vorher an den ... http://michael.podvinec.ch/deutschsprachig/speaker-xp-days-germany In this article, we take a look at the roles of management and product ownership in university research. There was recently not so long ago a discussion at InfoQ, triggered by an opinion piece by Amr Elssamadisy. Michael ... http://michael.podvinec.ch/words/science-scrum-can-i-speak-to-the-manager-please I will be attending XP Days Benelux this year. Joseph Pelrine and I have proposed a session called "Science Scrum: Managing a Research Group the Agile Way", which will be opening the conference proper right after the plenary. We'll speak about some of the things I have covered (and have ... http://michael.podvinec.ch/science_scrum/confirmed-speaker-at-xp-days-benelux A quick, simple and tasty recipe (if you like liver). Based on an article in La Cucina Italiana. For 2 Persons: 250 onion, chopped sideways into fine strips 250 veal liver, cut into small pieces 30g butter Extravirgin olive oil 2 sage leaves handful of parsley, finely chopped 1 glass dry white wine salt, pepper Preparation: On medium heat, melt 30g ... http://michael.podvinec.ch/food/fegato-di-vitello-alla-veneziana-veal-liver-venetian-style Ask a scrum practitioner what the right size for a scrum team is, and he's likely to tell you "7, plus minus 2", the canonical Scrum answer. Here, I want to consider lower limits of Scrum teams and how to overcome them. This seemingly magical size of teams of between 5 ... http://michael.podvinec.ch/words/science-scrum-avoiding-scrum-for-one From @daveharvey: Booklog (n.) - All the books you've ordered on a whim or recommendation and are piling up, unread. Can be prioritised like any backlog... Good idea... I'll show you mine, will you show me yours? (not yet prioritized, except that I'm reading the top one right now) PS: What a pity ... http://michael.podvinec.ch/books/whats-your-booklog Even if time has become a valued commodity lately, I still like to cook, and to occasionally try out new things. On this long weekend, I ventured to explore a heavenly taste combination: Basil and Strawberries. I remembered this combination from idly thumbing through Culinary Artistry, an extraordinary and inspiring ... http://michael.podvinec.ch/pix/strawberries-basil-ice-cream-and-home-made-meringue ... Damian Pascal! 06.04.2009 09:27 3600g 50cm 36.6 deg. Celsius The proud parents Carmela & Michael Another UPDATE: More pictures are now at a new location: here http://michael.podvinec.ch/pix/introducing