19. When Jon and Brett Came Back with Tapes




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Summary: For this episode, Jon (<a href="https://twitter.com/waterscrumban" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">@WaterScrumBan</a>) and Brett (<a href="https://twitter.com/brett_palmer" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">@brett_palmer</a>) find themselves reminiscing about their trip to Indianapolis for Agile Coach Camp last September 26-28, 2014. There they met Bryan Beecham (<a href="https://twitter.com/BillyGarnet" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">@BillyGarnet</a>) of Iceberg Ideas and Mike Bowler (<a href="https://twitter.com/mike_bowler" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">@Mike_Bowler</a>) to discuss the following topics:<br> <br> * Using LEGO to teach technical topics - Mike has begun posting some of the LEGO exercises for teaching TDD and other XP principles on his site at <a href="http://www.gargoylesoftware.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">gargoylesoftware.com</a>. Brett referenced <a href="http://blog.scrum.org/rory-cubes-for-sprint-retrospective/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Rory (Story) Cubes</a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0977616649/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0977616649&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=mbadiet-20&amp;linkId=GDTZZAKJOWCJSSCB">Agile Retrospectives: Making Good Teams Great</a> by Diana Larsen and Ellen Grove. Bryan paraphrased Kent Beck from <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0201616416/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0201616416&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=mbadiet-20&amp;linkId=HR5CJXWJFLEQYUI7">Extreme Programming Explained: Embrace Change</a>.<br> * Continuous Learning - Learn as fast as possible, not even build as fast as possible. Fifth Discipline identifies learning as a competitive advantage.<br> * Human Measurement and new technologies - Bryan swears by his Moto 360 watch, and he blogs about software craftsmanship and the human body at <a href="http://www.humanrefactor.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">humanrefactor.com</a>.<br> <br> Bryan will be joining us at the upcoming Agile Coach Camp in Irvine, April 10-12. Will you? More info at <a title="Agile Coach Camp US West" href="http://agilegathering.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">AgileGathering.com</a>.<br> <br> Have you visited our <a href="https://agilecoffee.com/forums/topic/coach-crisis-corner/">forums on the AgileCoffee website</a>?<br> <br> Reach out to Victor (<a href="https://twitter.com/agilecoffee" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">@AgileCoffee</a>) on Twitter –  and use the hashtags #askAgileCoffee or #tellAgileCoffee to interact with us on an upcoming episode.