Good evening from Phoenix, Arizona.
The temperature this evening is down to a cool 98 degrees (it was up over 110 today). Either way you look at it hot = hot. But I do love this town. Wow. What great people. And great Pigs.
Or Hogs.
See. I walked down my hall this morning to get to my car and there were 2 umm, warthogs (??) blocking my way out of the hallway. They had little leashes on, but all I heard was the snorking sound I usually make when sleeping (trust me, as all those people around the world who have slept with me can tell you — wait, that did not sound right. Nevermind. Ask my wife :).).).)….
So. I turned around and walked to the front desk and bugged the lady at the front desk (as she was kicking out a crack whore from this primo hotel) about the hogs, and she said, “Oh, Piggies! [she sounded EXCITED] They are pets of a quest.”
Man, I cannot make this up.
Stop laughing.
Yeah, I am living high on the hog babeeeeeeeee.
Now that I “know” /pigges/ are residents at this fine motel, I may hunt them down for pictures in the morning. Trust me. I am all over that. Maybe I will bring them some bacon from the breakfast buffet.
Wait.
No breakfast buffet here.
So much for that sick joke.
But.
I will pick up a picture with the two little cuties and see what kind of pig-hog-swine-yuck-ill I can get from this trip as I hop over the crack whores to get to my car in the morning.
I am teaching a CSM Class in Phoenix this week with an up-an-coming Certified Scrum Trainer Ken Ward (his paperwork is “in the pipeline” with the ScrumAlliance). I learn a lot teaching each class like this with other people, and today was not any different. I heard that people appreciated the honest and open feedback from both Ken and I about our life experiences with Scrum and how it fits into delivering working software.
Day one of the shift in thinking. Big one was letting go of PM versus ScrumMaster Role.
Now.. is the ScrumMaster a LEADER or a FACILITATOR.
People left — as usual — with even more questions that answers.
Tomorrow we plan to tie together their quesitons with even more of the “how to” within Scrum, along with a pretty amped-up simulation and then open it up for real world questions and answers.
Fun should be had by all.
So… End of day.
Almost.
This evening I had the opportunity to interview Alan Dayley and I plan on putting it up on the system to our email subscribers this Thursday evening. So if you have not yet signed up for email updates, please go to www.implementingscrum.com/subscribe.
In addition to the newest interview with Alan, you’ll get a two-part series which includes an introduction to Scrum.
Membership has is pigvlidges. Get it? PIGvlidges. OK… So yeah, I still suck at jokes.
Have a great day.
Thank you.
- mike vizdos
Hi,
Well this evening I put out a posting on CNN’s site where they do this iReporter stuff.
The posting of course had our intrepid Chicken and Pig with the Lipstick.
Remember the point is that politics aside (I could care less) the analogy of the lipstick and the pig represents the fact that people try to make something old pretty by using nice words and flowing bla bla bla.
Wow.
Look at me go.
Please visit http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-82862 and comment and DIGG IT for me there!
Thank you,
- mike
Hi all,
Welcome back to yet another day at www.implementingscrum.com.
Just passed CNN Headline news and heard the politicians in the USA blabbering on about a “Lipstick on a Pig” comment.
Propaganda and political agendas aside, it did remind me of a posting I did back in 2006.
It was about removing the lipstick from a pig.
And it was a good reminder about what a lot of teams are trying to do with Scrum today.
Stuff I am hearing more and more come up — both within Scrum and life in general.
Timely for news junkies.
Start those tough conversations.
Today!
And get the word out about it.
… and I promise you do not have to sell it to the Devil.
Just loan it to me.
Mike Vizdos.
Clearly not the Devil :).
What do I need?
I’d like to actually interview a person (via phone or in person if I am near) who would like to talk about a troubling problem on a project and then walk together through how Scrum says to solve it.
I’d like to keep the call under 10 minutes and you can have as much anonymity or credit as possible. I think it is time for the world to start hearing from real people.
More real people.
Just like me.
Ready?
Contact me and we can set something up together! We’ll keep it as fun or as boring as you want to make it.
Thank you,
- mike vizdos
www.michaelvizdos.com
www.implementingscrum.com
PS: If you have not already done so, please sign-up for FREE video updates via email at www.implementingscrum.com/subscribe.
Hi all,
I am testing a quick blog entry via my iPhone for a few reasons.
First, of course, is to see if this thing works.
Second. If you have not recently transitioned over to the new email system please go to www.implementingscrum.com/subscribeand do so with your current email. If you start getting duplicates kill the old email coming from feedburner. I will send out instructions for all you current email users but wanted to give you a heads up. You will be glad you did.
And. Forward this to your teams and friends please!
So if this works expect a bit more interaction from me. Which I know you all love (smile).
Hope your Monday went well.
- mike Vizdos
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