Think about the last time you read a book.
Non-fiction? Fiction? It really does not matter.
And this book you read… what did you DO after you read the book?
Did you put it back on your book shelf?
Did you even finish it (smile — you see, *I* start a LOT of books!)
And there it gathers dust until one day… for some reason… you got the urge to pick it back up again.
Started at the beginning.
Or maybe a few pages back from where you left your bookmark.
And.
What did you learn after re-reading the same book again?
Anything?
Think. Really Think. [challenge ON my reader!]
Now.
What if you read a bunch of books on a topics after using Google to search for “Scrum.” [Note: Page 1 baby!]
And.
What if you read a bunch of cool blogs on the topic of Scrum (like www.implementingscrum.com or my personal site at www.michaelvizdos.com).
And.
Did nothing with that information.
Until.
One day, you took a class from someone experienced who tied together the real-life version with the book version of the topic.
Then.
You went back and read the “books” again.
What happened?
Was it the same experience or were you able to read it from a totally new perspective?
Please share via comments…. I am looking forward to continue learning with you!
Thank you,
- mike vizdos
Hi all.
I know. I know. It’s hard to believe.
After a long hiatus, Tony and I are back and committed to weekly releases of comic strips once again. Since literally blowing past our two-year birthday, we love to see our “original” members from the beginning hanging in there and all the “new” people joining every day.
You’ll see it around this time tomorrow.
Please do us a facor and pass this on to your teams, family, and friends who may be interested in this type of information. If people sign up via email, they (you???) will get free stuff (always a good thing) from me.
As the travel season winds down from totally insane to just a little nutsy for the remainder of the year, I will be able to spend more time with you — my lifeblood of the community and friends that I have met or have yet to meet one day.
Thanks again, and have an incredible week. I am off to Kansas City for a few days.
- mike vizdos
www.michaelvizdos.com
www.implementingscrum.com
Hi all,
This is a blog entry I have been meaning to write for a while.
Earlier this year I met with Ken Schwaber at his house for an awesome discussion with other people too.
In the past (August 2002 - August 2006) Ken used to issue the Certified ScrumMaster certificates as a piece of paper directly from him.
How times have evolved.
Now, it is an agreement between you and the Scrum Alliance, a non-profit organization.
And.
It is electronic (via a PDF file).
One of the questions that came up while I was there was, “What happened to all the old original certificates?”
He took me down to his basement.
In a dark dark corner, underneath a sweat band was the pile of original agreements.
My question was answered.
I assume mine is somewhere near the bottom of that pile.
And some people say some things never change.
Just thought I’d share this incredibly useful information with you (smile).
Wow.
This is post #200 on the site. Not bad for just over 2 years of working together.
Thanks for reading!
- mike vizdos
I have a place for the public class next week. Wahoo.
Pls contact me directly if you’d like me to work with your team on Wednesday next week!
Also… Cartoons restarting SOON.
Hi all.
This week I am doing a quick hop from Richmond to Seattle.
I am headed to San Diego next week and I need a place to host a class on Monday and Tuesday. If u have a room available please contact me directly offline from here asap.
I’ll be speaking at the users group there on Tuesday night and right now have some billable time opening on wednesday - lemme know if you’d be interested in me stopping by and working with your team.
I am then at a private client on Thursday and Friday.
Hope all is well.
Tony and I are cranking up the cartoons again very soon. I know that is the main reason you love visiting the site!
Have a great day.
-mike Vizdos
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