Entries from August 2005

August 31, 2005

Analyse this

As consultants, our job also includes helping our clients learn XP and follow these principles in their projects. How does this apply to analysis? Besides the obvious of involving users, giving users the ability to select functionality to be built, writing stories and helping drive it through development, can analysts pair? Can one person write [...]

August 23, 2005

Valley of the chips

Chips. And Peanuts. Actually, they served more peanuts than chips. Each packet contained on an average, 8.5 peanuts. On the positive side, America West Airlines had some in-flight entertainment. No, not the flight attendantwho tripped over herself. Or the obese lady who squeezed into her seat, only to find that the seatbelt extension still wasnt [...]

August 17, 2005

Fun managers

The statements that some fund managers and analysts make are just hilarious.
From Moneycontrol“Technical analyst, Anil Mangnani, is of the view that if Sandesh manages to cross Rs 220, it will touch Rs 258 levels.”
Does the chap have to state the obvious? He may as well say that if it crosses Rs 220, it can go [...]

August 8, 2005

Weekend in Jersey

Spent a restful weekend with my cousin’s family in Randolph, NJ. They moved into a lovely house on the the lake – its actually on the lakeshore so we took kayaks across the lake to a beach for a picnic. It was good 1 mile trip each way, so this made for my weekend exercise, [...]