Maybe it's the circle-R in the PMP® signature that put me off.

What's important is that the PMP-certified project manager is absolutely married to fixed-price software development. The idea of "Agile" was unthinkable. They were very clear that we had enough information to create a fixed price.

It's hard to …

Check out this post: "Why Quit? Because They Have Bigger Monitors".

Brilliant summary of a few small cost things that have a large impact. How many other signals are being sent?

Jim B. once pointed out that some organizations are entirely run by the accountants. You can have a good …

Read this on Gizmodo: "How Yahoo Killed Flickr and Lost the Internet" Compelling stuff: "Integration Is The Enemy of Innovation". "[Corporate Development milestones] often completely ignore what made the smaller target valuable in the first place." Lessons learned: it's hard to apply structured, formal, financial controls to innovation. As soon …

There's a cool infographic on technology change in FrugalDad. See The Great Disruption: The Future of Personal Tech. It's interesting and informative, but the few predictions it makes are not really disruptive. You wouldn't see anyone lobbying against the suggested future directions. They're all good ideas that leverage existing technology …

See this: http://nedbatchelder.com/blog/201204/python_iteration_presentation.html Nicely done, very thorough presentation on some Python fundamentals. The nature of iteration and generator functions is easily overlooked.

Read this http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevedenning/2012/04/25/david-brooks-competitiveness-vs-creativity-ge-vs-apple/ It's a brilliant analysis of innovation and creativity.

See http://madexpo.us/ The Mid-Atlantic Developer Expo. In my backyard (more-or-less). There's going to be this: http://madexpo.us/Sessions/384 and this: http://madexpo.us/Sessions/385 I'm looking forward to http://madexpo.us/Sessions/339, which I'm certainly going to attend. Many other sessions look like fun …

Read this Computerworld posting: Should the CIO know how to code? The answer is "Yes." The examples of "well-functioning non-technical CIOs" are people as rare as hen's teeth. "These are leaders who know what they don't know. They are good at asking the right questions, probing for further insight, and …

Read "Why Software Patents are Evil" by Simon Phipps in InfoWorld. It's an excellent summary of the problems caused by patents applied to software. There's a great TED Talk by Johanna Blakley on "Lessons Learned from Fashion's Free Culture" which reinforces the essential point. Software patents don't help anyone. The …

when it comes to the exceptional cases, all bets are off. So keep your mind open to weird, young [ideas] that you meet …