Comments for The Sherpa Project http://thesherpaproject.com Thoughts by Ben Carey Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:13:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 Comment on The Dreyfus Model of Skill Acquisition by Mark Miller http://thesherpaproject.com/2008/10/26/the-dreyfus-model-of-skill-acquisition/#comment-167 Mark Miller Thu, 13 Nov 2008 19:35:20 +0000 http://thesherpaproject.com/?p=204#comment-167 Sounds like a good book - I think your on the right track with regard to laying out best practices. I think as long as you remind them to continuously refine and improve the practices with each project or even each iteration they will get it. Enjoy the blog - keep it up Sounds like a good book - I think your on the right track with regard to laying out best practices. I think as long as you remind them to continuously refine and improve the practices with each project or even each iteration they will get it.
Enjoy the blog - keep it up

]]> Comment on The Dreyfus Model of Skill Acquisition by Derek Neighbors http://thesherpaproject.com/2008/10/26/the-dreyfus-model-of-skill-acquisition/#comment-161 Derek Neighbors Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:38:50 +0000 http://thesherpaproject.com/?p=204#comment-161 We have been having this argument internally for some time. We really want to have a self-organizing team from the ground up. However, we must remember that a team that doesn't know the principles falls down quickly when asked to self organizing. Frustrating everyone involved. I plan on picking up the book and adding it to our library. Thanks for the post. We have been having this argument internally for some time. We really want to have a self-organizing team from the ground up. However, we must remember that a team that doesn’t know the principles falls down quickly when asked to self organizing. Frustrating everyone involved. I plan on picking up the book and adding it to our library. Thanks for the post.

]]> Comment on Effectiveness vs. Efficiency by admin http://thesherpaproject.com/2008/08/05/effectiveness-vs-efficiency/#comment-160 admin Tue, 28 Oct 2008 03:24:28 +0000 http://thesherpaproject.com/?p=165#comment-160 Thanks Chris. Great post BTW. I need to pick up that book and read it. I've browsed it, but haven't read it cover-to-cover yet. Thanks for pointing out your post :) Thanks Chris. Great post BTW.

I need to pick up that book and read it. I’ve browsed it, but haven’t read it cover-to-cover yet.

Thanks for pointing out your post :)

]]> Comment on Effectiveness vs. Efficiency by Chris Spagnuolo http://thesherpaproject.com/2008/08/05/effectiveness-vs-efficiency/#comment-159 Chris Spagnuolo Tue, 28 Oct 2008 03:10:10 +0000 http://thesherpaproject.com/?p=165#comment-159 Hi Ben, I wrote a post quite some time ago about the same topic. It's based on popular author's Timothy Ferriss' distinction between effectiveness and efficiency. Check it out at: http://edgehopper.com/effectiveness-vs-efficiency/ Cheers, Chris Hi Ben,

I wrote a post quite some time ago about the same topic. It’s based on popular author’s Timothy Ferriss’ distinction between effectiveness and efficiency. Check it out at: http://edgehopper.com/effectiveness-vs-efficiency/

Cheers,

Chris

]]> Comment on Effectiveness vs. Efficiency by Scott Bower http://thesherpaproject.com/2008/08/05/effectiveness-vs-efficiency/#comment-158 Scott Bower Fri, 08 Aug 2008 02:01:31 +0000 http://thesherpaproject.com/?p=165#comment-158 That confused me. Your post is both efficient and effective. But it is confusing. Personally, I embrace chaos, chance, and difficult situations. Life is rich because it is flawed. I turned down the opportunity to take classes this summer at The Illinois Institute of Technology because the central project was about improving wayfinding in urban Chicago within a new version of ELITO research methods. I like getting lost, getting in trouble, and experiencing the unexpected. I think I read to much Henry Miller. You are so deep into process Ben, you need to step back and look at what software and development are in the big picture within the concept of Progress and Survival. Neither of those things has anything to do with efficiency, good process, or effectiveness. It would be a very boring and predictable world if it was. I would suggest reading "Holy Fire" by Bruce Sterling. ;) Hope you are having fun up in Toronto. Make sure you go do design and art things while you there. The entire cyberpunk culture lives there now ;) That confused me.

Your post is both efficient and effective. But it is confusing.

Personally, I embrace chaos, chance, and difficult situations. Life is rich because it is flawed. I turned down the opportunity to take classes this summer at The Illinois Institute of Technology because the central project was about improving wayfinding in urban Chicago within a new version of ELITO research methods. I like getting lost, getting in trouble, and experiencing the unexpected. I think I read to much Henry Miller.

You are so deep into process Ben, you need to step back and look at what software and development are in the big picture within the concept of Progress and Survival. Neither of those things has anything to do with efficiency, good process, or effectiveness. It would be a very boring and predictable world if it was.

I would suggest reading “Holy Fire” by Bruce Sterling. ;) Hope you are having fun up in Toronto. Make sure you go do design and art things while you there. The entire cyberpunk culture lives there now ;)

]]> Comment on Nature Doesn’t Have A Design Problem by scott willeke http://thesherpaproject.com/2008/01/31/nature-doesnt-have-a-design-problem/#comment-157 scott willeke Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:28:15 +0000 http://www.thesherpaproject.com/?p=156#comment-157 Reminds me of another quote: "If all the insects on earth disappeared, within 50 years all life on earth would disappear. If all humans disappeared, within 50 years all species would flourish as never before.". Heard it in a great ted talk: http://blog.ted.com/2006/06/sir_ken_robinso.php#more Reminds me of another quote: “If all the insects on earth disappeared, within 50 years all life on earth would disappear. If all humans disappeared, within 50 years all species would flourish as never before.”. Heard it in a great ted talk: http://blog.ted.com/2006/06/sir_ken_robinso.php#more

]]> Comment on How I Got Started With Programming by Megan Sumrell http://thesherpaproject.com/2008/06/13/how-i-got-started-with-programming/#comment-155 Megan Sumrell Mon, 16 Jun 2008 13:14:31 +0000 http://thesherpaproject.com/2008/06/13/how-i-got-started-with-programming/#comment-155 I love your answer to the first app you wrote...needing to bill more then 24 hours in a day....nice :) I love your answer to the first app you wrote…needing to bill more then 24 hours in a day….nice :)

]]> Comment on Hosting WCF / .svc Files in IIS7 by Brian R http://thesherpaproject.com/2007/01/11/hosting-wcf-svc-files-in-iis7/#comment-146 Brian R Tue, 06 May 2008 18:41:13 +0000 http://www.thesherpaproject.com/?p=97#comment-146 THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! I've been googling this and have found a bunch of sites that give you crazy walkthroughs on how to manually add the handlers.... I am glad I gave up on them thinking there must be an easier way! YOU ARE THE MAN! (or women) THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!

I’ve been googling this and have found a bunch of sites that give you crazy walkthroughs on how to manually add the handlers….

I am glad I gave up on them thinking there must be an easier way! YOU ARE THE MAN! (or women)

]]> Comment on Hosting WCF / .svc Files in IIS7 by Brian http://thesherpaproject.com/2007/01/11/hosting-wcf-svc-files-in-iis7/#comment-145 Brian Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:55:32 +0000 http://www.thesherpaproject.com/?p=97#comment-145 Thank you so much, this totally fixed my problem developing in my local IIS using .svc files in my cascadingdropdowns. Thank you so much, this totally fixed my problem developing in my local IIS using .svc files in my cascadingdropdowns.

]]> Comment on 10 Weeks Later… by Arnulfo Wing http://thesherpaproject.com/2008/04/13/10-weeks-later/#comment-144 Arnulfo Wing Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:25:21 +0000 http://thesherpaproject.com/2008/04/13/10-weeks-later/#comment-144 Congrats to both of you for a job well done, she is precious.! ;) Congrats to both of you for a job well done, she is precious.! ;)

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