tl;dr: We need to stop telling others that they’re doing it wrong just because they’re doing it differently. Different things work for different people; we should at least consider that other paths exist, even if we choose not to take them. Y’all Be Jokin’ On Me The other day, I saw this meme: It's not just me, right? #noestimates pic.twitter.com/LYL7TOO0ov — I Can Haz Agile? (@agile_memes) February 25, 2015 The instance of the tweet that I saw had about 9001 comments from both sides of the estimation debate that proved the point of the meme itself.

A few years ago, I did a (very intro level) talk on PhoneGap. Recently, I’ve been getting back into Cordova for serious business – wow, have we come a long way =) One of the things that caused me a bit of friction was that cordova run windows wasn’t working how I expected. It kept trying to run the 8.0 target of the universal app instead of the 8.1 target.

The other day, my wife was looking at a recipe book and writing in a notebook. She often looks at these books when making meal plans and grocery lists, so I didn’t think much of it. Several minutes later, this was still happening, so I looked closer and realized that she was copying recipes by hand. I asked if taking a picture and emailing herself would work just as well. It turns out that she had considered scanning it, but our scanner isn’t a flatbed.

This is part of a series on good commits. Ok, Mr. Anderson @druttka Dude. When you gonna finish your "Committed to Good Commits" series? — Will Anderson (@itsananderson) February 22, 2015 Work Item Association Another way to enhance your commits is to associate them to work items. This can help everyone on the team - present and future - understand what’s going on with the project. What Are You Doing?

This is a super good read. It’s really pretty simple. I can, during that time, pair up with 10 less experienced developers and show them how to find solutions in minutes for things that would have taken them hours or days. I can make myself available to answer their questions. I can intervene at the point where they’d have thrown up their arms in frustration and despair and spent the rest of the day reading buzz feed and cracked.