T'otherAlistair
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Chaotic-good, Lawful-neutral, project witchdoctor. Bard, Dancer, Specialty massage Poet Sits underwater Playful Wreaks havoc on the unsuspecting.
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Detailed summary of agile prehistory
If this is how I'm summarized, i'm already happy :)
Detailed summary of agile prehistory
If this is how I'm summarized, i'm already happy :)
November 12, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Detailed summary of agile prehistory
If this is how I'm summarized, i'm already happy :)
Detailed summary of agile prehistory
If this is how I'm summarized, i'm already happy :)
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Patreon (free read):
Proof-reading paper is so different from screen. I thought I would do "just one more" readthrough on paper to catch whatever mistakes had slipped through.
But reading on paper is just different. Suddenly I'm in a major edit session.
Patreon (free read):
Proof-reading paper is so different from screen. I thought I would do "just one more" readthrough on paper to catch whatever mistakes had slipped through.
But reading on paper is just different. Suddenly I'm in a major edit session.
Oops, heavy copy-editing on the Unifying User Stories book | Alistair Cockburn, Writer
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November 11, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Patreon (free read):
Proof-reading paper is so different from screen. I thought I would do "just one more" readthrough on paper to catch whatever mistakes had slipped through.
But reading on paper is just different. Suddenly I'm in a major edit session.
Patreon (free read):
Proof-reading paper is so different from screen. I thought I would do "just one more" readthrough on paper to catch whatever mistakes had slipped through.
But reading on paper is just different. Suddenly I'm in a major edit session.
New Patreon post, I just wrote a small chapter: Why? (The executive's version).
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Feeling good about that.
(Part free, part for patrons)
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Feeling good about that.
(Part free, part for patrons)
Incremental development for executives | Alistair Cockburn, Writer
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November 5, 2025 at 10:03 PM
New Patreon post, I just wrote a small chapter: Why? (The executive's version).
www.patreon.com/posts/increm...
Feeling good about that.
(Part free, part for patrons)
www.patreon.com/posts/increm...
Feeling good about that.
(Part free, part for patrons)
new Patreon (free read): www.patreon.com/posts/increm...
The Book on Fine-Grained Incremental Development: Getting More From Less
this thing is growing so fast I had to take it out of "The Simplifying Series"!
210 pages. Not so simple, it seems. But hopefully quite complete.
The Book on Fine-Grained Incremental Development: Getting More From Less
this thing is growing so fast I had to take it out of "The Simplifying Series"!
210 pages. Not so simple, it seems. But hopefully quite complete.
The Incremental book is growing! | Alistair Cockburn, Writer
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November 4, 2025 at 11:58 PM
new Patreon (free read): www.patreon.com/posts/increm...
The Book on Fine-Grained Incremental Development: Getting More From Less
this thing is growing so fast I had to take it out of "The Simplifying Series"!
210 pages. Not so simple, it seems. But hopefully quite complete.
The Book on Fine-Grained Incremental Development: Getting More From Less
this thing is growing so fast I had to take it out of "The Simplifying Series"!
210 pages. Not so simple, it seems. But hopefully quite complete.
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Hope you find it interesting to see the work that goes into these little books, and the thinking behind it.
Hope you find it interesting to see the work that goes into these little books, and the thinking behind it.
Upgrading the images (in chilly Florida) | Alistair Cockburn, Writer
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October 31, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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Hope you find it interesting to see the work that goes into these little books, and the thinking behind it.
Hope you find it interesting to see the work that goes into these little books, and the thinking behind it.
am going through all the figs for the use case book, have fortunately good quiet mood this morning. it’s slow work.
how we ADD people slog through long lists.
and it's cold. (Florida)
how we ADD people slog through long lists.
and it's cold. (Florida)
October 31, 2025 at 4:17 PM
am going through all the figs for the use case book, have fortunately good quiet mood this morning. it’s slow work.
how we ADD people slog through long lists.
and it's cold. (Florida)
how we ADD people slog through long lists.
and it's cold. (Florida)
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The incremental book: how I'm setting up the Elephant Carpaccio chapter.
(Patreon, partially free, partially for sponsors)
The incremental book: how I'm setting up the Elephant Carpaccio chapter.
(Patreon, partially free, partially for sponsors)
October 29, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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The incremental book: how I'm setting up the Elephant Carpaccio chapter.
(Patreon, partially free, partially for sponsors)
The incremental book: how I'm setting up the Elephant Carpaccio chapter.
(Patreon, partially free, partially for sponsors)
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Increments and iterations, 1993 version
Thought I'd drop you this little-known article I wrote in 1993, which is going in the book.
- Incremental means adding;
- Iterative means revising.
Increments and iterations, 1993 version
Thought I'd drop you this little-known article I wrote in 1993, which is going in the book.
- Incremental means adding;
- Iterative means revising.
Increments and iterations, 1993 version | Alistair Cockburn, Writer
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October 28, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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Increments and iterations, 1993 version
Thought I'd drop you this little-known article I wrote in 1993, which is going in the book.
- Incremental means adding;
- Iterative means revising.
Increments and iterations, 1993 version
Thought I'd drop you this little-known article I wrote in 1993, which is going in the book.
- Incremental means adding;
- Iterative means revising.
nice interview preamble for Berlin:
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXJL...
Alistair Cockburn on Agile, the Future with AI and Hexagonal Architecture | iSAQB SAG 2025
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October 28, 2025 at 4:14 PM
nice interview preamble for Berlin:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXJL...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXJL...
in the "what I did yesterday" department ... I added 40 pages to my The Book on Fine-Grained Incremental Development ... (haha lets measure by lines-of-code shall we?)
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gonna do more today
Patreon.
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gonna do more today
Patreon.
Added 40 pages yesterday :) | Alistair Cockburn, Writer
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October 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
in the "what I did yesterday" department ... I added 40 pages to my The Book on Fine-Grained Incremental Development ... (haha lets measure by lines-of-code shall we?)
www.patreon.com/posts/added-...
gonna do more today
Patreon.
www.patreon.com/posts/added-...
gonna do more today
Patreon.
p.p.s. I wonder if I should post a sign that says, "If you are tired of greed and fear running your organization and want more trust and collaboration, give me a call."
October 27, 2025 at 3:31 PM
p.p.s. I wonder if I should post a sign that says, "If you are tired of greed and fear running your organization and want more trust and collaboration, give me a call."
just put it on Patreon, as I'm doing with everything I write these days: www.patreon.com/posts/quick-...
A quick gestalt round-trip of Unifying User Stories, Use Cases and Story Maps | Alistair Cockburn, Writer
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October 27, 2025 at 3:26 PM
just put it on Patreon, as I'm doing with everything I write these days: www.patreon.com/posts/quick-...
latest Patreon note (free):
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(re)Starting: The book on fine-grained incremental development
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(re)Starting: The book on fine-grained incremental development
(re)Starting: The book on fine-grained incremental development | Alistair Cockburn, Writer
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October 24, 2025 at 9:47 PM
latest Patreon note (free):
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(re)Starting: The book on fine-grained incremental development
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(re)Starting: The book on fine-grained incremental development
for those following my Patreon, a small update (free read): www.patreon.com/posts/back-o...
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Back on the Unifying book... | Alistair Cockburn, Writer
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October 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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"Learn early, Learn often."
October 23, 2025 at 3:21 PM
"Learn early, Learn often."
I had Chat generate incremental growth for Reversi, didn't like it, made my own, had Chat make use cases, user stories, and use cases from the user stories. The final mini-use cases were the best part.
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Full story on my Patreon... free read for anyone.
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Full story on my Patreon... free read for anyone.
Using Chat to help make a Reversi game | Alistair Cockburn, Writer
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October 22, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I had Chat generate incremental growth for Reversi, didn't like it, made my own, had Chat make use cases, user stories, and use cases from the user stories. The final mini-use cases were the best part.
www.patreon.com/posts/using-...
Full story on my Patreon... free read for anyone.
www.patreon.com/posts/using-...
Full story on my Patreon... free read for anyone.
If you speak french. AI from the 1970s... :)
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Et voilà les Shadoks, la saison 3 | Archive INA
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October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
If you speak french. AI from the 1970s... :)
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youtu.be/m8cfXGQTWBU?...
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EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
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I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
October 20, 2025 at 10:09 PM
EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
"“Speculation is a dangerous business. It’s no place for amateurs, beginners or little boys”."
This quote from my father in his book "The Evolution and Eradication of Infectious Diseases"
:))
This quote from my father in his book "The Evolution and Eradication of Infectious Diseases"
:))
October 21, 2025 at 2:15 PM
"“Speculation is a dangerous business. It’s no place for amateurs, beginners or little boys”."
This quote from my father in his book "The Evolution and Eradication of Infectious Diseases"
:))
This quote from my father in his book "The Evolution and Eradication of Infectious Diseases"
:))
NYT has given up on English words. This is Dutch, also a Scottish dialect pronunciation of "brews". sigh
October 18, 2025 at 1:00 PM
NYT has given up on English words. This is Dutch, also a Scottish dialect pronunciation of "brews". sigh
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just uploaded the talk I'm giving tomorrow.
Slides in the Patreon, no fee.
just uploaded the talk I'm giving tomorrow.
Slides in the Patreon, no fee.
October 15, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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just uploaded the talk I'm giving tomorrow.
Slides in the Patreon, no fee.
just uploaded the talk I'm giving tomorrow.
Slides in the Patreon, no fee.
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I just keep learning that the "Heart of Agile" isn't about agile, it's about team*work, the work (internal and external) of teams, and that's what my focus will be.
Come join, even if you don't live in Germany.
I just keep learning that the "Heart of Agile" isn't about agile, it's about team*work, the work (internal and external) of teams, and that's what my focus will be.
Come join, even if you don't live in Germany.
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October 14, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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I just keep learning that the "Heart of Agile" isn't about agile, it's about team*work, the work (internal and external) of teams, and that's what my focus will be.
Come join, even if you don't live in Germany.
I just keep learning that the "Heart of Agile" isn't about agile, it's about team*work, the work (internal and external) of teams, and that's what my focus will be.
Come join, even if you don't live in Germany.
just posted on Patreon
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my conversation with Terry Yin at LESS'25 about the knowledge-acquisition graph.
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my conversation with Terry Yin at LESS'25 about the knowledge-acquisition graph.
The "knowledge-acquisition" graph at LESS'25 | Alistair Cockburn, Writer
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October 12, 2025 at 5:31 PM
just posted on Patreon
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my conversation with Terry Yin at LESS'25 about the knowledge-acquisition graph.
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my conversation with Terry Yin at LESS'25 about the knowledge-acquisition graph.
chatting with dennis stevens
AI:
"Change synapses in your/their brain
or your/their relationship with each other
or the problem."
AI:
"Change synapses in your/their brain
or your/their relationship with each other
or the problem."
October 12, 2025 at 3:27 PM
chatting with dennis stevens
AI:
"Change synapses in your/their brain
or your/their relationship with each other
or the problem."
AI:
"Change synapses in your/their brain
or your/their relationship with each other
or the problem."