A summary of my Twitter posts from January 2010:
2010-01-31 21:20:15
smithcdau: Cross functional teams built on combined skills RT @jeffpatton: Build effective teams from multiple competencies, not multiple roles. #yam
2010-01-31 21:17:57
smithcdau: RT @jeffpatton: Build effective teams from muliple competencies, not multple roles. #yam
2010-01-31 21:16:02
smithcdau: RT @unclebobmartin: TDD helps with, but does not guarantee, good design & good code. Skill, talent, and expertise remain necessary. #yam
2010-01-30 11:49:57
smithcdau: I just watched Forgetting Sarah Marshall and really enjoyed it, but it was harder forgetting Marshall Eriksen…
2010-01-30 09:13:53
smithcdau: @spidie Plenty of pool halls have them (well at least they used to…)
2010-01-29 11:10:59
smithcdau: is now flying over Sydney Airport on Virgin Blue https://myskystatus.com/map/view/DJ/997/0 Powered by Lufthansa – http://myskystatus.com/
2010-01-29 10:12:28
smithcdau: is now departing Kingsford Smith on Virgin Blue . Powered by http://myskystatus.com/
2010-01-29 09:38:39
smithcdau: Busy 2 days in Sydney including great meeting with @GreenHopperTeam, Sydney Agile meetup for @AgileAcademy & testing dinner with @RBCS #yam
2010-01-29 06:49:28
smithcdau: You know you’re in Sydney when… http://twitpic.com/109xps
2010-01-29 06:37:29
smithcdau: Taxi took me over the Sydney Harbour Bridge today, first time I’ve needed to do that in over 10 years.
2010-01-28 02:38:10
smithcdau: Off to Atlassian HQ to catchup with my good friends on the @GreenHopperTeam and see whats new #jira #yam
2010-01-27 21:29:08
smithcdau: @LaurenLee_ I did it everything fits (just)!
2010-01-27 11:46:09
smithcdau: Packing for a quick 2 day trip to Sydney tomorrow. Trying to squeeze everything into my laptop backpack.
2010-01-27 08:19:36
smithcdau: RT @jhuggins For proper balance … write 10 unit tests for every 1 Selenium UI/functional test. #yam
2010-01-27 08:16:48
smithcdau: 10 leadership lessons to learn from the Conan O’Brien farewell speech http://bit.ly/dnnKNu #yam
2010-01-26 13:28:24
smithcdau: Just watched Step Brothers. Odd but reasonably funny at times.
2010-01-25 23:26:51
smithcdau: “Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get but if you work really hard & you’re kind, amazing things will happen”
2010-01-25 23:26:30
smithcdau: Just watched the final Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien. His parting words were inspiring. I think NBC made a big mistake backing Leno.
2010-01-25 07:45:07
smithcdau: I’m attending Ignite Brisbane – Global Ignite Week — http://ignitebrisbane.eventbrite.com/?ref=estw #yam
2010-01-24 10:28:25
smithcdau: is now departing Tullamarine on Virgin Blue for business. Powered by http://myskystatus.com/
2010-01-23 14:22:30
smithcdau: 15 hours of laptop installs today – at least it was new hardware and Windows 7…
2010-01-22 20:58:56
smithcdau: RT @agilebob: One of the nice things about being agile is that we don’t lose much by taking a short trip down a wrong road. #yam
2010-01-22 06:46:53
smithcdau: Not surprising RT @cuttertweets: Analysis of 32 million breached passwords shows 123456 as most common. Seriously. http://bit.ly/5ckYoV #yam
2010-01-22 06:39:32
smithcdau: @jimmcslim change that should to a will!
2010-01-22 06:36:45
smithcdau: Apparently it’s 37 degrees right now in Melbourne, but it feels cooler than that.
2010-01-21 22:25:14
smithcdau: Enjoyed day 1 of the @agileacademy testing bootcamp, lots of interesting discussion and opinion in the room. Bring on day 2! #yam
2010-01-20 21:25:58
smithcdau: Stupid travel agent screwed up my accomodation in Melbourne meaning I have no hotel room tonight 
Time to call in favours from relatives
2010-01-20 11:20:15
smithcdau: Ugh, sitting on the tarmac at Tullamarine waiting for a gate.
2010-01-20 10:12:06
smithcdau: is now departing Brisbane International on Qantas Airways for business. Powered by http://myskystatus.com/
2010-01-19 23:24:45
smithcdau: Facilitating a taste of agile course (compressed) for some HR employees today in Brisbane #yam #in
2010-01-19 12:31:29
smithcdau: Finished watching Criminal Minds Season 2. Now packing for tomorrow’s trip to Melbourne.
2010-01-17 22:03:17
smithcdau: “What Programmers Have to Know About Testing”, good article by @janetgregoryca: http://bit.ly/4UgEWG #yam
2010-01-17 10:03:07
smithcdau: Spent a good part of the weekend cleaning up one of my front garden beds. And they were the easy ones…
2010-01-16 12:11:52
smithcdau: Nice dinner with friends down at Raby Bay Harbourside followed by me finally getting around to watching “Borat”.
2010-01-15 00:33:23
smithcdau: Commodore 64 BASIC #my1stprogramenv
2010-01-14 23:06:09
smithcdau: RT @aglover: SDTimes article: “Driving development with functional tests” http://bit.ly/8t0Zjg #yam
2010-01-14 11:40:09
smithcdau: @joshprice Yeah, I liked that one too!
2010-01-14 11:10:57
smithcdau: O’Reillys Best & Worst of the Decade. The “cult of scrum” listed as one of the worst & the “antithesis of Agile” http://trunc.it/4nrb6 #yam
2010-01-14 10:57:40
smithcdau: Sony delays launch of Gran Turismo indefinitely. Kinda glad I got an XBox 360 now… http://trunc.it/4ox64
2010-01-13 21:53:49
smithcdau: RT @AgileAcademy: Join us at the Agile Alliance Sydney Chapter launch 28/1/2010. Hope we see you there. For more info: http://ow.ly/VYvV
2010-01-13 11:11:11
smithcdau: The rewrite vs refactor dilemma -> http://blogs.agilefaqs.com/2009/12/22/rewrite-vs-refactor-dilemma/ #yam
2010-01-13 10:01:16
smithcdau: Productivity messages for 2010: http://www.hermestechnologies.ie/index.php/8-productivity-experts-messages/. I like the lost & I will list
2010-01-13 09:45:12
smithcdau: @teale Today’s Dilbert is for you! http://www.dilbert.com/strips/comic/2010-01-13/
2010-01-13 09:43:59
smithcdau: Podcamp Gold Coast in Feb looks interesting for social media discussion. Will try to free up my calendar & attend http://trunc.it/4otrn #yam
2010-01-13 09:37:43
smithcdau: @michaelneale I would say interesting rather than earth shattering…
2010-01-13 02:48:48
smithcdau: Technology trends predicted by Thoughtworks: Java dead; JVM, emergent design & lean on rise, RIA little benefit.. http://trunc.it/4oftz #yam
2010-01-13 02:37:00
smithcdau: @rob_nielsen It’s 12:36 in case you need to know…
2010-01-12 00:20:00
smithcdau: The proposed 5th item for the agile manifesto, “Craftsmanship over Crap” implies we still value crap, which I don’t. http://trunc.it/4l87v
2010-01-12 22:11:16
smithcdau: How to effectively define a sufficient set of BDD scenarios/Acceptance tests? http://trunc.it/4ph1o #yam
2010-01-12 11:50:57
smithcdau: @woodsysnr Dude you are so 2009! http://foursquare.com/
2010-01-10 00:00:21
smithcdau: @teradee Jason, interested to know why, from a leaders perspective, you consider TDD to be so important?
2010-01-10 20:46:25
smithcdau: RT @rands: If you’re waiting to be told what to do, you don’t care what you’re doing. #yam
2010-01-10 05:49:24
smithcdau: Nicely put… RT @WardCunningham: Estimating is the non-problem that know-nothings spent decades trying to solve. #yam
2010-01-10 05:47:46
smithcdau: @teradee Great to hear you’re interested in TDD (& hopefully ATDD). Many of our teams do TDD, but would like to increase that number!
2010-01-10 05:45:10
smithcdau: @teradee Good to hear! I was interested in ur perspective because I hear a number of my leaders say it, but was not sure they understand it.
2010-01-09 14:11:33
smithcdau: Playing GTA Vice City Stories, 95.4% complete, finished Mashin’ Up the Mall & Playground At The Point.
2010-01-09 12:09:24
smithcdau: Just watched Georgia Rule, which was actually better than I had expected. Wonder if sitting through to the end of a movie is a Georgia Rule?
2010-01-08 10:08:15
smithcdau: RT @mashable 8 Things to Avoid When Building a Community http://bit.ly/5v0Hen
2010-01-08 03:13:57
smithcdau: @lisacrispin wasn’t it Hotel 96 or something like that?
2010-01-08 03:11:44
smithcdau: Probably has a manager & not a leader RT @tirsen: If you call me a “resource” I’m not going to be your “resource” for much longer. #yam
2010-01-07 13:07:25
smithcdau: RT @AgileAcademy: Brisbane Agilists come along to next Agile Academy Meetup – Agile is from Mars, Usability is from Venus. http://ow.ly/Teue
2010-01-07 10:11:58
smithcdau: is now departing Tullamarine on Virgin Blue for business. Powered by http://myskystatus.com/
2010-01-07 07:13:20
smithcdau: Sitting at Melbourne Airport catching up on email after two long but fulfilling days of agile concept workshops.
2010-01-05 12:11:05
smithcdau: is now arriving at Tullamarine on Qantas Airways. https://myskystatus.com/map/view/QF/637/10 Powered by Lufthansa – http://myskystatus.com/
2010-01-05 10:11:24
smithcdau: is now departing Brisbane International on Qantas Airways for business. Powered by http://myskystatus.com/
2010-01-04 02:18:25
smithcdau: @twasink That happened to my Telsta Next G SIM in my 3G dongle, three times. They just swapped it and away I went…
2010-01-04 20:42:22
smithcdau: RT @mlevison: #Agile2010 Speaker Compensation not well balanced: http://is.gd/5M5IN The signal is submit 90m sessions and not 60m
2010-01-04 12:26:13
smithcdau: Finally got around to piping all my POP3 accounts to GMail so I can least see my new email when travelling or on iPhone
2010-01-04 12:24:32
smithcdau: @LaurenLee_ I am on Internode, but it is ADSL only…
2010-01-03 20:38:19
smithcdau: Power outage meant I only got 3 hours sleep… Gonna be a rough one today…
2010-01-03 16:17:59
smithcdau: Weird power outage at wellington point. We have a trickle of power,enough to keep appliances on standby #energex
2010-01-03 04:08:06
smithcdau: How to sync Outlook tasks to your iPhone: http://danielcurran.com/freeware/how-to-sync-outlook-tasks-with-your-iphone-for-free/
2010-01-02 03:06:08
smithcdau: @twasink Touche…
2010-01-02 00:12:32
smithcdau: It’s not controversial, its just common sense. RT @unclebobmartin: It is 2010. I declare that #TDD is no longer controversial. #yam
Craig Smith
