Archive for April, 2009

A Sonnet In Memoriam

Can’t yell out at you now for
Inflamed fights over small beer–
A yell once in months two or eight, or a year or
In smoking afternoons or hazy rings of eventides
In stinking cellars or dizzy stairs–
Verbal brawls wasted and
Now long forgotten
Now recalled in raw hurt.
The yell eternally strangled,
A promise to remain unfulfilled,
A source parched [...]

Stray Thoughts on Working in the Agile Mode

Kris inspired this post with her musings on doing UX in an Agile environment. Echoing her concerns, here are some lessons I learned working as a writer in that setup. Agile emphasizes on minimal planning and doing things at short intervals or iterations. In a way, every iteration has a specific, measurable goal, which is [...]