Conscious Development

Inspired by my colleaque’s post about best books on web development, I decided to share my list of books about software development on general. I found a good web site for sharing books and reviews, GoodReads. I’ve shared the most interesting books from past few years. Books vary from programming to designing, from project management to team leading, from methodologies to practises. As I believe, that over-specialization kills productivity, I like to have a broad understanding to the craft.

Here’s my list: http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/2854969?sort=rating.

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Here are some highlights from the first day in Scan-Agile conference.

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A while ago I attended an evening organized by Tietotoviikko. They had a few presentations and an ending panel discussion having members from both client and supplier side and also a researcher.
The topics of discussion were IT-suppliers ability to keep their promises, customers’ expectations towards their suppliers and what makes real partnership.
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