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The familiar ping of the office elevator woke Dav, the software/developer writer from his sleep, startled at the morning light streaming onto his desk. The door slid open, and Belinda, the project lead/editor stepped out.

Dav felt sick. The project was terminally late, the user/reader group was due to arrive and the [...]

The review of the first iteration of A blog post developed using Agile Methodology has concluded that although the first iteration had all of the function that was stipulated as a must have, it failed to deliver on the spirit of what the project was trying to achieve. The team has been so busy [...]

The first iteration of A blog post developed using Agile Methodology has been rolled out, and here it is, sure it might not look like much now, but the core functionality agreed is included and the team believe we can deliver a useful and informative piece of software/writing.

Initially the team is made up [...]

Introduction

This blog post conceives a series of iterations for a blog post created using Agile Software Development Methodology to explore common themes between writing software and writing language.

The post must have:

A subject that cleverly highlights the relationship between developing software and developing written language.
A logical structure of “characters” mimicking various voices within the software development [...]

I have reached the conclusion that pellacor is not the best release valve for my thoughts about the future of the media industry, and particularly not in the form of presrciptive opinions below. I realise that the you guys are fucking shit up attitude helps no one and I intend on working slowly and [...]

For those that don’t know me personally: I manage the New Media Business at the New Zealand Press Association, and about half my job is business development, the other half is online news strategy and project management.

But news for me isn’t just my job, it’s my passion, it’s my love that stretches from [...]