Brian Marick has posted a bunch of useful tips for agile projects struggling with getting customer collaboration going smoothly.

I see that Keith Ray has got a reading problem as well. Coincidentally, I've got 4 of his 8 books on my bookshelf, two of which I've read. Oh, actually I've only got 3 of them on my bookshelf. A co-worker loaned the fourth one...

Martin Fowler himself has stepped up and written a little story about how ThoughtWorks had dealt with a client requiring a fixed-price contract in a bliki entry aptly named ScopeLimbering.

Michael, I'm terribly sorry but I'd prefer taking a pillow to some of the meetings I've attended during my short career. The NerdHerder does have a point about writing things down, though.

Steve Freeman has started to wonder whether his right-handedness has an identity problem. Don't worry, Steve. I believe it's quite common for one's weaker hand to develop into more of a "surgical instrument" and the stronger hand to become a hammer too clumsy for pushing those little buttons...

On the Ruby front, Bill Caputo is taking on a challenge while Charles Miller is facing the ugly face of reality elsewhere. I'm still waiting for Christmas, though ;)

Finally, I find it quite amusing that Ron Jeffries is paraphrasing Red Green :)