1	JavaPolis 2007 So I presented at this year's JavaPolis. It was quite a day and inspired me to blog again. What do I mean by an exciting day? And wasn't JavaPolis a five-day conference? While I would've loved to attend more of the conference, I had prior engagem...	Dec 19, 2007
2	Al Gore talking about global warming Being a keen reader of Garr Reynold's Presentation Zen blog, I had no choice but to follow his recommendation for taking a look at Al Gore's presentation on global warming on Google Video (Gore begins around 9:30 into the video). After watching the wh...	May 25, 2006
3	The Coding Tournament at XP2006 So the next XP conference is less than a month away. (It's not too late to register, if you haven't already...) This year the conference is organized in Oulu, Finland. Yours truly will be co-hosting an activity with Markus Hjort, a colleague from Re...	May 21, 2006
4	Software design 101 for presenters All of us software types know that we should separate presentation from the underlying business logic. Still, most presentations we see in corporate settings--whether given by a suit or a techie--neglect this fundamental lesson of software design. I...	May 14, 2006
5	Ohjelmistokehitys 2006 I recently presented at the Ohjelmistokehitys 2006 seminar. My talk was about Lean Thinking and its application in the context of software development. I'm not going to blog about my talk, however, (even though it went quite well--I love talking about...	Apr 25, 2006
6	Pictures from the Agile Seminar in Helsinki I just uploaded some photos I took from last week's Agile Seminar. Here's a couple of select shots of our presenters. F-Secure's Vasco Duarte talking about toothbrush holders: Reaktor Innovations' Sebastian Nykopp demonstrating Wicket Bench: J...	Mar 22, 2006
7	Walk on stage Seth Godin suggests that we should consider just walking on stage, skipping the slideware stuff that most people aren't too good with, and doing the whole presentation in the form of Q&A (with at least the first question seeded in order to avoid a 45-...	Mar 11, 2006
8	Seth Godin on tape There's a recording of Seth Godin talking at Google about permission marketing, remarkable animals, storytelling, people with a flu, free prizes, and all that other Godin stuff over at Google Video. I highly recommend checking it out either for Godin'...	Mar 5, 2006
9	Busy times This past week was a busy one, which is the main reason for me not blogging much. Lots of things happening at work, with the upcoming Agile Seminar, and the book project which is having its first birthday real soon... As a small tribute to my late n...	Mar 5, 2006
10	How did I prepare for the presentation? Joe Schmetzer, a nice Australian fellow I finally met face-to-face at last year's XP Day in London, replied to my earlier post about the presentation style I had used with a question. To paraphrase Joe's reply, the question was "How do I prepare such ...	Feb 17, 2006