http://blog.gdinwiddie.com/2008/01/22/what-do-you-know/ Effective software development Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:47:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.6 http://blog.gdinwiddie.com/2008/01/22/what-do-you-know/#comment-24532 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:53:38 +0000 http://blog.gdinwiddie.com/2008/01/22/what-do-you-know/#comment-24532 [...] It is good when we learn from our experiences–much better than when we don’t learn from them. I recently wrote about learning, or failing to learn, from observing others. A recent discussion on the scrumdevelopment yahoogroup got me thinking about another way to learn from experiences, and that’s learning from the experiences of others. [...] […] It is good when we learn from our experiences–much better than when we don’t learn from them. I recently wrote about learning, or failing to learn, from observing others. A recent discussion on the scrumdevelopment yahoogroup got me thinking about another way to learn from experiences, and that’s learning from the experiences of others. […]

]]> http://blog.gdinwiddie.com/2008/01/22/what-do-you-know/#comment-23289 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 23:33:26 +0000 http://blog.gdinwiddie.com/2008/01/22/what-do-you-know/#comment-23289 I learned the driving route lesson /again/ late last month: After attending "the other" caving group's meeting, I "followed" them to the pizza joint (frequented by both groups after meetings), but when they turned one street early, I kept going. Then I learned... These people know a shorter route to a better and more appropriate parking lot a few hundred feet closer to the pizza place. (Slap myself on the head; maybe someday I'll learn to keep learning!!! ;-) I learned the driving route lesson /again/ late last month: After attending “the other” caving group’s meeting, I “followed” them to the pizza joint (frequented by both groups after meetings), but when they turned one street early, I kept going. Then I learned… These people know a shorter route to a better and more appropriate parking lot a few hundred feet closer to the pizza place. (Slap myself on the head; maybe someday I’ll learn to keep learning!!! ;-)

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