Alto’s Adventure is my favourite Android game at the moment.
The artwork is beautiful, the game play is graceful, and the challenges push you but are achievable after some practice.
Month: March 2016
DSDM Agile project management cheat sheet
Just over a year ago I was sitting in a classroom learning about and sitting two exams on DSDM Atern Agile project management.
Something that I wished had been available at the time was some kind of cheat sheet that broke down each of the DSDM phases (pre-project, feasibility, foundations, exploration, engineering, deployment, and post-project), indicated which products (usually documents) belonged to which phase, and who was involved in the creation of each product.
I couldn’t find anything suitable, so I created my own, pulling out all that information from appendix C of the DSDM Agile Project Management Handbook into a RACI matrix.
Over the last year I’ve found this to be a really useful resource. I have it printed out on A3 and stuck on the wall next to my desk; I refer to it a lot.
You’re welcome to use it and adapt it for your own needs:
Beautiful Google Chrome new tab pages with Momentum
One of my favourite new Google Chrome extensions (plugins) is Momentum.
Momentum replaces the default Chrome ‘new tab’ page with a beautiful image that changes daily, the current time, plus an inspirational quotation, the weather, and an optional to-do list.
I never used to use the shortcuts on the default new tab page, so I find this page much nicer. It’s fun, it’s friendly, it opens really quickly (unlike other new tab replacements that I’ve tried) and it’s inspiring, not just because of the quotation at the foot of the page, but the image giving you a 24 hours glimpse into another beautiful part of the world.
Today’s image is of Geiranger, Norway, © Igor Sukma. For me it is, interestingly my colleagues who are using this extension always see an image unique to them each day, which is neat.
Check out Momentum on the Chrome Web Store.
Team meeting via Google Hangouts
Last week I had to work from home one morning. Our team meets at 09:30 every morning to catch-up. Years ago I suppose I would have had to either phone in or miss it.
We used Google Hangouts to allow my colleague Lewis and I to take part, connecting remotely.
Isn’t the world wide web an amazing thing!