The ongoing kerfuffle over the “No Estimates” movement is surreal to me. So before I get to prediction markets for software estimates, I’ll discuss the surreal a bit. Instead of attempting to describe it, which, I can only imagine, would be meta-surreal, I’ll make use of an allegory of sorts. No Wedding Estimates Imagine that wedding…
This comic from The Oatmeal is one of my favorite pieces of internet. That’s true for a variety of reasons, but one of them is how he explains that it’s much easier to be told what to write than to be given the instructions, “write about whatever you want.” He’s not alone in feeling this…
Editorial Note: Since writing this post a couple of years ago, Dave has created a site in pursuit of his goal. He also interviewed me for it. I had an interesting exchange on Twitter a couple of days ago with Dave Schinkel. Here’s the most salient tweet: @daedtech thx, Good to know. I’m actually building…
