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Essays from June 2007

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  1. A Demo-day smell

    While attending a team demo the other day I came accross what I consider a “smell”. A smell is like a sign that something is wrong (from “smells bad but I don’t know where it comes from). The smell is the following, teams get on stage to demo the results of the latest iteration and …

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