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		<title>Throw away code after 4pm</title>
		<link>http://rasmusson.wordpress.com/2008/06/27/throw-away-code-after-4pm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:55:20 +0000</pubDate>
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I very rarely keep any code I write after 4pm.
Code I write after 4pm tends to be:

of low quality
riddled with mistakes
and generally more trouble than it&#8217;s worth

I am a morning person, and I often start working at 6:30 - 7:00am.
By 4pm, my brain just doesn&#8217;t click like it does first thing in the morning.
I&#8217;m not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scrum training with Innovel</title>
		<link>http://rasmusson.wordpress.com/2008/06/23/scrum-training-with-innovel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:42:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week I participated a Scrum Master training session put on by friend and acquaintance Robin Dymond, and was very impressed.
Robin, and his company Innovel, specialize in Agile management consulting. Part of their offering is Scrum training and they have some wonderful exercises for re-enforcing some of the practices us in the industry take for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quality has nothing to do with testing</title>
		<link>http://rasmusson.wordpress.com/2008/06/10/quality-has-nothing-to-do-with-testing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:15:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JR</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[When people hear the word quality, many of us instantly think of testing.
This shouldn&#8217;t be any surprise as the words, quality, testing, quality assurance, QA groups, testers are often lumped together when people discuss quality and software.
What is a surprise for some is how little testing has to do with quality.
Quality on software projects begins [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Toyota Way - Use Pull Systems to Avoid Overproduction</title>
		<link>http://rasmusson.wordpress.com/2008/05/19/the-toyota-way-use-pull-systems-to-avoid-overproduction/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 22:35:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JR</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Overproduction (waste) is one of the biggest tenets of the Toyota Production System. In this principle, Toyota recommends using pull systems to avoid producing overproduction.

Section II: The Right Process Will Produce the Right Results
Principle 3. Use &#8220;Pull&#8221; Systems to Avoid Overproduction
■ Provide your downline customers in the production process with what
they want, when they want [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The best time to post on your blog</title>
		<link>http://rasmusson.wordpress.com/2008/05/06/the-best-time-to-post-on-your-blog/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 13:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JR</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[For all you bloggers out there, here is an interesting post from ReadWriteWeb reporting the best time to post to your blog.
Best time : 1pm - 3pm and 5pm - 7pm (PST) on Thursdays.
Worst time : Between 3 - 5 pm PST on weekends.
This seems to make sense as there are far fewer readers on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Toyota Way - Long-term philosophy</title>
		<link>http://rasmusson.wordpress.com/2008/04/27/the-toyota-way-long-term-philosophy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 13:35:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JR</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Section I: Long-Term Philosophy
Principle 1. Base your management decisions on a long-term philosophy, even at the expense of short-term financial goals.
■ Have a philosophical sense of purpose that supersedes any short-term decision making. Work, grow, and align the whole organization toward a common purpose that is bigger than making money. Understand your place in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Batch vs continuous flow processing</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:57:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JR</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are at a cocktail party, and someone asks you to compare and contrast the differences between batch and continuous flowing processes, calmly lower your martini, grab the nearest table napkin, and proceed to draw the following picture:

Suppose we were in the toy car manufacturing business and there were three stages to building a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Toyota Way - You have a new assignment</title>
		<link>http://rasmusson.wordpress.com/2008/04/09/the-toyota-way-you-have-a-new-assignment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 18:23:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JR</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The year is 1950. You are an up and coming manager at a young automotive company in Japan. Your county has just lost a world war. You&#8217;ve had two atom bombs dropped on you. Your industrial capability has been decimated. Your supply base is wiped out. And your consumers have little money.
Your boss comes back [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Toyota Way</title>
		<link>http://rasmusson.wordpress.com/2008/04/08/the-toyota-way/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:49:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[
Every once in a while you pick up a book you just can&#8217;t put down. This happened to me recently when I finally got around to reading The Toyota Way, by Jeffery Liker.
The Toyota Way goes deep inside the heart of the company. Jeffrey shepherds readers through the birth of the company, the development of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ask tough questions</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:08:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JR</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ 

Ask tough questions at the beginning of your projects.
Why?
Because at the beginning of the project you:

are new
have nothing to lose
have not spent any money
are mostly still sane and rational, and
have time to do something about it if you discover something you don&#8217;t like.

The beginning of a project is the time to ask those tough, [...]]]></description>
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