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Inspired by Not the Nine O’Clock News. Chris Matts and I thought a “Not the Agile2010″ evening would be a fun thing to do while the official Agile 2010 conference is being run in Florida.

The “Not The Agile 2010″ conference is on the 10th August at 7pm. We’ve got some interesting talks. It’s free, but sign up here so we know who is coming: http://skillsmatter.com/event-details/home/not-the-agile2010-conference/

Hope to see you for a chat and some beer.

These are some of my favourite talks from this year’s TED Global Conference

I loved Matt Ridley’s meme of “Idea’s Having Sex”.  A fabulous talk exploring the importance of collaboration and exchanging ideas – the power of the collective brain.

Lewis Pugh’s incredible Mt. Everest swim to highlight melting glacier ice.  An amazing story.  
I’ve started sending this to people who ask me to help rolling out a standard agile software development process – showing the pitfalls of a standard process.

The most captivating speaker was Elif Shafak, talking about the politics of fiction. Such a wonderful story teller. I’ve ordered a couple of her books as a result!

A mind-blowing bit of technology …