Author Archives: Akshay Dhavle

How to revive a bricked S2

On the night of 5th April 2012 I got an official update on my Samsung Galaxy S2 (GT-I9100G). I’d heard about the Icecream Sandwich updates that were rolled out elsewhere in the world and thought this was it. It wasn’t. … Continue reading

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What’s your strategy as a BA?

Over the years, working as an offshore agile business analyst, I have formed a strategy. But let me explain my situation a bit more before we dive into what the strategy is. User stories cannot be analysed completely. I mean … Continue reading

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USA 2011

Inception New Project Nice Clients Chick-fil-a Medium Format photography(even though it was only on a Holga) Rittenhouse Square Park New York Canonet QL17 Loads of street photography! Shooting Film (Black and White as well!!) Canon 50mm f/1.4 Museum of Art … Continue reading

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Startup Garage

Over the weekend I attended #startupgarage by lpad. Here’s an account of the event. The Participants We were about 15 people. Mostly IT. Experience levels varied. Lots of 1-2 year experienced people as well as people with 12+ years under … Continue reading

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Tact, Tolerance and Courage

There’s a way in which people react to problems in their life. I reacted to a bunch of problems in the past few days in my usual way (which we will talk about in a minute). But my usual way … Continue reading

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Standardized Agile

Organizations are used to being compliant to something or the other. CMM, Six Sigma, SOX, ISO, etc, just to name a few. Their motivation behind such compliances is mostly because their clients OR their government wants them to be compliant. … Continue reading

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The Sichuan Restaurant

I am in Bangalore for an agile training for a client. I’m staying near our office in Koramangala so I went to this chinese restaurant called “Sichuan” near Raheja Residency for dinner. First of all let me say that its … Continue reading

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The Project Owner

I recently paired on an Agile Fundamentals training for an organization. Its a two day course in agile philosophy, principles and basic practices offered by ThoughtWorks Studios. Its more of an awareness programme than training that you can put to … Continue reading

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Iterations, Batches and Flow

I’ve recently had a lot of conversations with people who are thinking of iterations as batches. By definition that’s what they are. You sign up for a “batch” of stories, at the beginning of the iteration, and you deliver them by the … Continue reading

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Photography Recipes

I started blogging about how I made a picture last week and realized that it was fitting very well in a recipe format. So I thought up a site that has recipes for delicious photographs!! It sounded like a good … Continue reading

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