The catalogue of classes for Autodesk University 2024 is here, and I have the privilege of having been selected amongst the speakers, so around October 13th I’ll be flying to San Diego with my significant otter and I’ll bask in a whole week of networking and high-level training. The event includes more than 650 sessions, […]
Lethe, also known as Lesmosyne, was one of the Greek underworld rivers, and particularly the river of unmindfulness (Amelēs potamos): it gained its properties because it flowed around the cave of Hypnos, the god of sleep, son of Night and brother of Death. Whoever drinks from this river experiences forgetfulness. Interestingly enough, though, the Greek […]
Harvington Hall is a moated medieval and Elizabethan manor house located in the hamlet of Harvington in Worcestershire, England. Its moat and artificial island trace back to the 13th century to, and the 14th-century building still survives behind a layer of bricks. The hall was owned by several notable figures over the centuries, including Adam de […]
Jean Restout I (1663-1702) was a French baroque painter, and one of his most notable works is “Orpheus in the Underworld to Demand the Return of Eurydice, or Music” (1763), currently preserved at the Louvre Museum. Today on my Patreon we take a look at this work.
A few days ago I posted a brief overview of Kanban (far from being the first time I post about it), and some of you reached out to highlight how the first principle, “Visualize the Workflow”, sounded a lot like “Use a kanban board”. A time will come when we’ll have to get into detail […]
Pair programming is a software development technique where two programmers work together at a single workstation. The Roles in Pair Programming are divided between: Driver: the programmer who writes the code, typing each line as the pair collaborates on the solution. Navigator: the programmer who reviews the code as it is being written, offering suggestions, identifying […]
Too often the methodology is reduced to the implementation of a visual task management board (Trello, ClickUp, a Planner, you name it), which remains underused and which people struggle to see the significance of. That’s because Kanban is a whole system and the bpard itself isn’t enough to drive innovation. Here’s a list of 10 […]
A story in Whitby — a seaside town located on the North Yorkshire coast in the North East of England, between Scarborough and Redcar — tells of the day Henry VIII decided to send his men to wreck the local Abbey (yeah, it’s the Dracula one, I talked about it here). The King’s men stripped […]
As my workshop with the Women in BIM group and my class at Autodesk University in San Diego approach, many of you asked me to provide additional resources on the LEGO Serious Play methodology, so here’s a handful of them. Foundations and State of the Art the LEGO SERIOUS PLAY Open Source Guide Issued by […]
Are you obsessed with the geographies of the underworld? Well, you’re not alone. An Apulian vase painter from Ancient Greece, active around the second half of the 4th century BC, shared your obsession so much that scholars call him “the Underworld Painter“. Today we take a look at his work on my Patreon.