Re: [extremeprogramming] ...and we're back!

Thanks, JB,

I was surprised.  Let's see what happens.  The timing is interesting as I
was just recently prompted to dig out some old articles/papers I've written
and have some reflective time to publish updates... what is timeless since
the early 2000s and what has evolved (at least for me).

Ken

On Tue, Oct 29, 2019 at 4:31 AM J. B. Rainsberger <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Hello, there! If you're surprised to receive this message, then I'm
> surprised to send it. Welcome back to the Extreme Programming discussion
> group.
>
> When Yahoo! announced that it was discontinuing its groups in 2019, I
> decided to rescue this particular group because I cared about preserving
> the history and because I wanted to see whether we could revive some of
> these discussions. It seems likely that groups.io will not disappear on
> us in the near future, so the information here should be safe for a
> non-trivial amount of time.
>
> I know that the fashion is to discuss these matters on the various social
> media network, but I think we lose something by the immediacy of the
> discussions there. I think we end up having poorer versions of our
> discussions because they happen to be with whoever happens to be at hand at
> the moment. Conversations at the bar can be fun, but they don't have the
> substance of a thoughtful conversation spread out over weeks with dozens of
> caring, interested people. I'd like to see whether we can revive some of
> that in our community.
>
> If you have a good conversation on Twitter or LinkedIn---or even Facebook,
> it could happen---then I invite you to post a conversation thread link in
> here, maybe write a one-paragraph summary, and see who else here might be
> interested! If we just start, then maybe something wonderful could happen.
>
> And please forgive me some email disruption in the short term. You might
> have forgot that this list existed. You might have turned it off with
> filters or reported it as spam. If you consider this an intrusion, then let
> me assure you that you can simply unsubscribe with no difficulty.
>
> Finally, whoever had administrative rights to this group and wants them
> again should let me know and I'll take care of it.
>
> Thanks!
> --
> J. B. Rainsberger :: https://tdd.training :: https://blog.jbrains.ca ::
> https://blog.thecodewhisperer.com :: #xplives
> 
>
>

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