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[Tim Cook <timothywayne.cook@xxxxxxxxx>]

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> From: Eduardo César <xcesar@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: timothywayne.cook@xxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Oship-dev] Mindfulness
> Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 11:24:50 -0300
> 
> I really like this concept... mindfulness. To me, it is not just to
> think, but to know, to be.
> I am fond o meditating, which I do almost everyday, and I like it very much :)
> 
> I will see the videos as soon as i get home :D
> 
> Cheers
> Eduardo
> 
> 2010/6/11 Tim Cook <timothywayne.cook@xxxxxxxxx>:
> >
> > All of the various incarnations of Agile development processes mention
> > mindfulness and thinking about the problem.  However, there is often a
> > tendency to "code first, think later".
> >
> > From The Art of Agile Programming; Chapter 5
> > (it should be chapter #1 IMHO):
> >
> > "Sometimes the biggest gains in productivity come from stopping to think
> > about what you're doing, why you're doing it, and whether it's a good
> > idea. The best developers don't just find something that works and use
> > it; they also question why it works, try to understand it, and then
> > improve it.
> >
> > XP doesn't require experts. It does require a habit of mindfulness. This
> > chapter contains five practices to help mindful developers excel."
> >
> > Mindfulness is an area of study and teaching that involves ancient
> > traditions of meditation, tempered with modern neuroscience.
> >
> > I recommend reviewing some of these YouTube videos.  Especially the
> > first one:
> >
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XCWP4pODbs
> >
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGy2PdVzNMU
> >
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyPrL0cmJRs
> >
> > Wishing you happy, stress free coding!
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Tim
> >
> >
> >
> >
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