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		<title>Summary: Retrospective Thoughts on BitC</title>
		<link>http://ihack.us/2013/05/21/summary-retrospective-thoughts-on-bitc/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 22:22:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Ernie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my opinion, BitC is the most innovative take on systems programming we&#8217;ve seen since the invention of C.  While sad that it failed, I am deeply impressed by the thoughtful post-mortem by Jonathan S. Shapiro.   Here are links to the various threads of his analysis (and the equally thoughtful responses): [bitc-dev] Retrospective Thoughts on BitC [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ihack.us&#038;blog=994203&#038;post=541&#038;subd=probehacker&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Celebration-Driven Church</title>
		<link>http://ihack.us/2012/10/19/the-celebration-driven-church/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2012 18:20:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Ernie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[A follow-on to Spreading Effective Vision and The Agile Church, addressed specifically to the Church Spread of Kingsway Community Church.] In less than twelve months, together with the Holy Spirit, we have completely reinvented Kingsway Church.  While our overall numbers may be the same, we have spread to two new neighborhoods, dramatically expanded our pastoral staff, and filled much of [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ihack.us&#038;blog=994203&#038;post=535&#038;subd=probehacker&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Four Myths of Software Evolution</title>
		<link>http://ihack.us/2012/10/17/534/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2012 17:48:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Ernie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reblogged from Effective Software Design: As software developers, we know that our systems will evolve with time. We must understand the forces that drive this evolution, in order to design systems that are easily evolvable. Unfortunately, many programmers have misconceptions about the real drivers of software evolution and about their own ability to predict how [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ihack.us&#038;blog=994203&#038;post=534&#038;subd=probehacker&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Spreading Effective Vision</title>
		<link>http://ihack.us/2012/10/11/spread-vision/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2012 21:53:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Ernie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While discussing The Agile Church and Metrics versus Goals, I realized that our organization&#8217;s primary motivation for adopting Agile practices is to spread the ownership of effective vision. That is, we start with a shared belief that vision ought to be: Effective: timely, clear, actionable &#38; aligned with the organization&#8217;s overall purpose Spread: distributed from the core [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ihack.us&#038;blog=994203&#038;post=524&#038;subd=probehacker&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Metrics versus Goals</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2012 18:02:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Ernie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a followup to my post on the Agile Church, our elder&#8217;s board is having a spirited discussion of the appropriate role of metrics and goals when leading a church.  My perspectives is that the main purpose of SMART Goals is to inspire operational metrics that enable continuous innovation. In other words, knowing where we [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ihack.us&#038;blog=994203&#038;post=517&#038;subd=probehacker&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Agile Church</title>
		<link>http://ihack.us/2012/09/28/the-agile-church/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2012 18:28:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Ernie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The modern church is typically structured like a 20th-century business, with distinct, mostly autonomous departments focused on executing an agreed-upon &#8220;business plan&#8221; that changes very slowly over time. The church adds a layer of relationship and prayer, and relies on volunteer labor, but overall mostly matches the model invented by Alfred Sloan at GMover 50 years ago. The important thing to [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ihack.us&#038;blog=994203&#038;post=508&#038;subd=probehacker&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What in God&#8217;s Name is Happening to School?</title>
		<link>http://ihack.us/2012/08/07/what-in-gods-name-is-happening-to-school/</link>
		<comments>http://ihack.us/2012/08/07/what-in-gods-name-is-happening-to-school/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2012 21:09:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Ernie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A primer on the ongoing transformation of education, for my cousin-in-law who runs a seminary startup. Use video to &#8220;flip the classroom&#8220; so teachers are more &#8220;guide on the side&#8221; than &#8220;sage on the stage.&#8221; Shift the goal from passive content acquisition to constructive skill mastery: Khan Academy Vision &#8211; YouTube Personalize education for different learning styles and goals: Mass [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ihack.us&#038;blog=994203&#038;post=497&#038;subd=probehacker&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Can Startup Thinking Solve the Innovator&#8217;s Dilemma?</title>
		<link>http://ihack.us/2012/07/11/can-startup-thinking-solve-the-innovators-dilemma/</link>
		<comments>http://ihack.us/2012/07/11/can-startup-thinking-solve-the-innovators-dilemma/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2012 19:27:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Ernie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I discussed theories about how and whether Apple has solved the Innovator&#8217;s Dilemma, I neglected to mention my favorite theory: Institutionalizing Startup Thinking (IST) Apple has solved the Innovator&#8217;s Dilemma by institutionalizing startup thinking. This is characterized brilliantly by an Andreessen Horowitz post on Why We Prefer Founding CEOs: The technology business is fundamentally the innovation [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ihack.us&#038;blog=994203&#038;post=479&#038;subd=probehacker&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Has Apple Solved the Innovator&#8217;s Dilemma?</title>
		<link>http://ihack.us/2012/06/15/has-apple-solved-the-innovators-dilemma/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2012 23:35:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Ernie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last October, along with many other tributes to the late Apple co-founder, James Allworth claimed that Steve Jobs Solved the Innovator&#8217;s Dilemma.  His explanation is that Apple avoids the traditional pitfalls that stifle innovation because: Apple hasn&#8217;t optimized its organization to maximize profit. Instead, it has made the creation of value for customers its priority. This [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ihack.us&#038;blog=994203&#038;post=468&#038;subd=probehacker&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How to Professionalize Teaching</title>
		<link>http://ihack.us/2012/06/13/how-to-professionalize-teaching/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2012 18:09:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Ernie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone knows that great teachers are the key to a great education. But how do we get more of them? One popular request is to treat teachers as professionals, a &#8220;certified expert who is afforded prestige and autonomy in return for performing at a high level&#8221; rather than &#8220;interchangeable cogs in an educational factory line out [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ihack.us&#038;blog=994203&#038;post=460&#038;subd=probehacker&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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