Paul Grenyer

I really like Agile Cambridge . This was my only my second and I only made the Friday  keynote and my own session, but still had chance to catch up with some friends, speak to some exciting new people and I got to meet Dan North! I also did lots of SyncNorwich promotion and got plenty of positive response and lots of people wanting to speak and to visit us. Some people have already signed up! Keynote: Embracing Uncertainty - Dan North Although I've seen Dan North in numerous places I've never actually seen him speak. Embracing Uncertainty was a fantastic keynote. It had me nodding in agreement and laughing in equal measure. Suddenly here was someone who seemed to have much the same view of what's happening in the Agile world as me. Dan explained that although the first principal of the AgileManifesto tells us to value  individuals and interactions over processes and tools, so many of us are arguing over which Agile process we're following. Agile is about...

I became aware of Hot Source shortly after I setup Agile East Anglia a year ago (!!). Hot Source is a fantastic name for a group! When SyncNorwich came along 6 months later I saw Hot Source as a potential competitor. Last night was the first opportunity I've had in all that time to attend a Hot Source event and I couldn't have been more wrong. Hot Source is a fantastic name, but it is not a competitor for SyncNorwich. We can exist and indeed complement each other in the same space and last night we took the first steps by discussing how we could promote each other's events. I am hoping there will be a SyncNorwich presentation at Hot Source very soon. I am not a designer. In fact my startup is currently trying out designers for future collaboration. Hot Source is where the creative people in the design space hang out. There were some people from SyncNorwich there, but very few and most were the usual Norwich networking crowd. The speakers were good and it was interest...

This film is and has always been fantastic! I don't believe there was anything like it before it came out. It is frequently imitated, but has never been bettered. I was far too young to see it at the cinema when it first came out and this is the first time I've had the chance to see it on the big screen since. And what a big screen! This was also my first time in an IMAX . What a picture! The detail was incredible, right down to the fly that disappeared into Belloq's mouth while he is goading Indy about the ark. Even if you just like this film a little bit, go and see it on the big screen if you get the chance. It's a genuinely amazing experience. I hope the other films in the series also come to the IMAX.

I was extremely tempted to make this review one word “Don't”. This is an appalling film and adds absolutely nothing to the (horror) genre. We were just lucky it was short. The characters were fine, the story was ok, but extremely basic. There was little suspense, little horror and the tiniest amount of shock you can imagine. The problem was on every occasion you could see it coming from miles away and the whole story and all the better bits of the film were in the trailer. I wish we'd gone to see the Sweeney instead or watched Alien at home.

I normally complain about what a long way it is from Norwich to London for just an evening. On this occasion it was even more so as I was speaking in Ealing (West London)! This is the first time I've spoken at ACCU London for quite a while as I didn't make it down for my usual pre-ACCU-conference slot. I really enjoyed myself! The venue on this occasion was 1e Ltd on Uxbridge Road and my host was Ed Sykes , who did a great job of organising beer and pizza, a great audience and a live broadcast. I still don't know if anyone was watching! Either way the Walking Skeleton seemed to be well received and sparked lots of very interesting conversation. All to soon though it was time to had for the tube and the long slog back to Norwich. Ed Sykes' Thoughts

Last night was my very first Norfolk Network . I really wasn't sure what to expect. Most events that I attend, even the networking ones, tend to be predominantly orientated around digital technology or infrastructure. The Norfolk Network is more straight business focused and is run by the superb Lucy Marks. Tonight was a panel discussion on innovation in Norfolk with a panel consisting of: Matthew Jones, the new COO for the Norwich Research Park and ex head of strategy and corporate planning at Lotus Cars Ltd. Simon Coward, Director for innovation and enterprise Norfolk County Council and Director of Hethel Engineering Centre Anthony Denny, Publishing Director of East Publishing Jane Chittenden, Founder of copywriting business Format Words and guest editor of Suffolk IoD Magazine Rob Halden-Pratt, producer, journalist, communicator and project lead for MakerSpace Norwich and chaired by Lucy. I knew Rob Halden-Platt reasonable well from his involvement in SyncNorwich ,...

Thursday 13th September saw another hugely successful SyncNorwich with attendance from around 65 people. This time around we were at the Kings Centre on Kings Street and our hosts were Business Revolution . Again, Smart421 supplied the beer, J ames Neale Photography took the photographs and we were joined for the first time by Lambda Films who filmed the main presentation. The film can be found here . The main presentation was given by Benjamin Mitchell , a well known Agile consultant who is based near London. He gave us an extremely engaging and entertaining talk on Kanban entitled “ Kanban: What is it good for? An introduction illustrated with war stories ”. Benjamin clearly knows his stuff and just oozes charisma. The reviews linked below go into more detail. I’m very much hoping that Benjamin will come back and speak to us again. We’re still finalising a venue for the next main SyncNorwich event. It will be on Thursday 18th October and feature Daniel Wagner-Hal...