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We have a bunch of different events that occur at regular times throughout the iteration on our agile project. Daily Stand-Up Meetings being a classic example. One of my colleagues, Perryn Fowler, has seen fit to delve into his library sound grabs to provide with a musical reminder of whats coming up...
It all started a few weeks ago, when Perryn worked on a particularly long and drawn out task. A bunch of tests were broken as a result of the work being started, and Perryn slowly clawed his way back to a working build with his new features in it. It took a few days all up, and we were keen to integrate the work. When it was finally time to commit, we heard a song being played from Perryn's desk with the following lyrics:
This is, for those who don't recognise it, is from the Simpsons episode "City of NY Homer Simpson" where Marge, Bart, and Lisa see a broadway musical in which a celebrity checks in to the Betty Ford Clinic.
At the stand-up meetings this week (which people generally don't get too excited about being first thing in the morning), Perryn again decided to pep up the team with a tune. On Tuesday morning, we had a tune from "Caravn of Love" by the Housemartins:
"Every woman every man" "Join the caravan of love" "(Stand up) stand up" "Stand up"
"Every body takes a stand" "Join the caravan of love" "(Stand up) stand up" "Stand up"
Then on Wednesday morning, Perryn went for some Bob Marley:
"Get up, stand up: stand up for your rights!" "Get up, stand up: stand up for your rights!"
We've had great success with our musical introductions so far, and are on the hunt for more tunes to show events during the iteration.
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