Arlo Belshee and I will be at the Agile 2010 conference in Orlando, Florida with a particularly unique and fun presentation: Bloody Stupid Johnson Teaches Agile. It will be on Wednesday at 1:30 in the Asia 2 room. It's billed as an "Introductory" session, but I think anybody will enjoy it. We're going to have a lot of fun with it. And yes, there will be costumes.

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Diana Larsen and I are delivering our popular Art of Agile Planning training course in Portland on October 11th and 12th. Register here, or see here for more information.

Diana Larsen and I are delivering our popular Art of Agile Delivery training course in Portland from October 13th to 15th. Register here, or see here for more information.

The Software Association of Oregon's Dev Forum and QA Forum and producing a one-day Open Space event titled Blurring the line between QA & Dev roles in an Agile environment. I'll post registration links when they become available.

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The local Portland Agile community gets together every first Friday to eat, drink, and make merry. Oh, and sometimes we talk about agile stuff, too. Come join us! I don't always attend, but I come to as many sessions as my schedule permits. You can find us at the Broadway McMenamins (on the corner of NE Broadway and 15th) on the first Friday of every month at 1:00pm.

I work with people who want to be great. People who are willing to take risks, rock the boat, and change their environment to maximize their productivity, throughput, and value. If that's you—particularly if you're in a product-focused, entrepreneurial environment—I want to hear from you. We can do great things together.

James Shore is a thought leader in the Agile software development community. He helps development teams worldwide achieve high throughput, market focus, shrinking costs, and joyful work. James is the co-author of The Art of Agile Development (O'Reilly, 2007). You can find more of his writing on his Art of Agile blog at http://jamesshore.com.