Author: Rogier den Dulk

As you might have guessed by the huge gap in posts it’s been a while since I’ve even touched this blog. However recently I’ve discovered how I’ve missed vocalizing my opinions. I can do this on Facebook, but I can get rather lengthy in my postings and Facebook is not always the best medium for that.

I’ve also installed a Facebook connect plugin to repost my posts directly to Facebook (and from Facebook to my Twitter). Hopefully it won’t turn into a giant cluster fuck. (if it does, my apologies in advance).

Finally, I’ll probably be writing a bit more about my new passion: Agile development. More and more I’ve shifted from my professional role as Project Manager to Agile Coach and have been training people in the ways of Scrum. I’m devoting a lot of my professional time on this there’s a good chance of me rambling more and more about this subject.

Obvious scams are obvious. Some of them are hilarious and some of them are downright cheeky.

The content of the e-mail below is obviously an attempt at identity theft. What’s so ‘funny’ is that they are using their own activities to motivate people into falling into their little trap.

Obviously you should never respond to this. Handing out your personal details as mentioned above will lead to identity theft and the damages that follow. Just a quick Google will show you what the horrific financial and social consequences are of ID fraud.

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As of last thursday we have a new member of the family: an 8 week old male Rotteiler pup named Fenrir.

Fenrir received his name based on its origin. Fenrir comes from the Norse mythology and is portrayed as a giant wolf and – more importantly – is the son of Loki. It’s a nice, strong name for a puppy that we hope will grow up to be a big, strong Rottweiler. He also take to Fenrir on another account: he loves to (play-)bite your hand.