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Just back in the country, after another short trip to Chicago where I was running a presentation and a workshop for the Agile 2009<\/a> conference. It was a fantastic, exhausting and energising week where I finally got to put many faces to names, rekindle old friendships and make new ones. <\/p>\n

\"Chicago\"<\/div>\n

I also managed to catch up with some people that I knew in Chicago although it was a shame I didn’t have any more time to be able to do that. It’s great to be back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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