I no longer even remember when you first participated in the simulation. Before AYE 2007, certainly. (You participated when I ran it at AYE 2007 and it was not your first time.)

Dale's code is among the most pristine I have ever had the great joy to work with. He takes as much care with the readability of his code as he does with the readability of his prose. His code organization also exhibits his great clarity of thought.

Dale and I co-teach on a regular basis.

Consistently kind and clear on our industry e-groups.

Dale has run WordCount multiple times with me and on his own.

We've built courses together!

Dale has led multiple sessions at Agilistry.

Yo Dude!

Dale paired with me on expressing my ideas for Entaggle in tests as well as on some of the code.

What would Dale ask?

http://cwd.dhemery.com http://trot.dale.emery.name http://dalewriting.dale.emery.name http://dalefiction.dale.emery.name

Every time I talk to Dale, my head explodes (in a good way).

Dale unlocks every locked door, using his Golden Key, from his Self-Esteem tool kit.

Dale is certainly this and more. For example, more than most people I know Dale comes at problems from angles you didn't even know existed until Dale enters through a door you didn't know was there.

Dale is one of the best instructors I know. He is fully present while teaching. He attends to the individuals in the room and what they want/need to learn. I would take a class on how to read a phone book from him: the nominal subject might not interest me, but if Dale is teaching I am guaranteed to learn something profound.

I have attended a few Agile-related classes either *with* Dale, or *by* Dale. In either case, he has proven to be extremely knowledgeable in his subjects and extraordinarily helpful when questions arise in everyday work-life. In short: Dale is a star! :)

I'm grateful to have had the opportunity to learn so much from you through our collaborations over the years.

Dale has invented any number of games for learning. My personal favorite is his "What's a Game?" game, followed closely by his "Hand Pushing" game.

I have seen you pair coach people and it's a beautiful sight.

Anybody interested in agile transitions will learn a great deal about the transition and themselves from Dale's wordcount workshop

I consult about exploratory testing, agile testing, creative test techniques, test automation, and test planning.

Looking forward to the opportunity to collaborate with you on something interesting again!

When I work with Dale, I learn a lot from his example.

I met Dale at his & Elisabeth Hendrickson's Agile testing class in Pleasanton California. Wordcount was an amazing experience.

Dale = Obe Wan Kenobe, me = His padawan

Hi Dale, it was good seeing you again recently at the Agilistry Studio!

And someone I love to read anything by!

- Quality Software Management workshop, 1991 - Problem Solving Leadership workshop, Sep 1992 - Change Shop, 1993, and again as an apprentice in 1996 - Software Engineering Management (SEM), 1994 - Writing workshop 1997, 2001, 2005 - X: Designing eXperiential activities, 2002 - Debriefing experiential activities, 2007(?) - SHAPE forum - Consultants' Camp - AYE conference, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007 - A zillion books

Trained 25-27 Jan 2011 at the Agilistry by Rob Myers, though he sat down and showed me Robot Framework and Cucumber many years ago, so all we had to do was agree on the subtle differences between ATDD and TDD. ;-)