# Not sleeping...bugger! Well, it's almost 3am and I can't sleep - very annoying! Anyway, thought I'd briefly post about what I've been up to of late, well here goes... 1. Work wise - mentioned [previously](/archive/2004/06/03/1069.aspx) we were using the [SCRUM](http://www.controlchaos.com/) process at work now - so I'm just smoothing out the details of how we implement this, re-read the books I got on it, [Agile Project Management with SCRUM](http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/073561993X/mostlylucid-21) ([US](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/073561993X/mostlylucid-21)) and [Agile Software Development with SCRUM](http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0130676349/mostlylucid-21) ([US](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0130676349/mostlylucid-21)), these are both pretty short and give you a real feel for what SCRUM does for you as well as how to use it - one major issue I've not yet totally solved though is how to scale the process down (scaling UP is covered, just not scaling down) to the typically 1-2 men teams we work with at my company - there is [a PDF](http://members.cox.net/risingl1/articles/IEEEScrum.pdf) covering a smaller approach though. 2. Framework - I've also been busy at work developing a more advanced version of our community framework application - this has been a really interesting excercise as it's allowing me to flex my architectural muscles for a change, currently working on some [Provider Pattern](http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnaspnet/html/asp02182004.asp)([part 2](http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnaspnet/html/asp04212004.asp?frame=true)) stuff to allow interop with CMS2002 as well as enabling us to easily extend the framework by 'plugging in' new chunks of functionality (think lots of Abstract Classes and Interfaces :-)) 3. Home Projects - well, I have some [articles](/articles/nestedrepeaters.htm) which I HAVE TO FINISH - I currently have 4 half completed articles hanging around, which so far cover stuff I haven't seen anyone else touch upon (yet!). As usual these are driven by things I've encountered at work (we have a couple of ASP developers transitioning over to .NET - it's really fascinating to see the things they find tricky - which reminds me, mus put together a list of articles for beginners to ASP.NET!) 4. Community stuff - this is an idea I've been toying with - I really have to get more involved with my [local developer group](http://www.scottishdevelopers.com/modules/news/); I've been more of an [Aspergery lone-coder](http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/9.12/aspergers.html) type in the past. So...might try to go along to some sort of talk at some point...maybe... 5. Gym...hmm...kind of went through a phase of going to the Gym every night (3 months which seems pretty average) - was losing a stone (14lbs) each month...I really have to go back (if for no other reason that I sleep better!). Currently at the end of a reading phase (averaging 3 fiction, 1 non-fiction books a week right now) sso we'll see what comes next in this wild ride I call life. 6. Women...well...self explanatory...life of a lonely coder... Anyway, going to have some Cocoa (with Splenda - the choice of the choosy diabetic :-))..and might try to get some sleep (or not...and just load upo with caffeine and annoy the hell out of my workmates tomorrow.)