Promiscuous Pairing and Beginners Mind
Here is a paper by Arlo Belshee that I found interesting:
I also saved it locally here:
This form of pair-programming has incredible promise for so many reasons. Hopefully I will encounter an opportunity to practice promiscuous pairing in the near future. The concept of beginner’s mind is something I practice alone, attempting to distrust the auto-solution I’ve learned before in favor of what the problem tells me the solution should probably be today. I trust the problem to communicate far more than myself or anyone else for that matter. I’m probably only about 40% effective by myself though.
I found the paper in a blog post by Steve Freeman:
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