Jon Dickinson is an independent software development consultant based in the UK. He specializes in using agile software development principles and techniques to help teams improve the consistency of their software delivery successes. Jon is currently co-authoring a training course to help teams integrate agile software development with user-centered design. He is also writing a book, which is due out at the end of spring 2009, on Web application development for the new Java/Groovy-based framework, Grails. Where Mars meets Venus, Jon remains focused on finding ways for developers and designers to jell into effective delivery teams.