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iPhone Tech Talk World Tour 2009, Hamburg

November 14, 2009

This Friday I attended the iPhone Tech Talk World Tour in Hamburg. Never having been to an Apple event before I carried some skepticism about the tech:hype ratio calibrated for the talks but in the end it was a rewarding day that proved long on information and short on hyperbole.

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Programming at Full Speed: Accelerating the Central Nervous System, Reducing Brain Resistance

September 24, 2009

I’m talking LoC, WPM, and eleventh hours. I’m ignoring productivity, management, and conscientiousness. Write code quicker when you need it now, and gallop through a backlog with habitual speed during downtimes.

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Website Disaster Katas

August 17, 2009

Code katas are summary exercises leading developers through the analysis and motions of solving hypothetical problems. For this set, I want to provoke the minor and greater disasters that web developers might face; katas which assume hostility and bring an unwelcome challenge. Because disasters (we hope) occur infrequently, it’s all the more valuable to confront them in the form of a kata so that when adversity strikes you can respond with practiced foresight.