I'm trying a new thing: instead of trying to manage slide decks through bitly links and all that, I'm going to manage each talk through a blog post that also happens to summarize and restate the stuff I discuss in the talk, so people can come back later and actually
… Read MoreI haven't been speaking for long enough to have an annual routine. But so far, in the tail end of the year it seems like I don't have a lot to do, creatively. I have to talk at the conferences I've been accepted to, which usually entails some tweaks and
… Read MoreTo start, huge thanks to the organizers of KCDC - Jonathan Mills, Lee Brandt, Boon Lee, and Jeff Strauss - for another great conference. KCDC is starting to feel like the huge rock megafest of Midwest development - think like Bonaroo or Lollapalooza, but with a whole bunch more nerds.
… Read MoreCatch me at either of my talks:
The Developer's Guide to Learning Effectively - 9:45 on Thursday in Room 2215B
The Saboteur in Your Retrospectives - 8:30 (yes, in the morning) on Friday in Room 2203
Or just catch me in the hallway or at the attendee party.
… Read MoreSooo.... I got to be part of a nationally-trending hashtag yesterday.
Huge props to my coworker Nate Taylor and my friend Sarah Withee (both fellow speakers, obv.) for coming up with the idea and getting things rolling. Nate has a post with some more detail about what went down.
It's
… Read MoreAs will probably come up with some regularity here, I work for a company in Omaha, NE called Aviture. I usually have to say it twice, because people blink and go "Aperture"? Which I have to say would make for a way more interesting work environment, but probably
… Read MoreHey look I made a blog. Okay, technically I already had one, but I hadn't updated it in forever (like one does with blogs). I figured I needed one that I can use to track what presentations I have available, what state of completion they're in, and
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