Month: December 2015

  • Shared today on Twitter

    @mdjanderson @cdeagle @tastapod It’s possible I misheard in my delight at learning a new acronym. 🙂


    RT @brentonmcsweyn: “Lead time to Thank You” – Aspirational Agile #yow15


    I remember when XP was this New Big Thing at my first dev job back in 2000. Wow. Just dated myself. #YOW15 https://t.co/QcwJGzQpMS


    Oh god. And now MoSCoW. @smithcdau should’ve warned audience about possibility for traumatic flashbacks. #YOW15 https://t.co/VUG9TLr6cT


    Huh. You don’t usually see Eli Whitney mentioned at tech conferences. @smithcdau #YOW15


    @boicy Thanks James! I’m excited to get to introduce your talk this afternoon. 🙂


    The problem with @smithcdau’s #YOW15 talk is I’ve now got a list of like 20 software methodology books I actually want to read.


    RT @RaphHaddadAus: 40 agile methods in 40 minutes by Craig Smith #YOW15 https://t.co/kFZf8wQbIy


    “Oh hi! I follow you on Twitter!” How new friendships start at tech conferences. #YOW15


    Talk of vulnerabilities in networked computers always makes me think of Battlestar Galactica. Just me? #YOW15 https://t.co/BVzjlxVMdc


    Problem with tech conferences: feeling embarrassed to fire up Moomin Valley so I can harvest my lingonberries.


    @glasnt HA!


    RT @paulwiggins: Who is the hacker that outed Craig Wright as the creator of Bitcoin? Maybe Craig Wright himself. https://t.co/TbQjMm25h6 v…


    I forgot to mention earlier: I’ve got @canva stickers if anyone wants one! #yow15 https://t.co/mo8YoUraAX https://t.co/Lz7qrtWMkY


    CDD – Constraint Driven Development. Listening to fascinating stories from @enyok. #YOW15 https://t.co/satrbWi5FC


    @pbrdmn You’ll have to find me at a different event then!


    “Africa is not mobile first… It’s mobile only.” @enyok #YOW15 https://t.co/RZ6wEKYlRs


    Thanks @pyko! https://t.co/EQwTmYvmDc


    I was having a lovely moment reminiscing about working in the London dotcom boom with @boicy before his #YOW15 talk! https://t.co/hzqHKH8MhS


    A more entertaining explanation of the Single Responsibility Principle from @boicy. #YOW15 https://t.co/2vIYlygGhh


    RT @Meligy: “Getting to rearchitect a system is a sign of success, not failure”
    Well said.
    #yow15


    TIL about idempotency in computer science. Thanks @Indu_alagarsamy! #YOW15 https://t.co/tq5yKyvfdH https://t.co/sWdMk6GmsN


    Sampling Danish delicacies with @apaipi after #YOW15. WOW. https://t.co/RpRTBSKzT3


    Who let @whalec on stage?! 😜 #YOW15 (Thank you @bilue_voice for the beers!) https://t.co/k1dI6vfJQ8


    @charrett @Tyro @apaipi Yes indeed! I’ll be similarly decked out in @canva gear. 🙂


    Woken up by loud pounding on the door. WHAT THE HELL JERK. Oh, wait, our gas is getting installed today? ALL IS FORGIVEN! Huzzah!


    @tidymeaus I can’t see how to actually cancel a booking on my dashboard. Do I really have to ring you for that?


    @apaipi @charrett Unfortunately I’ve had a change of plans! Found out at 6:30am that gas is being installed at our place today.


    @apaipi @charrett Sorry to miss you both!


    @charrett @tyro @canva @yow_oz @apaipi One of my colleagues might be wearing a shirt! Keep an eye out for @sebastiangrail or @kouky 🙂


    Disappointed I’m not at #YOW15 today, but on the plus side, it looks like I’m getting hot water for Christmas! https://t.co/97QMvaaN2D


  • Shared today on Twitter

    @TempleWebster Hey, have you guys got the wrong product photo on this item? https://t.co/qi8P8fvue8


    RT @nicwinton: Our coffee machine at @Canva was suffering from queuing problems. So I upgraded it. https://t.co/za3tA3OxYM


    @TempleWebster Brilliant, thanks! Then it’s definitely the thing I want to order. 🙂


    RT @b0rk: “Please remove ‘junior’ from your developer titles” – https://t.co/L7dlowPbvr


    The winner of @canva’s inaugural Mike Hebron Dependably Awesome Award is – predictably eno… https://t.co/kkhQ9eZCBr https://t.co/Pa9HKlsKzq


    @rosepowell I bought a feather boa yesterday! There’s a party shop in the CBD near Wynyard. Apparently one in SH somewhere too?


    Made it to #YOW15. Phew.


    Hey, that’s me! Congrats again to @pyko, @lucykbain, @daphnechong, @charrett, and @vilacides. #YOW15 https://t.co/2txdZn9tc9


    RT @bevanblackie: Very proud that @teamansarada is a sponsor of #yow15! Gonna be an awesome conference! #Sydney #developersdevelopersdevelo…


    RT @glasnt: Congrats to all these ladies, plus the other amazing speakers involved: @RhianaHeath, Ayta, and Valeria! #yow15 https://t.co/j…


    I’ve seen this Netflix quote before & maybe I’m not enough an abstract thinker, but it made me ROLL MY EYES. #YOW15 https://t.co/0AZDOsYamg


    Yes, vision is critical. But you can’t build a boat of you don’t have people with boat-building skillz. #YOW15


    @sazzajay Maybe it’s the ship-building = software development analogy that annoys me. I think if it more like architecture.


    @sazzajay And yeah, yearn for skyscrapers. But the person pouring the concrete has more practical concerns.


    @neil_killick Because it presupposes you’ve hired all the best ship-builders and they all know exactly what to do.


    @neil_killick Which is only true for a very small group of ship-building companies.


    @neil_killick I’m more interested in the practicalities of training up more shipbuilders than lofty philosophies.


    @neil_killick …to strain the metaphor to the breaking point. 🙂


    “You built it, you run it.” – Werner Vogels. That’s a statement I can get behind. #YOW15 https://t.co/8Isfied8BR


    @MsFionaTay I know what you mean. I worry people will think it’s the only thing I do. “You just like to be offended,” someone said. #despair


    @neil_killick Which is fine, and I said as much afterwards. My objection has more to do with Netflix hiring policies. 🙂


    RT @jpcostales: “This amazing thing happens. When you put engineers on call, they tend to build software that doesn’t break” #yow15 https:/…


    Is this where the post-technical people are? 😜 @delitescere #YOW15 https://t.co/FmCdFWY1RN


    “Stuff that gets 8-10 ppl pointing in same direction is very different from stuff that gets 80-100 ppl pointing in same direction.” #YOW15


    How do you distribute work to feature teams? How does that turn into $? (This is relevant to my interests.) #YOW15 https://t.co/5Fv8Sdti9I


    TIL “SWAG” as a unit of measure. SWAG = Sweet Wild Ass Guess. #useful @tastapod #YOW15


  • Shared today on Facebook

    The winner of @canva’s inaugural Mike Hebron Dependably Awesome Award is – predictably enough – Mike Hebron! #crowdgoeswild


  • Shared today on Twitter

    OH HELL YES. Thanks @BoxofScrolls! Can’t wait for @GGDSydney tonight. 🙂 https://t.co/NtTBq5dMo5


    This may be the proudest achievement of my year, @SwiftOnSecurity. https://t.co/wEo6iMW6R1


    @ricardoy1 Thanks Ricardo!!


    @drwitty_knitter @gilmae Hey hey, M-H. That stuff pays the bills for some of us. 😛


    @NicoleWill100 Secret confession: My husband is a Gold Medalist for Australia in the Chemistry Olympiad. One of the reason I married him. 🙂


    Birthday. Messina. Sugar high. @canvavibe https://t.co/BIXCEATPBf https://t.co/y9qTlwitgk


    RT @deadcooI: The entire world this month https://t.co/XLRdTPcqt1


    Jukebox Hits: ’90s Alt, Vol. 2 on @AppleMusic.
    https://t.co/Rfh0Fp8Zyh / I swear this is a mixtape I made in 1996. https://t.co/fPWSeDKhMW


    @pyko @canvavibe There were also buns and cinnamon rolls for breakfast. #diabetes


    EIGHTY cinnamon scrolls! Thank you, @boxofscrolls from everyone at #ggdsyd tonight! @ggdsy… https://t.co/Os5WbUS9O7 https://t.co/xk68XffVGd


    Nice to see @canva on the list! https://t.co/69bkIUe4Da


    Go the librarians! @amylovestea_ at #ggdsyd talking about very geeky academic things. https://t.co/4WKvyiMa4V https://t.co/Ti66CBDC4m


    RT @julliettajung: @unlikelylibrary talks beards in academic media v social media. Feedback cycle of 7 year v minutes #ggdsyd https://t.co/…


    Feeling old school blogger solidarity with @georgiecel. (Mine is coming up on 15 years old. IT’S PRACTICALLY A PERSON. Eep.) #GGDSyd


    @unlikelylibrary Literally. 🙂


    All this talk about blogging is making me reminisce about Google Reader. *pours out a 40* #ggdsyd


    I’m obsessed with the “Moomin Farming Game”. https://t.co/GU7JYxbfMs Let’s play together! Come and enjoy my valley “HYMPJX”!


    @mobywhale This game is why I had very little battery for tweeting tonight. Moomin Mamma killed my iPhone.


    RT @stuarthorrex: ‘Worse than Voldemort’: Trump’s call for Muslim ban slammed by author JK Rowling https://t.co/jppf5t82tm https://t.co/4…


  • Shared today on Facebook

    Yesterday Lifehacker; today I’m quoted in The Australian! Really excited to be part of new initiatives to train up the next generation of coders.

    http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/technology/innovation-young-entrepreneurs-hail-a-gamechanger/news-story/7ff478dfe42ee10139b10e3f4b915b8e


    Happy birthday Mahesh!!


    Birthday. Messina. Sugar high. @canvavibe


    EIGHTY cinnamon scrolls! Thank you, @boxofscrolls from everyone at #ggdsyd tonight! @ggdsydney


    Go the librarians! @amylovestea_ at #ggdsyd talking about very geeky academic things.