Explorable Explanations And A Reactive Document IDE

Leider ist der Eintrag nur auf Britisches Englisch verfügbar.It's no secret I'm a fan of Bret Victor's work and the notion that programming tools should interact with coding and provide immediate, responsive feedback to changes. Recently, I've come across two intriguing projects / products that both draw upon this idea: Carbide (currently available as an early alpha version) is a new kind of JavaScript IDE that both immediately visualises the result of code changes and allows you to manipulate and visually interact with ... Read more

Daily Standup Meetings: Anti-patterns And What to Do About Them

Leider ist der Eintrag nur auf Britisches Englisch verfügbar.Daily standup meetings are a mainstay of agile software development methods, such as XP, Kanban (which used to be an inventory control system having originated at Toyota) and Scrum, of course. Given that agile development methods are by far the most dominant ones in the software industry today, it should come as no surprise that daily standup meetings are a common feature of software development processes these days. These meetings basically serve the purpose of ... Read more

Reasons to: 2016 – Opening Titles by Mike Brondbjerg

Leider ist der Eintrag nur auf Britisches Englisch verfügbar.This week I was in the wonderful seaside city of Brighton for the Reasons to: 2016 conference. While I haven't yet had the time for a proper write-up of the event, the amazing opening titles by Mike Brondbjerg are already available: Reasons to: 2016 - Opening Titles - Mike Brondbjerg from Reasons to on Vimeo. The entire visuals are generated by code and react to the music! With Jared Tarbell and Joshua Davis as two ... Read more

Rules of Acquisition

Leider ist der Eintrag nur auf Britisches Englisch verfügbar.From the Ferengi Rules of Acquisition: 3. Never spend more for an acquisition than you have to. 35. Peace is good for business. 125. You can't make a deal if you're dead. ... In a recent online discussion involving ethics somebody only somewhat jokingly said something along the lines of "Most people only abide by the Rules of Acquisition anyway." and I thought to myself: Would that really be so bad? In case you don't ... Read more