Red Squirrel Reflections
Dave Hoover explores the psychology of software development
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Red Squirrel Reflections
Dave Hoover explores the psychology of software development
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Thu, 14 Jul 2005The Agile Atlanta meeting was a lot of fun. I monologued for too long about the background of the patterns and about patterns and pattern languages in general. It wasn't until I simply displayed a list of a bunch of the apprenticeship patterns and briefly described each of them that the meeting took off. And took off it did! We didn't wrap up until after 9:30 and I ended up missing the last flight back to Chicago. (Thanks for the couch, Obie.) Here are the somewhat lame slides that will likely be slashed down to just one slide of the list of patterns for any future presentations.The discussion was exhilarating. One theme that kept coming up was the differences between experts and master craftsmen. New patterns were brought forth. People related the patterns to their own experiences. Several patterns were critiqued and tested, resulting in the identification of how some patterns could be balanced (Expand Your Bandwidth vs. Filter The Noise). Having a number of software veterans there was a huge benefit. When I finally got back to Chicago the next morning, there was an email from a publisher waiting for me. They're interested in the patterns. I'm encouraged. |
