software engineering

[talk] Community Anti-Patterns

Excellent talk by Dave Neary

developing software in the open (source environment)

Session Summary:

It may be hard to identify the magic that goes into a successful free software community project, but it is easy to identify patterns in unsuccessful community-building efforts. I present a humorous look at the most common and egregious anti-patterns observed over the years in online communities, and propose counter-measures which can be used to combat their onset.

anti-patterns: Cookie-Licker, Help Vampire, RTFM, Headless Chicken, Water Cooler, Blackhole, Broken Window, Community as emotional places

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[vid] Don’t steal a hacker’s notebook…

20 minutes of hilarity…

“Pwned By The Owner: What Happens When You Steal A Hacker’s Computer” by Zoz

Having your place broken into and your computer stolen can be a nightmare. Getting revenge on the fucker who has your machine can be a dream come true. I had the opportunity to experience both of these when my machine was stolen in Boston and then showed up in Las Vegas 2 years later. Come share some laughs at a lamer’s expense, participate in the pwnage, and learn some resulting insights into the implications of certain security decisions.

[via 9GAG]

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“We live in this bubble of fake bullshit”

Jesse Schell about the future of games… and why Facebook is a game
28 minutes and 18 seconds of ingenuity

[via Nerdcore]

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[Vid] You know SCRUM? Think again...

I meet a lot of people who think they know something about SCRUM, and why SCRUM doesn’t work.
And if I ask “Why do you think that?”… I get funny answers like:

“we tried it, we had our daily scrum… every other Friday. ”
“there is never enough time in the timebox.”
“What do you mean: talk to each other?”

There is only one way to understand SCRUM: learn from the best.

You can start right here by watching this Google Techtalk about SCRUM held by Ken Schwaber.
Do it!

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“Design by Demut”, Dr. Daniel Mölle

Auszug aus der ix 090909:

“[...] Die spannende Welt der Enwicklungsprozesse enthält mit dem bekannten Wasserfallmodell eines der skurilsten Mißverständnisse der Softwaretechnik überhaupt: Obwohl es in der Literatur ursprünglich als Negativ-Beispiel aufgeführt und schon bei seiner ersten formalisierten Beschreibung als unbrauchbar herausgestellt wurde [5], ist es in Tausenden von Projekten zum Einsatz gekommenund selbst Jahrzehnte später noch unterrichtet worden [...]”

Continue reading “Design by Demut”, Dr. Daniel Mölle

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Evolving Robots Learn To Lie To Each Other

Robots re-program themselves to lie to other robots… read the full article at PopSci

PopSci [via Nerdcore]

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Wolfram|Alpha: Making the world’s knowledge computable

Today’s Wolfram|Alpha is the first step in an ambitious, long-term project to make all systematic knowledge immediately computable by anyone. You enter your question or calculation, and Wolfram|Alpha uses its built-in algorithms and growing collection of data to compute the answer. Based on a new kind of knowledge-based computing… more »

via http://www.wolframalpha.com

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[talk] Community Anti-Patterns

[vid] Don’t steal a hacker’s notebook…

“We live in this bubble of fake bullshit”

[Vid] You know SCRUM? Think again...

“Design by Demut”, Dr. Daniel Mölle

Evolving Robots Learn To Lie To Each Other

Wolfram|Alpha: Making the world’s knowledge computable

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