Speakers


Andy Hunt

Pragmatic Programmer, Pragmatic Bookshelf

Andy Hunt

Andy Hunt is a programmer turned consultant, author and publisher. He authored the best-selling book "The Pragmatic Programmer" and six others, including his latest, "Pragmatic Thinking and Learning". Andy was one of the 17 founders of the Agile Alliance and authors of the Agile Manifesto, and co-founded the Pragmatic Bookshelf, publishing award-winning and critically acclaimed books for software developers.



Blog

TextMate review on Slashdot

Posted Monday, March 26, 2007

There’s a decent review of our recent TextMate book on Slashdot for those who follow such things. Predictably, the ensuing discussion has more »

Another win at the Jolts!

Posted Thursday, March 22, 2007

Practices of An Agile Developer, by Venkat Subramaniam and Andy Hunt (that’s me), won a Jolt Productivity Award at the 17th Annual Jolt Awards held last night. That’s three awards for three timore »

Science Fair a success; casualties light

Posted Tuesday, March 20, 2007

We had a fun and successful science fair at my children’s school last week. I’m pleased to report that casualties were kept to a minimum, and most of the injured have been released in guarmore »
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Presentations

The Future of Agile

Agile methodologies are enjoying increased adoption and relevance. Will they continue to do so as time goes on? We understand that business needs change over time—sometimes quite rapidly.more »

Refactoring Your Wetware

Software development happens in your head; not in an editor, IDE, or design tool. We’re well educated on how to work with software and hardware, but what about wetware—our own brains?more »

Wetware: Part 2

We make important decisions and try and solve critical problems everyday. But our decisions and problem solving is based on faulty memory and our emotional state at the time. We tend to ignore crucial facts and fixate on irrelevant details because of whermore »