hlo
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developers,
give up your day job
please use the hashtag
#thisisquitelongtotypeonaphonebutletsuseitanyway

an apology
• this
• is
• going
• to
• be
• bullets
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but at least..
• ...it isn’t comic sans
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what make a
good developer?
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good developers..
• are meticulous
• follow the specification
• work to the project plan
• ...etc
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what make a
great developer?
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great developers..
• do it for the love
• do it at home and at weekends
• do it at least 12 hours a day
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stopping being
a day-coder
• lots of ways, and you might do some of
them already..
• ..but here I’m talking about
getting together
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what do I mean by
“getting together” ?
• barcamp / open space
• mashup / hackday
• Ignite (20 slides/15 seconds) / Pecha
Kucha (“pe-chak-cha” - 20 slides / 20
seconds) / Lightning Talk / etc
• 3-4 talks in a pub
• no talks, just...talk
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why ?
• educational
• fun
• away from the inbox and the treacle
• great to share ideas (and woes..)
• beer
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have faith
• Godin’s “Tribes” has it right
• if you want to start something, do it and
people will get involved
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some focus = good
• team based
• project based
• idea based
• locality based
• ...
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using the web
• the web is ok
• people are better
• using the web to connect people = best
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use what works
• usually this means simple tools
• go for free if you can (most stuff is!)
• ..or approach companies and ask for
sponsorship
• “fail quickly”
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some of the tools
• Basecamp (http://basecamphq.com/)
• Google! (docs, forms, groups, apps, labs...)
• Ning (http://ning.com)
• DropBox (http://getdropbox.com)
...a life changer
• Box.net
• Campaign Monitor (http://campaignmonitor.com)
• Event Brite (http://eventbrite.com)
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a couple of examples
• bathcamp, and bathcamp evening events
• mashed museum
• Ignite Cardiff
• geekdads.org.uk
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bathcamp.org
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bathcamp.org
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mashedmuseum.org.uk
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geekdads.org.uk
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http://www.cardiffwebscene.com
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take away
• just try it - you’ll be surprised....
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thanks
• please feel free to get in touch:
http://variousbits.net
http://electronicmuseum.org.uk
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