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Getting people together
The document discusses the qualities of good and great developers, emphasizing the importance of passion and dedication beyond regular work hours. It encourages developers to engage in collaborative events like barcamps, hackdays, and lightning talks for education and idea sharing. Additionally, it suggests utilizing simple tools and community resources to foster connection and innovation within the developer community.
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- 1. hlo twitter.com/m1ke_ellis slideshare.net/dmje
- 2. developers, give up yourday job please use the hashtag #thisisquitelongtotypeonaphonebutletsuseitanyway
- 3. an apology • this • is • going • to • be • bullets twitter.com/m1ke_ellis slideshare.net/dmje
- 4. but at least.. • ...it isn’t comic sans twitter.com/m1ke_ellis slideshare.net/dmje
- 5. what make a good developer? twitter.com/m1ke_ellis slideshare.net/dmje
- 6. good developers.. • are meticulous • follow the specification • work to the project plan • ...etc twitter.com/m1ke_ellis slideshare.net/dmje
- 7. what make a great developer? twitter.com/m1ke_ellis slideshare.net/dmje
- 8. great developers.. • do it for the love • do it at home and at weekends • do it at least 12 hours a day twitter.com/m1ke_ellis slideshare.net/dmje
- 9. stopping being a day-coder • lots of ways, and you might do some of them already.. • ..but here I’m talking about getting together twitter.com/m1ke_ellis slideshare.net/dmje
- 10. what do Imean 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 twitter.com/m1ke_ellis slideshare.net/dmje
- 11. why ? • educational • fun • away from the inbox and the treacle • great to share ideas (and woes..) • beer twitter.com/m1ke_ellis slideshare.net/dmje
- 12. have faith • Godin’s “Tribes” has it right • if you want to start something, do it and people will get involved twitter.com/m1ke_ellis slideshare.net/dmje
- 13. some focus =good • team based • project based • idea based • locality based • ... twitter.com/m1ke_ellis slideshare.net/dmje
- 14. using the web • the web is ok • people are better • using the web to connect people = best twitter.com/m1ke_ellis slideshare.net/dmje
- 15. 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” twitter.com/m1ke_ellis slideshare.net/dmje
- 16. some of thetools • 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) twitter.com/m1ke_ellis slideshare.net/dmje
- 17. a couple ofexamples • bathcamp, and bathcamp evening events • mashed museum • Ignite Cardiff • geekdads.org.uk twitter.com/m1ke_ellis slideshare.net/dmje
- 18. bathcamp.org twitter.com/m1ke_ellis slideshare.net/dmje
- 19. bathcamp.org twitter.com/m1ke_ellis slideshare.net/dmje
- 20. mashedmuseum.org.uk twitter.com/m1ke_ellis slideshare.net/dmje
- 21. geekdads.org.uk twitter.com/m1ke_ellis slideshare.net/dmje
- 22. twitter.com/m1ke_ellis slideshare.net/dmje
- 23. http://www.cardiffwebscene.com twitter.com/m1ke_ellis slideshare.net/dmje
- 24. take away • just try it - you’ll be surprised.... twitter.com/m1ke_ellis slideshare.net/dmje
- 25. thanks • please feel free to get in touch: http://variousbits.net http://electronicmuseum.org.uk twitter.com/m1ke_ellis slideshare.net/dmje