Hi everyone,
I would like to start putting together some keynote ideas for EclipseCon 2014. Here are two talks that I'm particularly fond of:
This talk is by Greg Wilson. He talks about the assumptions we make as software engineers (TDD is good, CI is good, etc..) and challenges us to 'prove' why those things are good. Instead of just following the advice of a famous software engineer (Joel, Martin, etc..), he challenges us to force the issue and make these authors back-up their claims with an evidence based approach.
This talk is by Bret Victor. He sets himself in 1973 and looks 40 years into the future. He explains the state of the art (for 1973) and imagines how much will have changed by 2013... Unfortunately, much of what we did in 1973 is still the same today. He then challenges us to rethink what we are doing, and not just follow the same-old-same-old.
Does anyone else have talks they are particularly fond of? Are there any speakers that you think we could invite to EclipseCon?
Cheers,
Ian
