My Past Speaking Events
Aloha On Rails
Chad Pytel and I discuss some common AntiPatterns we’ve seen in the wild, and walk through the process of refactoring them to bring them in line with current best practices.
Aloha On Rails Interview
An interveiw about my talk for Aloha on Rails. The talk is titled "You're Doing It Wrong", and is based on my upcoming book "Rails AntiPatterns".
Mountain West Ruby Conference
I described Shoulda and what it means to develop software using BDD at MWRC 2008.
Slides are available here, and you can see the presentation in different forms at the confreaks page
RubyConf
Coding for Failure: All you need to know for building rock solid applications (in 45 minutes).
Slides are available here, and you can see the presentation in different forms at the confreaks page
RailsConf
I explain how to build and support a custom daemon process in _Angels and Daemons_ at RailsConf 2007.
Listed as one of 3 fresh presentations that year by Peter Cooper
"This was a great talk with real code. We need more code." - Justin Ball
Voices that Matter
Chad Pytel and I discuss some examples of bad practices we've seen in the wild and walk through a couple of refactoring examples in _Rails Antipatterns_ during the 2008 Voices that Matter conference (aka: Obieconf).
I was also part of the panel discussion on Testing for that conference.
Pivotal Labs Tech Talk
I discussed Thoughtbot's Hoptoad application, including a short introduction, some internal details, and future directions during a Pivotal Labs Tech Talk. You can find the talk in other formats on the Pivotal Labs Tech Talk page
