Java Posse #409 - Roundup '12 - Two Things About Software Development

Roundup ‘12 - Two Things About Software Development Fully formatted shownotes can always be found at http://javaposse.com Recorded at the Java Posse Roundup 2012 in Crested Butte, CO. Join us for the next Roundup, Feb 25th to March 1st. Big Data and the Cloud. http://www.mindviewinc.com/Conferences/JavaPosseRoundup/ Two things about economics (and others) http://www.csun.edu/~dgw61315/thetwothings.html Two things about software? People write software Software serves people Software solves problems Software should not exist for its own sake We work with abstractions... To build abstractions Genetic programming/algorithms http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_programming Neural networks http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_neural_network Proving a program correct http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/10/proving_a_compu.html Voice recognition http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speech_recognition Software craftsmanship manifesto http://manifesto.softwarecraftsmanship.org/ Observe, Orient, Decide, Act http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OODA_loop Michael Jackson Software Engineering http://mcs.open.ac.uk/mj665/ Lego and Duplo http://duplo.lego.com/en-us/ http://www.lego.com/en-us/ Commodore 64 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_64 Sinclair Spectrum http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZX_Spectrum Raspberry Pi http://www.raspberrypi.org/ Thanks Libsyn.com - http://www.libsyn.com - for hosting and bandwidth Feedburner.com - http://www.feedburner.com - for feed redirect Kirsty Doherty, Amy Ehmann for Java Posse artwork Theme Music: Opening - "Java" the parody song Copyright 1997 Broken Records and Marjorie Music Publ. (BMI), written and performed by Loose Bruce Kerr of the Dr. Demento Show and Sun Microsystems attorney. Based on the WWI popular song, "Ja-da." Ukelele style on the recording taught to Bruce by his dad. Re-produced with kind permission from "Loose" Bruce Kerr - http://loosebrucekerr.libsyn.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAX0gJt-aZg Closing - Juan Carlos Jimenez - In the House (Intro No. 1) To contact us: Visit our homepage - http://javaposse.com Post on our Google Group - http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse Pose a question on our Google Moderator group - http://tinyurl.com/q4javaposse Call us with questions and feedback - (408) 465-4626 Or send us email - [email protected] The Java Posse consists of Tor Norbye, Carl Quinn, Chet Haase and Dick Wall