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.comRecorded 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/

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• 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)

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