Good morning day 3. So much to absorb already from Day 1 and 2 but it isn't over yet. This morning's Keynote "Crossing the River by Feeling the Stones" from Simon Wardley is a must see. This was a very educational look at the value of maps, and…
After a restful night at a London hotel (I learned my lesson from the last time I came in for a London conference) coffee and breakfast at the Business Design Centre in London, muCon 2019 kicks off. muCon (or µCon) is a Conference on Microservices, DDD & Software Architecture. From…
Have you been to see rock bands perform live? There are a lot of subtleties to their performance that you might not have noticed. And it is relevant to software……
In my hand, I have a couple of train tickets. The reservations indicate that I left the house at 5 am Saturday morning to make the first train from Birmingham to Cambridge, and wouldn't get home again until 9 pm. And that is exactly what I did. I've been making…
Unlike some unfortunate people who found out on the day and missed out, I had the opportunity to attend the Alt.Net Unconference in Birmingham this Saturday. Now I know some of you think Saturday Conferences are too far outside your work time. But hear me out on this first.…
Day 2 Day 2 of NDC Oslo. A bit less productive than the first. I needed a longer lunch and missed a couple of slots, but made the most of talking to some of the speakers for a bit over the break. There is so much going on that it…
With 10 streams on, there has been a lot to choose from at NDC in Oslo. But as day one ends, I've now voted with my feet. And since I can't be in two places at once (though the overflow does technically make this possible) these are the decisions I…
I recently attended the AWS Summit in London and thought I would give some notes on the event from my perspective. As a developer working for a company that uses AWS, there was plenty to get out of an event such as this, and the free attendance makes a great…