Anyone who has heard of Unruly will already know this but they have far and away the most epic office…
Announcement
When I am excited about something I sometimes flap my hands a little. The excitement kind of radiates out of…
Coding Tour – Stop Three – Ruby, Rails and HAML with Rachel at Makers Academy
Thursday 30th November. Spitalfields, London, England. I’m off to pair program for two days with my old friend Rachel…
Coding Tour – Stop Two – JavaScript & Event Sourcing at Dev Camp Belgium with the Cucumber Team
Tuesday 14th November. London St Pancras. I’m about to hop on the Eurostar with two members of the Cucumber team…
Coding Tour – Stop One – React.js with Clare Sudbery at Thoughtworks
Thursday 19th October. Manchester, England. It’s raining. I’m on my way to meet up with Clare Sudbery at the brand…
What the heck is a Coding Tour anyway?
First some background: I am a 47 year old mother of three. I graduated with a 1st class honours degree…
Four episodes of sexism at tech community events, and how I came out of them (eventually) positive
It is a sad but undeniable fact that our industry remains rife with gender issues. Coming through any form…
Diagnosis day
I deliberated a lot before getting assessed for autism. Like several years a lot. I even wondered what it would…
The Tag Team: Tools, Tasks and Roles in Collaborative Software Development
Click the link below to access a PDF copy of my PhD thesis – an ethnographic study and evaluation of…
When the culture becomes the cult
Fourteen years or so ago, when I first encountered ‘agile’ the part that really appealed to me, the bit I…
