Screaming Penguin - Source Does Matter

I saw Neal Ford give several presentations today at a regional IASA conference. Specifically he dealt with "Polyglot" programming, and 10 ways to improve your code.

For a glimpse of the funny stuff see Top 10 Corporate Code Smells.

Both of the Neal did today that I saw were great. Entertaining, funny, and at the same time informative. It was almost a clinic on how to give a presentation. If you have seen Neal do one of these you will know what I am talking about, angry monkeys, bridges, and Websphere included.

I mention it here because all of the materials are online, for the ones I saw, and a ton more, you can get them at NealFord.com.

Of particular interest are:

• Polyglot Programming
• 10 Ways to Improve Your Code
• Debugging and testing the Web Tier
• Implementing SOA
• Agile Project Management and Mingle
• Metrics Driven Agile Development
• Introduction to JRuby
• Why is Everyone so Excited About Ruby

I am also looking forward to seeing Scott Ambler tomorrow.