In this episode, Bett and Russ deliver 10 predictions for 2015. But don't worry, this isn't one of those predictable prediction podcasts, No, we wouldn't bore you like that! Instead, we've taken ti…
Our annual list of the top 10 books we read this last year--fiction and non-fiction. Listen now: (download) Russ' top non-fiction: Antifragile: Things that Gain from Disorder (A Book Review) To Save …
When you look back over 2014, and all the new ideas or concepts that you encountered, which struck you as big "a-ha"s -- that is, what did you learn that will reshape how you approach software develo…
If you have been following this podcast for any length of time, you know about the SEI's SATURN conference. Whether you are new to this podcast and SATURN or simply want to know what is planned for …
IBM is investing billions in commercializing the Jeopardy winning Watson technology. Recently, they made aspects of the underlying machine learning available in the cloud as services on top of Bluem…
As computing professionals, we spend much of our time automating. Automating tasks that a human would have done manually in the past. What's the net impact of all this automation? Has it ultimately…
While nine woman can't make a baby in one month, nine possums can...what does that have to do with software delivery? You'll have to listen to find out. In this episode, Uma describes his Under-N me…
So you think you are good at coding or architecture? Here's your chance to learn how to prove it to the world through coding competitions like Top Coder. And yes, there are competitions oriented to…
Walter Isaacson follows his biography of Steve Jobs with another great book. This one does not focus on any particular individual, but rather starts with Ada Lovelace and flows through time, up to t…
Listen to this episode to hear how wallowing around in many small balls of mud can help avoid the classic big ball of mud--and ultimately enable you too to practice "the art of destroying software". …
An interesting, entertaining, and wide ranging discussion with product designer, Natasha Irizarry. Natasha has quickly compiled some very interesting experience in software product design, some of wh…
Many of us work on systems that are designed to be quite robust, even highly available--but how can we go beyond that and make them antifragile--that is, how can we get these systems to grow in robus…
Why is the Mona Lisa so famous and what does it have to with how we do our jobs? In this episode, Bett and Russ review and add color to the book Everything Is Obvious: Once You Know the Answer by Du…
Perhaps the secret to writing bug free code lies with the health of the coder? Well, maybe it is a bit more complicated than that, but at the same time, your health and comfort while programming cle…
After defeating mankind at Jeopardy, Watson is displaying humility and mercy by taking on a new role: assisting humans with research and finding smarter answers, for example, helping treat brain canc…
Bett and Russ review Nassim Nicholas Taleb's book "Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder". We previously reviewed Black Swan, and thought, in preparation for a deeper discussion of how Antifra…
In light of the size of current software projects, good project leadership is essential to a project’s success. The role of technical project leader frequently falls on software architects, yet archi…
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