Balancing New Tools and Technologies vs. Risk - Mobile Dev + IoT + Test San Diego, April 2016

aka, Embracing The New Hotness...Gently.

Links galore to stuff I talked about and all sorts of photo credits at the end.

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1. BALANCING NEW TOOLS
   AND TECHNOLOGIES VS. RISK
   ELLEN SHAPIRO | MOBILE + IOT DEV + TEST | APRIL 2016
   SPOTHERO.COM | JUSTHUM.COM | DESIGNATEDNERD.COM | @DESIGNATEDNERD
   

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2. EMBRACING THE NEW HOTNESS,
   GENTLY
   ELLEN SHAPIRO | MOBILE + IOT DEV + TEST | APRIL 2016
   SPOTHERO.COM | JUSTHUM.COM | DESIGNATEDNERD.COM | @DESIGNATEDNERD
   

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3. ENGINEERS ARE REALLY
   EXCITABLE
   

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8. SHORT-TERM EFFORT
   VS.
   LONG-TERM BENEFIT
   

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9. http://xkcd.com/1319/
   

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10. MAINTAINABILITY
    

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14. THREE STRATEGIES FOR
    BETTER INTEGRATION
    OF THE NEW HOTNESS
    

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15. STRATEGY THE FIRST:
    START
    SMALL
    

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16. SMALLER PIECES
    OF A LARGER PROJECT
    

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17. REACTIVE PROGRAMMING
    

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18. PICK A BORING
    PART OF A PROJECT
    

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20. FORMS
    

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23. EVALUATE THE
    BENEFITS
    

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24. CODE REVIEW:
    NOT JUST FOR CATCHING SCREW-UPS
    

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25. CODE REVIEW:
    SHARE THE KNOWLEDGE
    

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27. SOMETIMES THE BENEFIT
    DOESN'T COME IN
    PIECES
    

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28. STRATEGY THE SECOND:
    INTERNAL TOOLS / PROJECTS
    

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30. RISK IS SHARED
    BY THE ENGINEERING TEAM
    

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31. VOKAL.IO
    + `
    

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36. (˽°□°҂˽Ɨ ˍʓˍ
    

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37. STRATEGY THE THIRD:
    HACK DAYS /
    20% TIME
    

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38. SOFTWARE ENGINEERS
    ARE
    CREATIVE PROBLEM-SOLVERS
    

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39. SOFTWARE ENGINEERS
    ARE
    CREATIVE PROBLEM-SOLVERS
    

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40. SOFTWARE ENGINEERS
    ARE
    CREATIVE PROBLEM-SOLVERS
    

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42. TAKE AWAY RISK
    AND
    WATCH IDEAS BLOOM
    

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46. KOTLIN
    &&
    SWIFT
    

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47. FIND OUT WHAT'S READY
    AND WHAT'S NOT
    

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48. ಠ_ಠ
    

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49. BONUS:
    WORK WITH DIFFERENT
    MEMBERS OF YOUR TEAM
    

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53. "INTRAPRENEURSHIP"
    

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54. "INTRAPRENEURSHIP"
    

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55. CREATING A
    PERMANENT
    SPACE FOR RISK-TAKING
    

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59. DON'T
    BE AN IDIOT OVERLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT
    DEADLINES
    

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60. DON'T
    FORGET TO ACCOUNT
    FOR THE LEARNING CURVE
    

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61. DON'T
    LET JUNIOR ENGINEERS FLAIL
    

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62. DON'T
    BE AFRAID TO CUT BAIT
    AND TRY AGAIN
    

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63. MANDATORY SUMMARY SLIDE
    > Break off small pieces of larger projects
    

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64. MANDATORY SUMMARY SLIDE
    > Break off small pieces of larger projects
    > Try something internally first
    

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65. MANDATORY SUMMARY SLIDE
    > Break off small pieces of larger projects
    > Try something internally first
    > Find times and places to experiment
    

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66. MANDATORY SUMMARY SLIDE
    > Break off small pieces of larger projects
    > Try something internally first
    > Find times and places to experiment
    > Be mindful of timelines and deadlines
    

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67. MANDATORY SUMMARY SLIDE
    > Break off small pieces of larger projects
    > Try something internally first
    > Find times and places to experiment
    > Be mindful of timelines and deadlines
    > If at first you don't succeed, that's OK
    

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68. MANDATORY SUMMARY SLIDE
    > Break off small pieces of larger projects
    > Try something internally first
    > Find times and places to experiment
    > Be mindful of timelines and deadlines
    > If at first you don't succeed, that's OK
    > you can always try again
    

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69. SPECIAL THANKS
    

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70. QUESTION TIME!
    (or bug me on Twitter @designatednerd)
    

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71. LINKS! (PT. 1)
    > Reactive Forms with RxAndroid: https://www.vokal.io/
    labs/reactive-forms-with-rxandroid
    > The New vokal.io: https://www.vokal.io/labs/the-new-
    vokalio
    > Hack Your Way To Great Ideas: https://
    blogs.dropbox.com/dropbox/2015/08/hack-your-way-
    to-great-ideas/
    

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72. LINKS! (PT. 2)
    > 20% Time vs 120% Time http://qz.com/116196/google-
    engineers-insist-20-time-is-not-dead-its-just-turned-
    into-120-time/
    > The Innovator's dilemma http://www.amazon.com/The-
    Innovator-s-Dilemma-Technologies-Management/dp/
    1633691780/
    

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73. PHOTO CREDITS (PT. 1)
    > Miscellaneous cool toys by thotfulspot https://
    www.flickr.com/photos/thotfulspot/6151593033/
    > Broken Toy by Michael Coghlan https://
    www.flickr.com/photos/mikecogh/6082137401/
    > Reinventing The Wheel by Thomas Guest https://
    www.flickr.com/photos/thomasguest/5491482766/
    > 2011-0320 by VGB.Studios https://www.flickr.com/
    photos/vgb-studios/6605405287
    

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74. PHOTO CREDITS (PT. 2)
    > Share by GotCredit https://www.flickr.com/photos/
    jakerust/16639834358/
    > You Break It You Buy It by Gregg Tavares https://
    www.flickr.com/photos/greggman/235884548/
    > What's Next? by sean hobson https://www.flickr.com/
    photos/seanhobson/4380105315/
    

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75. PHOTO CREDITS (PT. 3)
    > Lego Dungeons and Dragons - Action Points by Marco
    Hazard https://www.flickr.com/photos/
    42405591@N02/11013256715/
    > Little flower sprout grows through urban asphalt
    ground by ปᆱ Ἆ https://www.flickr.com/photos/
    138615660@N02/
    > Ahchan and iPad by Hajime NAKANO https://
    www.flickr.com/photos/jetalone/4694902742/
    

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76. PHOTO CREDITS (PT. 4)
    > 235/365 ...somewhere there is a boundless universe
    waiting to be discovered by Iryna Yeroshko https://
    www.flickr.com/photos/mandarina94/6267475924
    > Edge of the falls by Mig Gilbert https://
    www.flickr.com/photos/mig-gilbert/26182478906
    

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