Embracing The New Hotness, Gently - 360iDev Denver, August 2016

Your engineering team wants to dive deeply into the newest programming tool or next generation technology for a mission-critical project. How do you balance the promised rewards of a new language, software tool, or hardware technology with the risks of unstable software, hardware that does not work as promised, or new tools that are abandoned? In this session you’ll learn how to take new toys for a test drive without going all the way down the rabbit hole. You’ll learn how to select the best pieces of your app to work with a new technology—and when to simply rip off the Band-Aid and go all in on the new hotness. Finally, you’ll learn shares some of my biggest mistakes in adopting new tools and technologies, so you and your team can avoid the same problems.

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1. EMBRACING THE NEW HOTNESS,
   GENTLY
   ELLEN SHAPIRO | 360IDEV | AUGUST 2016
   SPOTHERO.COM | JUSTHUM.COM | DESIGNATEDNERD.COM | @DESIGNATEDNERD
   

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2. ENGINEERS ARE REALLY
   EXCITABLE
   

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

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8. http://xkcd.com/1319/
   

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

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10. MAINTAINABILITY
    

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11. MAINTAINABILITY
    

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15. THREE STRATEGIES FOR
    BETTER INTEGRATION
    OF THE NEW HOTNESS
    

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16. STRATEGY THE FIRST:
    START
    SMALL
    

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17. SMALLER PIECES
    OF A LARGER PROJECT
    

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18. REACTIVE PROGRAMMING
    

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19. REACTIVE PROGRAMMING
    

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20. PICK A BORING
    PART OF A PROJECT
    

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22. FORMS
    

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26. EVALUATE THE
    BENEFITS
    

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27. EVALUATE THE
    BENEFITS
    

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

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29. CODE REVIEW:
    SHARE THE KNOWLEDGE
    

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32. SOMETIMES THE BENEFIT
    DOESN'T COME IN
    PIECES
    

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33. STRATEGY THE SECOND:
    INTERNAL TOOLS / PROJECTS
    

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35. RISK IS SHARED
    BY THE ENGINEERING TEAM
    

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36. RISK IS SHARED
    BY THE ENGINEERING TEAM
    

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37. VOKAL.IO
    + `
    

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44. (˽°□°҂˽Ɨ ˍʓˍ
    

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45. (˽°□°҂˽Ɨ ˍʓˍ
    

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

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47. SOFTWARE ENGINEERS
    ARE
    CREATIVE PROBLEM-SOLVERS
    

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48. SOFTWARE ENGINEERS
    ARE
    CREATIVE PROBLEM-SOLVERS
    

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49. SOFTWARE ENGINEERS
    ARE
    CREATIVE PROBLEM-SOLVERS
    

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51. TAKE AWAY RISK
    AND
    WATCH IDEAS BLOOM
    

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55. KOTLIN
    &&
    SWIFT
    

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56. KOTLIN
    &&
    SWIFT
    

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

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58. ಠ_ಠ
    

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59. BONUS:
    WORK WITH DIFFERENT
    MEMBERS OF YOUR TEAM
    

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65. "INTRAPRENEURSHIP"
    

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66. "INTRAPRENEURSHIP"
    

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67. CREATING A
    PERMANENT
    SPACE FOR RISK-TAKING
    

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

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

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

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

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76. DON'T
    LET JUNIOR ENGINEERS FLAIL
    

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77. DON'T
    LET JUNIOR ENGINEERS FLAIL
    

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78. DON'T
    LET JUNIOR ENGINEERS FLAIL
    

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

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

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

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

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

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84. 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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85. 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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86. 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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87. SPECIAL THANKS
    

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

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89. 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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90. 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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91. 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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92. 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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93. 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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94. 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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