Ignite @ NewsFoo - Unqualified

This is an ignite talk I gave at newsfoo in 2010; I wanted to explore my thoughts on the problem of doing a job which you are not qualified for -- and what happens when you're stuck doing that.

Transcript

1. UNQUALIFIED Doing a Job Without The Appropriate Training 1 Monday, March 19, 12
2. Journalism Used to Be Simpler http://www.flickr.com/photos/sunside/2943090657/ 2 Monday, March 19, 12
3. Reporters Cultivated Sources, Crafted Data http://www.flickr.com/photos/lcrf/1745600356/ 3 Monday, March 19, 12
4. Turns Out, Data is Important. Who Knew? Information is Beautiful - http://www.flickr.com/photos/25541021@N00/4030282066/ 4 Monday, March 19, 12
5. But, Planning for & Organizing Data is Hard. James Cox - http://flickr.com/photos/imajes/3298482938/ 5 Monday, March 19, 12
6. And, Datasets of Value Appear from Nowhere http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/11/28/world/20101128-cables-viewer.html#report/cables-79TEHRAN8980 6 Monday, March 19, 12
7. With Social Media, All Data acts as a Fire Hose. http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23wikileaks 7 Monday, March 19, 12
8. Compelling Narrative is Composed of Telling Stories from that Data http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2010/nov/29/wikileaks-cables-data 8 Monday, March 19, 12
9. Idea: Turn Hackers into Hacks. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jasohill/2384464765/ 9 Monday, March 19, 12
10. Result: Geeks are in the Newsroom. Great. http://www.flickr.com/photos/rachelfordjames/3495321691/ 10 Monday, March 19, 12
11. But, Programming is a Craft, Much Like Journalism. http://www.flickr.com/photos/kupkup/441077551/ 11 Monday, March 19, 12
12. Building Competent Software Quickly, Takes Experience & Established Process http://www.flickr.com/photos/blprnt/3291287830/ 12 Monday, March 19, 12
13. Attempting to Shoehorn Deadline Driven Hacks into Hacker Roles Leads to Failure http://www.flickr.com/photos/tidewatermuse/198930067/ 13 Monday, March 19, 12
14. So Where Does This Leave These Hybrid Hacks? http://www.flickr.com/photos/stephenrobinsonphoto/2961970653/ 14 Monday, March 19, 12
15. Cross the Divide with Product Management http://www.flickr.com/photos/imcomkorea/2919515459/ 15 Monday, March 19, 12
16. Define Features, Do Product/Source Discovery http://www.flickr.com/photos/kharied/4177969736/ 16 Monday, March 19, 12
17. Product Managers own the Idea & Act as Customer Advocates/Proxy http://www.flickr.com/photos/22146904@N04/4260762246/ 17 Monday, March 19, 12
18. Take Ownership of Output: Don’t Expect Devs to Work in a Black Box http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrs_logic/5034486894/ 18 Monday, March 19, 12
19. Be Confident with Tools - Show Leadership. http://www.flickr.com/photos/yanivg/131377774/ 19 Monday, March 19, 12
20. Please ask more: james@imaj.es / @imajes http://www.flickr.com/photos/imajes/4712179160/ 20 Monday, March 19, 12