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Keavy McMinn
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Transcript
@keavy // Internal tools RubyConf, Denver, 2012 1
uses 2
Abuses 3
I <3 Internal Tools 4
class GoodSoftware < Pain end 5
Take your pain away 6
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Create the culture you want, through internal tools 10
Pain #1 “I don’t know who is working on what”
11
What do we want? 12
Visibility 13
How can tools help? 14
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I am next shipping: 16
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“We see awesome get shipped, so we want to ship
awesome.” @maddox 18
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Hey waitaminute! 20
Hey waitaminute! 20
https://speakerdeck.com/jnewland/chatops 21
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Pain #2 “I feel disconnected, because I am remote” 23
What do we want? 24
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How can tools help? 27
Tools we choose 28
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/play call me maybe 30
/volume +11 31
/i like this song 32
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shout out to everyone called @maddox who built all this
crazy cool stuff 34
Tools we don’t abuse 35
virtualsugar 36
For good... 37
For bad... “What. is. going. on? do we seriously have
{x} and {y} in this app? Don’t give a fuck if ... Never do {z}” 38
“Never do {z}” “Can you do... ?” 39
virtualsugar 40
turboalieno 41
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Pull requests talk, Bullshit walks 44
cooperation without coordination 45
Pain #3 “I don’t like #{that}” 46
What do we want? 47
Always be feedback-ing. 48
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Shit I don’t like 50
Ideas published in 2012 51
Comments on those Ideas 52
happiness excitement error fear community women being new growing future
focus guidelines culture attracted life language innovate change important better opportunity 53
Create the culture you want, through internal tools 54
using 55
Abusing 56
Pain points? 57
Take your pain away 58
Thanks! 59