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Failure (For Fun /and/ Profit!)

Kerri Miller
November 01, 2012

Failure (For Fun /and/ Profit!)

Do you actually know how deliberately acquire, sharpen, and retain a technical skill? In this talk, I'll discuss common strategies to enable you to be more focused, creative, and productive while learning, by using play, exploration, and ultimately failure. You'll leave knowing several "Experiential Learning" patterns and techniques that can help you turn failure into success.

When was the last time you failed in a spectacular fashion? Was it really so bad? If you want to succeed, you first need to take a little time to fail.

Kerri Miller

November 01, 2012
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  1. “The real purpose of the scientific method is to make

    sure nature hasn’t mislead you into thinking you know something you don’t actually know” Thursday, November 1, 12
  2. "The user will be able to convert a temperature in

    Celsius to Fahrenheit, and vice versa." Thursday, November 1, 12
  3. ★ make it a gem ★ make it a service

    ★ mobile app ★ aggregate data ★ 3rd party API ★ offer other scales Thursday, November 1, 12
  4. version 0.5 full test suite (MiniTest) 1.8.7, 1.9+, JRuby, and

    REE TravisCI, CodeClimate, benchmarks Thursday, November 1, 12
  5. ...and then some! OAuth API EC2 fizzbuzz processing Twitter listener

    SMS and email delivery Thursday, November 1, 12
  6. “Inspiration is for amateurs. The rest of us just show

    up and get to work. If you wait around for the clouds to part and a bolt of lightning to strike you in the brain, you are not going to make an awful lot of work. All the best ideas come out of the process; they come out of the work itself." Thursday, November 1, 12
  7. THANKS! ★ @kerrizor ★ glass artist ★ vespa mechanic ★

    lighting designer ★ professional poker player ★ Senior Developer @ Amazon, Contour.com, and now Blue Box Group! Thursday, November 1, 12