Inconceivable!

Lightning talk from RubyConf 2015.

Ideas are everywhere.

Some ideas are so crazy that it would be absolutely, totally, and in
all other ways inconceivable that they could ever work. We almost
always reject these ideas out-of-hand.

Why do we reject the inconceivable ideas? Should we? What happens if we don't?

Transcript

1. www .codingzeal.com @codingzeal Randy Coulman Senior Software Engineer @randycoulman Inconceivable!
2. http://giphy.com/gifs/cary-elwes-princess-bride-dilly-dally-3XDucb47OXX4Q
12. http://life-is-pain-highness.tumblr.com/post/116918074412/inconceivable
15. Let me explain. No, there is too much. Let me sum up.
16. http://giphy.com/gifs/i-made-this-health-lMfQ34HLIOUp2
17. "You're probably smart enough to 'get it' merely by reading the 140 character summary of just about anything. But of course, that doesn't mean you understand it, or that it changed you. All it means is that you were quickly able to sort it into an appropriate category, to make a decision about where it belongs in your mental filing cabinet.” — Seth Godin http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2013/06/i-get-it.html
18. The real world isn't a place, it's an excuse. It's a justification for not trying. It has nothing to do with you. — Jason Fried & David Heinemeier Hansson From Rework
19. http://giphy.com/gifs/the-princess-bride-mandy-patinkin-robin-wright-B717GH4Ecnu8g
22. The best experiences and the biggest ideas don't fit into a category. They change it. They don't get filed away, they transform us. — Seth Godin http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2013/06/i-get-it.html
23. You rush a miracle man, you get rotten miracles.
24. http://twitter.com/mfeathers/status/316919981986164736
25. Examples Dynamically-Typed Languages
26. http://giphy.com/gifs/about-mayer-approached-ohBeIPJ4MEuas
27. Examples Incremental/Iterative Development
28. http://giphy.com/gifs/quote-fantasy-movie-quotes-tMNuvbHyLLXvq
29. Examples Test-Driven Development
30. http://giphy.com/gifs/mandy-patinkin-cary-elwes-inconceivable-lVxEMt2pf6qNq
31. http://twitter.com/KentBeck/status/318937997838004225
32. http://giphy.com/gifs/movie-funny-MrEb99f4O0uzK
33. Nonsense. You’re just saying that because no one ever has. We’ll never survive!
34. That will never work! What would have to be true… ?
35. https://twitter.com/sandimetz/status/427462185669771264
36. "This experience has made me wonder what else I recorded in my brain long ago that no longer applies. What a waste to go through life with negative self- assumptions that aren’t even true anymore.” — Ben Orenstein http://robots.thoughtbot.com/clear-your-mental-cache
37. “Pick one novelty per project” — Adam Keys http://therealadam.com/2015/01/31/pick-one-novelty-per-project/
38. I shall be very put out.
39. #inconceivable
40. Ideas Work with a fast test suite
41. Ideas Make a budget and live on it
42. Ideas Mind Mapping
43. Ideas Use a much larger font size in your editor
44. Ideas Use a proportionally-spaced font
45. Ideas Be a giver
46. Ideas Try journalling
47. Ideas Try pair programming or mob programming
48. Ideas Get completely out of debt
49. Ideas Use automated refactoring tools
50. #inconceivable
51. http://giphy.com/gifs/the-princess-bride-robin-wright-cary-elwes-vHqnsygRwzceA
52. www .codingzeal.com @codingzeal Randy Coulman @randycoulman http://giphy.com/gifs/films-the-princess-bride-robin-wright-xHWEVHGHq5ajC