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May 07, 2014
You'll be pleased to know that there are no Star Wars-related puns for today, May the Seventh. Having gotten all of that out of our systems for May the Fourth and the Revenge of the Fifth, we can now all get back to work on the things that really matter, such as speculating on why the original cast members of Star Wars all look like Yoda now.
If you're going to procrastinate, you should at least learn something worthwhile in the process. Might we humbly suggest this month's issue of PragPub magazine? This issue is resplendent with illuminating thoughts on Agile software development, tech education, wearable computing, coaching, job hunting, and more. Check it out at PragPub's home, the Prose Garden.
PragPub Magazine
Our monthly magazine PragPub gets reflective this month, looking at the state of agile software development in 2014.
Allen Holub was writing about software development back in the day when C compilers were first being implemented on what we then called microcomputers. These days he speaks at tech conferences around the world, and increasingly he is finding that agile development doesn't mean the same thing everywhere. In this issue he brings a global perspective to the state of agile development today.
Jonathan Rasmusson is the Agile Samurai. He spends more time thinking about agile development than George Takei spends finding clever things to post on Facebook. This month he steps back to take a broad view of the agile way of thinking.
Johanna Rothman and Andy Lester also get reflective, sharing their experience with a subject vitally interesting to both of them: job hunting.
Back in November, Portia Tung shared seven coaching patterns. This month she reveals seven more patterns.
Dan Wohlbruck looks at programming unit record machines in his latest installment in our History of Programming Languages Series.
Chris Strom recalls an old TV show and has the temerity to suggest that a legendary performer and educator had the wrong idea about how to teach kids.
Antonio Cangiano reflects on the programming books published in the past month, and in Choice Bits we reflect on the wit and/or wisdom shared over the course of a month of tweeting by some developers we followed.
And John Shade? Well, he has what you might call fashion advice for the creators of wearable technology. It isn't pretty.
Also, the special issue on teaching kids to code grows by one article this month. You can download it for free at the Prose Garden website.
Upcoming Author Appearances2014-05-09 Jonathan Rasmusson, Agile Indy, Indianapolis Indiana
2014-05-20 Dave Thomas, GOTO Chicago
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