Roundup 09 - Effective Communication

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Recorded at the Java Posse Roundup 2009 in Crested Butte, CO. An investigation in to how to better communicate within your team and with the rest of your company to improve productivity.

• Coding conventions
• http://java.sun.com/docs/codeconv/
• Code reviews
• http://www.developer.com/tech/article.php/3579756
• Code Review tools
• Atlassian Crucible - http://www.atlassian.com/software/crucible/
• Google Rietveld - http://code.google.com/p/rietveld/
• Reviewboard - http://www.review-board.org/
• Checkstyle
• http://checkstyle.sourceforge.net/
• Architecture Review
• http://www.codeproject.com/KB/architecture/SWArchitectureReview.aspx
• Wiki
• Atlassian Confluence - http://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/
• Fitnesse - http://java-source.net/open-source/wiki-engines/fitnesse
• XWiki - http://java-source.net/open-source/wiki-engines/xwiki
• Flow
• http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifehack/mental-state-called-flow.html
• Concentration in a shared environment
• http://agiletracksoftware.com/blog.html?id=7
• Book - Peopleware
• http://www.amazon.com/Peopleware-Productive-Projects-Teams-Second/dp/0932633439
• Superstar programmers, technical debt, people hacking
• http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2005/01/23/three-case-studies-are-you-a-superstar/
• http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/08/04/oscon-2007-managing-technical-debt/
• http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/08/04/oscon-2007-people-hacks/
• Soft skills
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_skills
• User Stories Applied: For Agile Software Development (Mike Cohn)
• http://www.amazon.com/User-Stories-Applied-Development-Addison-Wesley/dp/0321205685
• Code Quality in WTFs Per Minute
• http://www.osnews.com/story/19266/WTFs_m
• http://www.irrlicht3d.org/pivot/entry.php?id=682

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• Theme Music:
  • Opening - "Java" the parody song Copyright 1997 Broken Records and Marjorie Music Publ. (BMI),
    written and performed by Loose Bruce Kerr of the Dr. Demento Show and Sun Microsystems attorney.
    Based on the WWI popular song, "Ja-da." Ukelele style on the recording taught to Bruce by his dad.
    Re-produced with kind permission from "Loose" Bruce Kerr - http://loosebrucekerr.libsyn.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAX0gJt-aZg
  • Closing - Juan Carlos Jimenez - In the House (Intro No. 1)
    

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