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Going to be at Mid South Software Symposium (Memphis, TN)

Robert Fischer — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 01:01:05 +0000

I’ve been scheduled at the Mid South Software Symposium in Memphis, TN. Never been to Memphis before, so this should be fun. You can see my schedule over on the NFJS site: as of this writing, it’s two concurrency talks, build tools (Gradle/Hudson/etc.), and reusability (OSGi).

If you’re from the Memphis area and coming, it’ll be great to see you there. If you’re not from the Memphis area and you’d like to see me in your area, let NFJS know or contact me via the form on SmokejumperIT.com.

This post was by Robert Fischer, written on March 1, 2010.
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Going to be at Twin Cities Software Symposium (Spring)

Robert Fischer — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:59:36 +0000

I’ve been scheduled at the Twin Cities Software Symposium (Spring) — it’ll be my first time presenting back home, and I’m looking forward to it. You can see my schedule over on the NFJS site: as of this writing, it’s three concurrency talks and “Agile Practices Overview: A Tactics Retrospective”. Looks like fun.

If you’re from MN and coming, it’ll be great to see you there. If you’re not from MN and you’d like to see me in your area, let NFJS know or contact me via the form on SmokejumperIT.com.

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February 22, 2010, Bill Turner wrote: Well, you were to speak at GR8 in the US! Unfortunatly, and I understand, you could not attend this year. Sure hope you can do it next year!
February 22, 2010, Robert Fischer wrote: Yeah, I can't be in MN in April. Being in graduate school really puts a cramp on my schedule.

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Podcast Sample: Raleigh.rb

Robert Fischer — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 18:21:17 +0000

Thanks to Matt Bass, the Ruby community in Raleigh, North Carolina, has an excellent podcast of their meetings. Meeting topics have included Ruby ROI, PDF generation with Prawn, JavaScript testing with Blue Ridge, and the topic included here, alternative databases. The presentations are generally pretty good, and it’s worth listening to them again even if you’ve attended and even if you aren’t particularly interested in Ruby.

For more on Raleigh.rb, check out http://RaleighRB.com. The podcast feed is at http://feeds.feedburner.com/raleighrb.

This post was by Robert Fischer, written on January 1, 2010.
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“That’s Great. Now What?” (The 7 Minute Sermon)

Robert Fischer — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 06:39:02 +0000

While home for the holidays, I preached a sermon at Plymouth Presbyterian Church, the church where I grew up and where my parents still attend. The sermon title is “That’s Great. Now What?”, and it’s about the Christian experience of being given revelation and left to sort out the details for ourselves. It was the Sunday after Christmas, and I chose Deuteronomy 34 and Mark 16:1-8 as my Bible passages. Through providence or luck (depending on how you reckon such things), the Deuteronomy passage was where a church Bible study had reached, so that worked out well for them.

My mother told me that I had to keep it to 7 minutes, and those who know me from the No Fluff tour know that I barely clear my throat in 7 minutes, so I was moving at a good clip. There’s also a couple of major gaffes where I was thinking a bit ahead of what I was speaking. Instead of editting around those, though, I decided to just leave it au natural. All in all, I’m rather proud of it.

This post was by Robert Fischer, written on December 29, 2009.
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Podcast Sample: Chillin’ with Lovespirals

Robert Fischer — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:12:27 +0000

Although my teenage-angst, KMFDM/PIG-idolizing self would hate to hear it, I’ve become quite a fan of downtempo and chillout music. Although I’m a big fan of Raleigh/Durham’s The Grooveblaster and Permanent4, undoubtedly my favorite artist is Lovespirals, so I was crazy excited when their new album Future Past was released. You can see my review here.

One of the things that Lovespirals do is release an informal but very interesting podcast called Chillin’ with Lovespirals. It’s like hanging out with the band for half an hour or better. The episode I’m sharing has them talking about releasing an album in the global social media context. It’s fascinating from a music fan’s standpoint, but moreover from a social media/cultural pundit standpoint. Definitely worth a listen, which is why I’m sharing it here!

Other “Chillin’ with Lovespirals” episodes talked about guitar technology, retrofitting a house to be more environmentally friendly, and all kinds of stuff. Good stuff. You should subscribe: podcast feed.

BTW, here’s the unboxing video they refer to in the podcast.

This post was by Robert Fischer, written on December 1, 2009.
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