Schedule
Thursday, June 6
Check-In
| 16:00 |
Check-inCheck-in starts at 16:00. Once you have checked in you are free to enjoy the spa. |
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| 17:45 – 18:00 |
Spa IntroLearn more about the spa facilities and how to perform the Japanese bathing ritual. |
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| 18:00 – 20:00 |
Light dinnerGet to know the other attendees. |
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Friday, June 7
Conference day 1
| 06:30 – 09:30 |
BreakfastBreakfast is served in the Yasuragi restaurant between 6:30 and 9:30, giving you plenty of time to visit the spa too. |
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| 09:00 – 10:00 |
Conference OpeningHave some coffee from our baristas, and settle in for the first conference day. |
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| 10:00 – 10:30 |
The History of Women in ProgrammingComputer science was dominated by women for decades. Women like Ada Lovelace and Grace Hopper paved the way for technical professions today. We'll cover the history of … Elise Worthy Brandworthy Jessica Suttles G5 |
Elise Worthy Brandworthy |
| Break | ||
| 11:00 – 11:30 |
JoyAs developers, we understand the need to invest in ourselves to further our mastery of the craft of software development. We painstakingly scrutinize our processes. We … Chad Fowler 6Wunderkinder |
Chad Fowler 6Wunderkinder |
| Break | ||
| 12:00 – 12:30 |
What Is Your Why?TBA … Keavy McMinn GitHub |
Keavy McMinn GitHub |
| Lunch Break | ||
| 14:30 – 15:00 |
Bootstrapping a Startup, a Developer's TaleMost developers will be brimming with ideas, some of which end up as side-projects. But what happens when you decide to turn one of these side-projects into an actual … Tekin Suleyman crowd.fm |
Tekin Suleyman crowd.fm |
| Break | ||
| 15:30 – 16:00 |
Hacking PassionSkill is not about talent, and mastery is not about perfection. Is talent a genentic boolean? Does success come simply because of our natural skill, or is there a path … Katrina Owen Jumpstart Lab |
Katrina Owen Jumpstart Lab |
| Break | ||
| 16:30 – 17:00 |
Better: A Field Guide to Continuous ImprovementIn every field and endeavor, the key to getting better is feedback. Much of the time, that feedback is integrated into explicit practice, as when a coach watches you hit … Ben Scofield Ruby Central |
Ben Scofield Ruby Central |
| Break | ||
| 18:00 – 20:00 |
Dinner: Group 1When you get your badge you'll get a token which tells you if you're in Group 1 or Group 2. |
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| 20:00 – 22:00 |
Dinner: Group 2Both groups will have dessert in the lounge. |
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Saturday, June 8
Conference day 2
| 07:00 – 10:00 |
BreakfastBreakfast is served between 7 and 10 on Saturday. You might also want to relax in the steam room, or soak in the outdoor pools and get some fresh air. Or just sleep. |
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| 10:00 – 10:30 |
Making Friends with the TurtlesAll developers should know something about the internals of their tools. But that's a huge task … if you insisted on learning all of that up front, you'd never get … Glenn Vanderburg LivingSocial |
Glenn Vanderburg LivingSocial |
| Break | ||
| 11:00 – 11:30 |
Realigning & RefactoringOften designers and developers see Markup and CSS Refactoring as a dreaded, monolithic task. Organization, architecture, clean up, optimization, documentation all seem … Jina Bolton Do |
Jina Bolton Do |
| Break | ||
| 12:00 – 12:30 |
Make the World Less Shit. NOW.Technology is often somehow seen as objective, especially by people who don't know much about how it's made. But like everything that involves human decision-making, … Natalia Buckley Natalia Buckley |
Natalia Buckley Natalia Buckley |
| Lunch Break | ||
| 14:30 – 15:00 |
Literate Programming: A Modern ApproachWriting software is a discipline that fits uncomfortably among the hard sciences. Instead of treating code as just another kind of engineering -- let's look at how … Jeremy Ashkenas New York Times |
Jeremy Ashkenas New York Times |
| Break | ||
| 15:30 – 16:00 |
The Imminent Collapse of RubyThe premise of this talk is that Ruby is an inherently untrustworthy language, and that a radical re-imagining of its class dependency model is required to ensure its … Reginald Braithwaite Leanpub |
Reginald Braithwaite Leanpub |
| Break | ||
| 16:30 – 17:30 |
Lightning Talks10 talks. 5 minutes each. Fear the gong. |
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| Break | ||
| 19:00 – late |
BarbecueEnjoy a delicious summer barbecue out on the gorgeous Yasuragi terrace. |
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Sunday, June 9
Check-out
| 07:00 – 10:30 |
BreakfastWe'll end things with another delicious breakfast, and of course some more spa time. |
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| 12:00 |
Check-outTime to say goodbye. |
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