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@u1traq Yep, I was tweeting during his keynote.


RT @WoodyZuill: I’m packed and ready to head to #yow16 Sydney. Thanks to the organizers, volunteers, speakers, and attendees for a great B…


@delitescere @conors10 I’ve met him, and I’m not sure either.


@stphnwallace Looks fun – but geez, I see like 2 women there! We need to work on that. 🙂


Only a handful of tickets left – don’t miss out on this fun event! #BeeropsMegaMixer Sponsored by @yow_oz https://t.co/J2dkdr3LUQ


RT @malgroves: Getting excited for @yow_oz Sydney tomorrow. Best Aus Tech conference of the year, every year.


@darthted The mark of a good conference!


Yep, @hadinahari is a deadset legend. #yow16 https://t.co/NGsljheMIo https://t.co/5P8z9lpbOl


Final leg of #yow16 tour… and the one where I get to sleep in my own bed! (@ Gate 43 – @brisbaneairport) https://t.co/cqxg5MMweF


RT @jenna_payette: Anyone else need to thoroughly soak their brain after the end of yesterdays #yow16?! So many fun, new things to tinker w…


Still hoping to make it to #ctosummit for @darthted and @mark_sabbatical‘s talks! #comeontaxi #yow16


Made it in time to catch the second half of @philchan612′s #ctosummit talk on some of his experiences at IBM! #yow16 https://t.co/2u5tRIw5ow


Very nice of @mark_sabbatical to start his #ctosummit talk with a Welcome to Country. And yay, women from computing history! https://t.co/Zr0k1aa6bk


“Privacy questions are the tobacco questions of the 21st century.” We’ll realise things are BAD soon! @asymco @mark_sabbatical #ctosummit


There appear to be no free candy bars at this event. *glares at @delitescere* +1 to @simonraikallen #ctosummit


Last #ctosummit speaker is @darthted, dispelling some of the myths of distributed teams. https://t.co/U7lmMJFyta


Hidden costs of remote teams: travel, facilities, recruitment, training, comms equipment (critical!), legals, salaries. @darthted #ctosummit https://t.co/v6GaaR4PrN


Haha, @darthted confessing he got his Manifesto idea from @simonraikallen at last year’s #ctosummit! “Well worth every penny…”


In the end, conventional wisdom is not that wise. Key takeaway from @darthted’s excellent and useful #ctosummit talk! https://t.co/GnVvjLGTWs


And here’s PC member @delitescere capping off the 2016 Sydney #ctosummit and giving #yow16 a lovely testimonial! https://t.co/wZeZJ92cWz


@nunami Go back in time and buy your ticket prior to last week. 🙁 Sorry – I think they’re all gone.


@caitie @randommood I’m in the lobby!


Special @yow_oz @WWCSyd crossover event kicking off at Atlassian. Great job @lucykbain and @jedws for pulling it together! https://t.co/85AaXnyhtM


First speaker is @randommood talking about the Fallacy of Fast. #wwcsyd #yow16 https://t.co/mlSMv3NXnG


First mistake companies make trying to move fast is deprioritising tests. – @randommood #wwcsyd #yow16 https://t.co/6KUYUZbuXZ


Some form of monitoring dashboard should be part of your MVP. Don’t deprioritise insights. @randommood #wwcsyd #yow16 https://t.co/sowkMnRhXs


Deprecate your go-to person. Hero culture of tech actually results in knowledge silos. It’s not good for your organisation. #wwcsyd #yow16 https://t.co/ZrdYSvwxZ1


Next @rebeccaparsons is telling us why we should care about evolutionary architecture. tl;dr Things are moving faster! #wwcsyd #yow16 https://t.co/rWajDRKObY


You define what’s good for your organisation, and then you design your architecture to fit and support that. @rebeccaparsons #wwcsyd #yow16 https://t.co/mnKKfbpVkd


“I’m from Thoughtworks, so I have to mention testing. It’s the law.” 😂 @rebeccaparsons #wwcsyd #yow16 https://t.co/vdvkW4qqyu


Last speaker is @caitie talking about distributed systems and eventual consistency. #wwcsyd #yow16 https://t.co/RD9NVPilat


“[I]t is desirable…to permit users to continue modifying resources…when the networked is partitioned.” Quoth @caitie: “DUH” 😂 #wwcsyd #yow16 https://t.co/Xa1PQJyALA


Hey look – @cmeik gets a shoutout in @caitie’s slides! #wwcsyd #yow16 https://t.co/7LxS0lVf2m


@eisabai @yow_oz I’m just sorry I missed it! I heard you did really well. 🙂


@leonardo_borges @yow_oz 👋


@TheRealBnut The temptation was too great. https://t.co/lYWOqLLXZL


@rosepowell @TheRealBnut Oh bloody hell. He did. Including SWEATERS. 😂


@rosepowell @TheRealBnut I’d like to point out that I didn’t randomly pick HTML. It was suggested!


Friends at #yow16: I’ve seen a fair few of the talks now, so DM me if you want advice on which ones are DON’T MISS!


@james_zaki @rebeccaparsons @yow_oz We do record them, so you can watch in a few weeks if you like. 🙂


RT @seansonbronson: Shout out to @dius_au for doing a crèche service at #yow16. Good to see that work life balance.


RT @evolvable: If you’re at @yow_oz #yow16 in SYD today, remember to:
1) have fun
2) learn heaps
3) visit the @Tyro stand for a chance to w…


Sydney – LOVING your energy. I can’t wait for you to see all the amazing talks today! #yow16 😊


“It’s a wonder that any of us get in cars at all!” – @unclebobmartin #yow16 😂 https://t.co/nvPIvOkAbn


RT @azadehkhojandi: Programmers rule the world 🙂 We need to make sure our code meets higher standard to avoid regulation @yow_oz #yow16 @u…


Highlight of the morning so far was getting to introduce @azadehkhojandi to her coding idol @unclebobmartin! #fangirl #yow16 https://t.co/cg8lJoKzO7


RT @desplesda: Sydney’s YOW conference kicks off! #yow16 https://t.co/4dV0mYC0p6


Very full in the Blue room for @IanDCrosby’s talk on Going Cloud Native with Docker! #yow16 (cameo by @notsolonecoder) https://t.co/WJRp0zvX7d


Some fun Easter eggs in @IanDCrosby’s demo microservice reference application. 😂 #yow16 https://t.co/yWq7Gw9ydm


RT @seansonbronson: “Cloud: the worst term that’s been forced upon us” @IanDCrosby #yow16


Comparing containers to virtual machines. Containers are smaller, faster to initialise, more flexible. – @IanDCrosby #yow16 https://t.co/ejKdzfSgTB


Live demo! “It runs really fast because it’s all from cache, because I. don’t. trust. conference. wi-fi.” Wisdom from @IanDCrosby #yow16 https://t.co/yspfayZNXI



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