Shared today on Twitter

@philnash @brianleroux Did you leave the [personal] tag in the credentials file? I removed it and got that error yesterday IIRC…


RT @keatyong: @MichelePlayfair reflecting with a colleague how rare a keynote from two women is! Great to see!!! #yow17


RT @MichelePlayfair: #yow17 #DiversityInTech metric: there’s a line in the ladies bathroom. πŸ‘


@philnash @brianleroux There’s your problem!


Fascinating insights from Rupert and Chris at @ANZ_AU about their digital transformation… https://t.co/sZc24kUGin


Getting a sneak peek* of the forthcoming @thoughtworks Technology Radar from @boicy! 😊 *not really https://t.co/6oLQZCyWSP


One of my personal highlights for @yow_conf in 2017 was getting to know the amazing @lynnlangit. ❀️ #yow17 https://t.co/kPvcuF5CaM


RT @MelissaKaulfuss: πŸ™Œ Hey look it’s a @kytrinyx πŸ‘€ #yow17 speaking about β€œThe Bait and Switch of Open Source” & her work on @exercism_io -…


RT @simonraikallen: Two interesting observations on the crowds at #yow17. Firstly, Microservices is popular again. We had a rush on those s…


RT @MessageMedia1: Developers, everywhere! πŸ‘©β€πŸ’» πŸ‘¨β€πŸ’» Great start to the YOW! Melbourne conference
#yow17 #messagemedia https://t.co/vZU2oTjxIS


Folks, there are NUTELLA DONUTS. 😍 #yow17 https://t.co/GhCoBv9Vvz


@leighmgibson Weren’t they good?!


@drylight I concur.


@amykate_94 Different caterers… πŸ€·β€β™€οΈ


RT @ChrisChinch: I read pages of stuff on event sourcing and didn’t get it. @vonconrad helped me get it in about 4 slides πŸ™‚ #yow17


@MelissaKaulfuss YOU WON ONE?! Soooooo jealous 😍


@4QsJess Still tickets for Sydney next week!!πŸ˜‚


Because sometimes even extroverts need to sneak off for an hour of quiet time… https://t.co/uHCNYzmiMn https://t.co/uuOmgu7hcU


RT @heidihelfand: Never ask permission to do your job correctly. @DocOnDev #yow17


Watching as @davefarley77 awaits his intro for today’s closing keynote… #yow17 https://t.co/m3sFaJvhN0


Interesting discussion of craft and mass-production. For @davefarley77, craftsmanship implies creating things individually. (Relevant to my ongoing crafter vs. maker debate…) #yow17 https://t.co/2zhjd3fmrn


Engineering is not production. If it was, we’d see a normal distribution of project success/failure. That doesn’t match reality. #yow17 https://t.co/Z4oZafeu2P


Sidebar: engineering implies a level of professionalism, and in 2017, that has ethical implications. (We’re taking about this at a future @SydTechLeaders.) #yow17 https://t.co/7Vtz7796lu


@KenScambler I had a physical revulsion for the geocentric one. So disorganised and chaotic! It hurt me to look at it!


@FakeSamRitchie There is a complete lack of puns. We need you here!


@MichelePlayfair I tweeted that, and they were gone 10 min later. πŸ˜‚


@i386 @mark_sabbatical @yow_conf ❀️😍


@betsybookworm Depends on the hiring manager. I suspect @knitterjp, @OphelieLechat, and I would find that very relevant CV material!!


@FakeSamRitchie πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘


Kennedy going straight from Shepherd’s first space flight to “we’re going to the moon” = the biggest user story ever?? πŸ˜‚ @davefarley77 #yow17 https://t.co/iI1ITozF4S


Being empirical matters. We learn the most when our experiments fail, when reality doesn’t match our predictions. #yow17 @davefarley77 https://t.co/qvUab46RYZ


Beware of Danes bearing sweets! (Salty licorice.) 😜 @apaipi #yow17 https://t.co/6W4idxy27T


@sf105 Ha. If there is one, it wasn’t part of my @yow_conf orientation. πŸ™‚


@GeoffreyHuntley @swapnilogale @ChrisChinch It’s not something that YOW really covers unfortunately.


@MichelePlayfair @apaipi She’s makes me look bad. I may have to trip her as she goes on stage next time.


RT @paviOO: When the software engineering glass is half-full I enjoy filling it up with a bit of #yow #yow17


RT @simonraikallen: I received a Random Act of Coffee yesterday from my friend @nellophonic. He just walked up and handed me a strong/small…


View from the stage as Day 2 kicks off at #yow17. Impressed so many braved the incoming πŸŒ§πŸ’§πŸ’¨! (Don’t worry stragglers…) https://t.co/nYBhLVdN7l


Such great energy from @ghohpe in day 2’s opening keynote. Love the cameo by 🐭! #yow17 https://t.co/kGbb4jCp9q


“‘We gotta win this race!’ That’s not a strategy; that’s ambition baby!” Strategy is defining what you won’t do – not just wishful thinking. #yow17 @ghohpe https://t.co/lJWa4SOXda


Protip from @ghohpe: When the CEO corners you and asks what you do, they don’t mean what you actually DO – they mean what value do you bring to the org. Don’t talk about the mundane stuff. #yow17 https://t.co/PpZD2FkvKt


RT @MichelePlayfair: #yow17 @ghohpe when someone shows you an architecture diagram: 1st check if it has lines showing connections! 2nd what…


You can’t judge the quality of a decision from the outcome… because you didn’t know the outcome when you made the decision. You judge them by the information available and the analysis you did. #yow17 @ghohpe


Story points and velocity are killing Agile, says @JoshuaKerievsky. Do your emotions during a sprint look like this? πŸ˜‚ #yow17 https://t.co/Xe7hVPQojM


RT @MichelePlayfair: Thanks #yow17 Volunteers!!
Nice shirts, BTW πŸ˜‰ @Xero https://t.co/ygek5nT5n5


Thanks @brisruby for capturing my recent talk “The Campsite Rule – Leaving the Tech Industry Better than We Found It”! https://t.co/HRG9CFqrsU


100+ devs watching @JoshuaKerievsky’s daughter learn to ride a bike as a metaphor for modern Agile. Felt like cheering when she took off like a champion. ❀️ πŸš΄β€β™€οΈ #yow17


@kytrinyx @ghohpe @yow_conf LOL. Aussie bluntness?



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