Ninja Ferret : Archive

NDC London 2022 - Day 1

My notes from the NDC London conference - Posted on 10 June 2022.

F# Exchange 2020

My notes from the F# Exchange 2020 conference - Posted on 24 October 2020.

DDD North 2020

My notes from the DDD North 2020 conference - Posted on 01 March 2020.

DDD 14, 2019

My learnings, sketchnotes and lightning talk from DeveloperDeveloperDeveloper! 14 in Reading - Posted on 14 October 2019.

DDD East Anglia 2019

My learnings, sketchnotes and lightning talk from DeveloperDeveloperDeveloper! East Anglia 2019 - Posted on 25 September 2019.

Progressive .NET Tutorials 2019

My learnings and sketchnotes from Skillsmatter's Progressive .NET Tutorials - Posted on 15 September 2019.

DDD South West - A Monolith of Microservices

The slides and summary of my talk 'A Monolith of Microservices' at DDD South West - Posted on 02 May 2019.

DDD East Anglia 2018

The 2018 DDD East Anglia conference where I gave my talk on Reasonable Software - Posted on 22 September 2018.

Wroc# Conference

I made some sketchnotes when I attended the Wroc# conference. - Posted on 26 March 2018.

NDC London 2018

I made some sketchnotes when I attended NDC London 2018. - Posted on 28 January 2018.

DDD12

The 12th DeveloperDeveloperDeveloper! conference in Reading. - Posted on 13 June 2017.

Sketch noting

A brief into into how I approach sketchnoting and some of the resources I use - Posted on 07 June 2017.

At DDD East Anglia I talked about how we can, as part of our daily jobs, refactor our code into a loosely coupled structure. As a side-effect of this process it is easier to extract microservices from the giant monolith. - Posted on 28 September 2015.

Introducing functional calisthenics

So, on my way to SoCraTes UK 2015 and talking about Object Calisthenics I was struck by an idea, is there an equivalent of Object Calisthenics for functional programming to help people learn? So I asked the wonderful people at the conference and here is what we concluced. - Posted on 05 June 2015.

Isolating yourself from change

At last month's Cambridge Software Craftsmanship round table meeting we had a very interesting discussion on how we should isolate ourselves from change, we went from choosing the right technology to seeing this more as an architectural problem that allows you to embrace change. - Posted on 03 January 2013.

DDD eXchange - Restful Objects - Dan Haywood

I went to DDDX at Skillsmatter and here's Dan Haywood's talk on RESTful Objects - Posted on 25 June 2012.

DDD eXchange - Functional DDD - Greg Young

I went to DDDX at Skillsmatter and here's Greg Young's talk on Event Sourcing being a functional concept - Posted on 24 June 2012.

Make Use of Your Subconscious Mind

How many of us find a solution to a complex problem when we are away from our desks? In the shower? With friends? What powers this sudden insight? - Posted on 17 May 2012.

Creating Your Oasis Of Calm

To become more Open we need to get ourselves into a place and time where we are relaxed, in this post I talk a bit about how we do that - Posted on 15 May 2012.

Creative Play

Creativity is at the heat of what we do and often we are the most creative when we are at play as we unleash the power of our imagination. I argue that we should bring play into the business. - Posted on 28 April 2012.