204 RR Limerence with Dave Thomas

02:37 - Dave Thomas Introduction

• Twitter 
• Blog
• The Pragmatic Bookshelf

04:17 - How Dave Got Started in Programming06:34 - Tools and Constraints

• “An Enthusiast’s Problem”?
• Is the focus on tools a form of cargo culting?
• Leadism Over Chosen Technologies and Its’ Effect on Innovation 
• Switching Tools and Making Excuses

19:29 - Limerence

• Love and Limerence: The Experience of Being in Love by Dorothy Tennov 
• Irrational Interest and Defensiveness

28:54 - Ruby = Happiness: Does it Hurt?31:00 - Tools and Falling in Love with Tools

• Fear of Falling Behind; Fear of Irrelevancy 
• Different Tools for Different Contexts

35:08 - When Do You Learn? When Do You Train? (Not Falling Behind)38:01 - Choosing Similar Tools and Technologies vs Choosing Different Tools and Technologies

• Gulp => Grunt => Browserify Example
• Pragmatic Thinking and Learning: Refactor Your Wetware by Andy Hunt 

43:36 - Relationships and Identities46:08 - Looking Forward vs Looking Back (Knowing Your History)

• Resources, Curriculum:
  • Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs - 2nd Edition (MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science) by Harold Abelson (SICP)
  • Smalltalk Best Practice Patterns by Kent Beck
  • Types and Programming Languages by Benjamin C. Pierce   
  • The Art of Computer Programming by Donald Knuth (Series)
• Communicating Sequential Processes (CSP) Brainstorming Example

01:01:48 - Is the rampant use of social media hindering the learning of big ideas?

• Self-Curation = Key

01:08:15 - How You Learn a Language / Decide You Like a Language

• Sudoku Solver
• Markdown Parser

Picks  Slack (Dave)
Why Does E=mc2? (And Why Should We Care?) by Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw (Dave)
Philly Emerging Tech Conference  (Dave) Special Guest: Dave Thomas.

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