Happy Friday!One thing I've been trying to do more of is read research papers on topics that I am passionate about, have data on, or deal with regularly at my clients. A specific topic I like to focus on is testing.I remember early in my development...
Happy Friday,I used to speak at conferences around 6 times a year. That was before COVID. I always enjoyed speaking at conferences, but it certainly had its downsides. First, the cost of travelling to conferences added up quick. Second, the whole app...
Happy Friday!Guess what? I'm doing a talk on April 8th, and I'd love for you to attend! My talk is going to try to tackle how to introduce TDD to a non-technical person.You should attend, it's free!One of the reasons I chose to talk on this subject i...
Happy Friday,I've been busy switching up some of my writing on my site, which is challenging, and I hope it pays off. My previous strategy was to write frequently about whatever I felt like and hope that would turn into people reading my site, joinin...
Happy Friday,This week you'll get a short and sweet email from me.Every so often I do a talk at a conference or for an online group and one of those dates is coming up.On April 8th I'll be giving a talk on how to introduce Test-Driven Development to...
Happy Friday!I mentioned in my previous email that I've been reworking my site in preparing for some larger changes. I posted my first new article that is based on my new direction of writing for technical leaders and product managers. My first artic...
Happy Friday!I don't know about you, but I'm busy bouncing between lots of different things this month. A lot of my activities are related to beekeeping, so I'll spare you those details, though I did restructure my ryanlatta.com site to help with SEO...
Happy Friday,One of the things I love about consulting is that I get to see so many different approaches to things across my clients. While I don't typically write about very specific code issues, I do work with my clients on those issues, and I want...
Happy Friday,I've been working on growing my skillset in marketing lately. Marketing is my biggest weakness by far. In the past two months I've taken 4 online classes, read a book, and started to put some of that new information to work on my website...
Happy Friday!You know what sucks? Massive powerpoint decks full of updates and nothing informative. It sucks to sit through slide after slide of updates and try to piece together where your project, group, or organization stands. It sucks to ask what...