Summary: <div> <div>Guest:</div> <div> <div><a target="_blank" href="http://llewellynfalco.blogspot.com/">Llewellyn Falco</a></div> <div><a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/LlewellynFalco">@LlewellynFalco</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="podcast-episode"> <div class="subtitle">Llewellyn Falco talks with Dave Rael about teaching and learning, life with intellectual parents, pair programming, a scientific mind, and shipping software</div> <div class="podcast-summary"> <p>Llewellyn Falco is an Agile Technical Coach specializing in Legacy Code and Test Driven Development. He is the creator of the open source testing tool ApprovalTests( www.approvaltests.com ), co-founder of TeachingKidsPrograming ( www.teachingkidsprogramming.org ) and a Pluralsight author.</p> </div> <div class="podcast-chapters"> <h6>Chapters:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="#!"> - Dave Introduces the show and Llewellyn Falco</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Llewellyn's diverse set of points of origin</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Llewellyn's affinity for and methods of teaching - especially test driven development with children</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Llewellyn's unique approach of pair programming - "strong-style pairing"</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The origin of strong-style pairing</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Llewellyn's definition of value</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The balance of success - within you and outside of you</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - How Llewellyn got started in software</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The things that "light Llewellyn up"</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The appeal of Test-Driven Development</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Llewellyn's story of failure - building the wrong thing and a lack of explicit agreements</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Llewellyn's greatest success - adding unanticipated functionality without difficulty - "fit's like it was designed for it"</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - How Llewellyn stays current with what he needs to know</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Llewellyn's book recommendation</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Llewellyn's prediction for the future of software</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Llewellyn's top 3 tips for delivering more value</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Keeping up with Llewellyn</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="podcast-resources"> <h6>Resources:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="http://llewellynfalco.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Llewellyn's Blog</a></li> <li><a href="http://approvaltests.com/" target="_blank">Approval Tests</a></li> <li><a href="http://developeronfire.com/Podcast/Episodes/developeronfire-54-woodyzuill" target="_blank">Woody Zuill on Developer On Fire</a></li> <li><a href="http://llewellynfalco.blogspot.com/2014/06/llewellyns-strong-style-pairing.html" target="_blank">Llewellyn’s strong-style pairing</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0735619670/?tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction - Steve McConnell</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2dv5kh_garth-brooks-the-dance-official-video_lifestyle" target="_blank">The Dance - Tony Arata</a></li> <li><a href="http://developeronfire.com/Podcast/Episodes/jonathan-cutrell-firm-commitment" target="_blank">Jonathan Cutrell</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Io-S9iv9ucY" target="_blank">IBM - What makes you special - sliced bread</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/isidoreus" target="_blank">Llewellyn on YouTube</a></li> </ul> <div class="podcast-book-recommendation"> <h6>Llewellyn's book (and video and podcast) recommendations:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001ROAK9E/?tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In - William Ury, Roger Fisher</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUv66718DII" target="_blank">Bret Victor - Inventing on Principle</a></li> <li><a href="http://youarenotsosmart.com/" target="_blank">Podcast: You are not so Smart - David McRaney</a></li> </ul> </div> <h6>Llewellyn's top 3 tips for delivering more value:</h6> <ol> <li>Invest in yourself - do something that scares yourself</li> <li>Work with other people - don't work by yourself</li> <li>Ship it</li> </ol> </div> </div>
