Summary: <div> <div>Guest:</div> <div> <div><a target="_blank" href=""></a></div> <div><a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/">@</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="podcast-episode"> <div class="subtitle"> Jerry Weinberg talks with Dave Rael about historical computing, humans as tools, transition, and understanding people </div> <div class="podcast-summary"> <p>Gerald M. Weinberg (Jerry) has always been interested in helping smart people be happy and productive. To that end, he has published books on human behavior, including Weinberg on Writing: The Fieldstone Method, The Psychology of Computer Programming, Perfect Software and Other Fallacies, and the 4-volume General Systems Series. He has also written several books on teamwork and leadership including Becoming a Technical Leader, Agile Impressions, Do You Want to Be a (better) Manager, The Secrets of Consulting, More Secrets of Consulting, and the multi-volume Quality Software series. He incorporates his knowledge of science, engineering, and human behavior into all of writing and consulting work (with writers, hi-tech researchers, and software engineers). He writes novels about such people—all about how his brilliant protagonists produce quality work and learn to be happy.</p> </div> <div class="podcast-chapters"> <h6>Chapters:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="#!"> - Dave introduces the show and Jerry Weinberg</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Writing - both books and software - the good and bad of tools</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The ambition to have tools that can correct and create programs and mind-reading programs</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The desire to replace humans, including programmers, and the futility of prediction</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Changes over time in program and data input and output</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Mistakes, learning, reviews, and humility</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The qualities of good project managers and the virtue of knowing how to use our most important tools - people</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Human desires, the reality of the possible, and expectations</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Helping people understand what they want</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The appeal of programming and the challenge of human interaction</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Jerry's relationship with Frederick Brooks</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The importance of interaction with the people who use what you make and eating your own dog food</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Institutional memory and inter-generational interaction</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="podcast-resources"> <h6>Resources:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="http://developeronfire.com/podcast/episode-105-gerald-weinberg-quality" target="_blank">Jerry's First Appearance on Developer On Fire</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.thewomenofpower.org/" target="_blank">The Women of Power - Jerry's site for his novels</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Gerald-M-Weinberg/e/B000AP8TZ8/?tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">Amazon's Gerald M. Weinberg Page</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0876263457/?tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">Humanized Input: Techniques for Reliable Keyed Input - Tom Gilb, Gerald M. Weinberg</a></li> <li><a href="http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/The_Tale_of_the_Three_Brothers" target="_blank">The Tale of the Three Brothers from Harry Potter</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Brooks" target="_blank">Frederick Brooks</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0201362988/?tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">The Design of Design: Essays from a Computer Scientist - Frederick P. Brooks Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_System/360" target="_blank">IBM System/360</a></li> <li><a href="http://retrocalculators.com/digicus.htm" target="_blank">Digicus (Abacus + Digital Calculator)</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosetta_Stone" target="_blank">The Rosetta Stone</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ru1M6dY0cY" target="_blank">The Dance - Tony Arata</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_7030_Stretch" target="_blank">IBM 7030 Stretch</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_E._Iverson" target="_blank">Ken Iverson</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPTZGq6-Sa4" target="_blank">The Lone Ranger Intro</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="podcast-book-recommendation"> <h6>Jerry's book recommendation:</h6> <ul> </ul> </div> <div class="podcast-tips"> <h6>Jerry's top 3 tips for delivering more value:</h6> <ol> </ol> </div> </div>
