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Andy Hunt

Pragmatic Programmer, Pragmatic Bookshelf

Andy Hunt
Andy Hunt is a programmer turned consultant, author and publisher. He authored the best-selling book "The Pragmatic Programmer" and six others, including his latest, "Pragmatic Thinking and Learning". Andy was one of the 17 founders of the Agile Alliance and authors of the Agile Manifesto, and co-founded the Pragmatic Bookshelf, publishing award-winning and critically acclaimed books for software developers.

Blog

TextMate review on Slashdot

Posted Monday, March 26, 2007

There’s a decent review of our recent TextMate book on Slashdot for those who follow such things. Predictably, the ensuing discussion has more »

Another win at the Jolts!

Posted Thursday, March 22, 2007

Practices of An Agile Developer, by Venkat Subramaniam and Andy Hunt (that’s me), won a Jolt Productivity Award at the 17th Annual Jolt Awards held last night. That’s three awards for three ti more »

Science Fair a success; casualties light

Posted Tuesday, March 20, 2007

We had a fun and successful science fair at my children’s school last week. I’m pleased to report that casualties were kept to a minimum, and most of the injured have been released in guar more »
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Presentations

Refactoring Your Wetware

Software development happans in your head; not in an editor, IDE, or design tool. We're well educated on how to work with software and hardware, but what about wetware -- our own brains? more »

Pragmatic Learning

How you learn new technology and acquire new skills is key to your personal success. But how do you learn how to learn? What tricks tips can you use to learn more faster, and retain more of what you learn? more »

Keynote: How Hard Can It Be?

Does creating software have to be so hard? more »

Refactoring Your Wetware

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Andy Hunt By Andy Hunt

Software development happans in your head; not in an editor, IDE, or design tool. We're well educated on how to work with software and hardware, but what about wetware -- our own brains?



Join Andy Hunt for a look at how the brain really works (hint: it's a dual-processor, shared bus design) and how to use the best tool for the job by learning to think differently about thinking.


Pragmatic Learning

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Andy Hunt By Andy Hunt

How you learn new technology and acquire new skills is key to your personal success. But how do you learn how to learn? What tricks tips can you use to learn more faster, and retain more of what you learn?



Join Andy Hunt for a presentation that includes a brief recap of The Dreyfus Model (from his popular talk "Herding Raceshorses and Racing Sheep") and see how to Accelerate Learning and Manage the Torrent of new information using methods ranging from the tried-and-true to the truly exotic.


Keynote: How Hard Can It Be?

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Andy Hunt By Andy Hunt

Does creating software have to be so hard?



Join Pragmatic Programmer Andy Hunt as he searches for answers in accidental and essential complexity, the modern horrors of "inconvenient" complexity, and sees why there is no future in history. Or is there?