Beck
Beck
Beck Hansen, known by stage name Beck, is an American singer, songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist. He is mostly known for his musical composition, as well as a palette of sonic genres...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth8 July 1970
CountryUnited States of America
people surprised
You'd be surprised there still are a lot of people who don't know who we are out here.
music ducks drs
...I like Dr.Ducks Ax Wax ....
knew
I immediately knew -- it's got to be downtown.
complaints-and-complaining law people
In general, (the complaints) are people disagreeing with the law and with tactics.
mean programming quaint
I mean, source code in files; how quaint, how seventies!
succeed failing trouble
If you're having trouble succeeding, fail.
thinking community
The community isn't nearly as afraid as it thinks it is.
design research lag
Learning research tells us that the time lag from experiment to feedback is critical ...
design listening different
Listening, Testing, Coding, Designing. That's all there is to software. Anyone who tells you different is selling something.
mature problem sometimes
Sometimes the problem has to mature before the solution can mature.
optimism hazards computer
Optimism is an occupational hazard of programming; feedback is the treatment.
honesty responsibility practice
Responsible Development shares many practices with XP but the roots are different. Responsible Development's values are honesty, transparency, accountability and responsibility. These lead me to pairing, test-first, incremental design, continuous integration and so on because they support the values.
responsibility programming slacker
Testing is not the point. The point is about responsibility.
stories metaphor managers
The system metaphor is a story that everyone--customers, programmers, and managers--can tell about how the system works.