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Ask HN: What's the best technical talk you've heard?

20 points by porker 13y ago

Spring 2014 edition of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5511466

napsterbr 13y ago
Hard to say if it's the best, but Crockford series on javascript is just awesome. I highly recommend it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxAXlJEmNMg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxAXlJEmNMg (Browse the related videos to see the others)
zindlerb 13y ago
Jonathan Blow (How to Program Independent Games) http://the-witness.net/news/2011/06/how-to-program-independent-games/ http://the-witness.net/news/2011/06/how-to-program-independe... Not really about games. More about CS in general Any talk by Bret Victor.
pbowyer 13y ago
These talks have changed the way I think in the last year: "The Shift: UX Designers as Business Consultants" Davide Casali-Interaction14 http://vimeo.com/86495316 http://vimeo.com/86495316 Fred George - Programmer Anarchy http://vimeo.com/43690647 http://vimeo.com/43690647 Ian Cooper: TDD, where did it all go wrong. http://vimeo.com/68375232 http://vimeo.com/68375232 (All my objections to TDD expressed far more fluently than I could). Not technical related but... The key to becoming a super-profitable creative agency http://vimeo.com/70026678 http://vimeo.com/70026678 (though still working out how to apply it) I have a large "To Watch" list kept in open browser tabs - someone must have built an app to better manage them? So I can say "All the videos on http://www.microconf.com/videos-2013.html" http://www.microconf.com/videos-2013.html" and have it add them to my watchlist.
darksim905 13y ago
either talks by Joe McCray, or a talk by Adam Moskowitz on how to transition to a Sr. Sysadmin.
mlitchard 13y ago
Guy Steele Jr.: Growing a Language https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ahvzDzKdB0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ahvzDzKdB0
gvickers 13y ago
Rich Hickey - Simple Made Easy http://www.infoq.com/presentations/Simple-Made-Easy http://www.infoq.com/presentations/Simple-Made-Easy Changed how I think about a lot of stuff, made my design process a lot more rigorous, and my projects more successful.
- jawache 13y ago
  Agreed, changed my thinking completely now when people use easy and simple I explicitly try to clarify their meaning.
pestaa 13y ago
Bret Victor - The Future of Programming http://vimeo.com/71278954 http://vimeo.com/71278954 He actually speaks about a potential alternative present. ;) Absolutely ruined the box I was thinking in.
etunescafe 13y ago
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20 points by porker 13y ago

Spring 2014 edition of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5511466

Hard to say if it's the best, but Crockford series on javascript is just awesome. I highly recommend it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxAXlJEmNMg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxAXlJEmNMg (Browse the related videos to see the others)

zindlerb 13y ago

Jonathan Blow (How to Program Independent Games) http://the-witness.net/news/2011/06/how-to-program-independent-games/ http://the-witness.net/news/2011/06/how-to-program-independe... Not really about games. More about CS in general Any talk by Bret Victor.

pbowyer 13y ago

These talks have changed the way I think in the last year: "The Shift: UX Designers as Business Consultants" Davide Casali-Interaction14 http://vimeo.com/86495316 http://vimeo.com/86495316 Fred George - Programmer Anarchy http://vimeo.com/43690647 http://vimeo.com/43690647 Ian Cooper: TDD, where did it all go wrong. http://vimeo.com/68375232 http://vimeo.com/68375232 (All my objections to TDD expressed far more fluently than I could). Not technical related but... The key to becoming a super-profitable creative agency http://vimeo.com/70026678 http://vimeo.com/70026678 (though still working out how to apply it) I have a large "To Watch" list kept in open browser tabs - someone must have built an app to better manage them? So I can say "All the videos on http://www.microconf.com/videos-2013.html" http://www.microconf.com/videos-2013.html" and have it add them to my watchlist.

darksim905 13y ago

either talks by Joe McCray, or a talk by Adam Moskowitz on how to transition to a Sr. Sysadmin.

mlitchard 13y ago

Guy Steele Jr.: Growing a Language https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ahvzDzKdB0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ahvzDzKdB0

gvickers 13y ago

Rich Hickey - Simple Made Easy http://www.infoq.com/presentations/Simple-Made-Easy http://www.infoq.com/presentations/Simple-Made-Easy Changed how I think about a lot of stuff, made my design process a lot more rigorous, and my projects more successful.

jawache 13y ago
Agreed, changed my thinking completely now when people use easy and simple I explicitly try to clarify their meaning.

pestaa 13y ago

Bret Victor - The Future of Programming http://vimeo.com/71278954 http://vimeo.com/71278954 He actually speaks about a potential alternative present. ;) Absolutely ruined the box I was thinking in.

etunescafe 13y ago

In my opinion honestly speaking-GOOGLE GLASS WILL BE RELEASED IN 2014 Details on-http://www.etunescafe.com/tech-news/google-glass-will-be-released-in-2014/ http://www.etunescafe.com/tech-news/google-glass-will-be-rel...