Links

People

• Kathy Sierra's Creating Passionate Users
• Paul Graham
• Dave Hoover
• Martin Fowler
• Kent Beck
• Jean-Paul S. Boodhoo's Blog - Develop with Passion

Presentations

• Jaoo 2007 Track on Professional Developer, Host Bob Martin
• QCon London 2007 Track on Reflecting on our Agile Journey - How do we reach Mastery?
• Atul Gawande, Physician, Author of 'Better'
• Inside the Agility Cube by Kevlin Henney Part 2
• Fostering Software Craftsmanship Scott Dillman

Recorded Presentations

• Paul Graham Great Hackers

Interviews

• Pragmatic Dave on Passion, Skill and 'Having A Blast'
• Venkat Subramaniam on Pragmatic Agile Adoption
• The Poetry of Programming, Interview with Dick Gabriel
• More on ‘Best’ Practices & The Dreyfus Model With Dan North
• The Dreyfus Model - Back In The Spotlight? Interview with Andy Hunt

Podcasts

• Hanselminutes on the Passion and Joy of Development (Transcription)
  • set an example, mentoring
  • creators are different
  • men can't bear child, so they create
  • get back to the basic, reread the basic books
  • love what you're doing
  • no best (expert) way
  • CON: Patterns are not declarations of correctness

Sites / Communities

• Productive Programmer Wiki
• Dana Foundation - Brain Research

Link Lists

• Adewale Oshineye's Craftmanship Links

Companies

• 8th light (Micah Martin)
• Obtiva (Dave Hoover)
• Pragmatic Programmers
• Thoughtworks

Conferences

• http://www.sqe.com/BetterSoftwareConf/
• http://jaoo.dk
• http://qcon.infoq.com
• Agile Conference
• NFJS