Best Practices in Boston: See You There

I'm on the road a lot, in large part because it means I don't have to be in the office. Chicago, New York, Seattle, Kansas City, Helsinki. Wherever. It's not that I dislike being in the office, but it's just that other people in the office like it better when I'm elsewhere. My boss, for instance, says it is cheaper to have me on the road than behind a desk. If I need a car, its Rent-A-Wreck. If I need a hotel, it's Ho Jo's, with its free Wi-Fi, free breakfast, and on-site laundry facilities. Starbuck's? Ptui! It's Dunkin' Donuts everytime.

In a few weeks, for instance, I'll be in Boston attending Dr. Dobb's Best Practice Conference, which convenes at the Hynes Convention Center on September 11-14, and it looks to be a lot of fun. Speaking of fun, MIT's Rodney Brooks will be keynoting about "Having Fun and Changing the Future Through Technology," and anyone who has seen the movie Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control knows what he's talking about. (Yes, it's about robots--no, not my life on the road.) Other keynoters include Gary McGraw who will talk about "Software Security: Building Security In", and Murray Cantor who will examine "Agility, Governance and Productivity."

The conference tracks hit all the high points: Build and Deploy, C++, Design and Architecture, People, Projects and Teams, Requirements and Analysis, and Testing and Quality. Sessions will be led by the likes of Dr. Dobb's Journal Senior Contributing Editor Scott Ambler, and contributors such as Robert Seacord, Steven Kelly, Kirk Krauss, and Dan Saks, among others.

I hope to see you in Boston at Best Practices, and coffee is on me--assuming that you're up to walking down Boylston to the Dunkin' Donuts.

Posted by Jon Erickson at 09:57 AM  Permalink