Videos in category Conferences

With few exceptions, the design of digital systems -- both hardware and software -- is based on trial and error, and it is this aspect of digital design that we must move beyond in order to achieve a fundamental advance in the reliability and security of the systems we create. In this talk, we take a critical look at the problem from the perspective of other engineering disciplines in which: (a...

In a perfect world, Software would be secure and we would not have to care about vulnerabilites that can get exploited while surfing the Internet.However, given that Google found more than 3 million malicious web addresses that try a drive-by download infection on the visitor's web browser, it's better to have a close look at the risk that our users are exposed to when surfing the web. This tal...

This presentation is drawn from Hunter's recent lead chapter in the U.S. Presidential Climate Action Project's report to the President-elect. It describes the business case for moving aggressively to solve such challenges as global warming, peak oil, the vulnerability of our energy infrastructure and others. Hunter discusses how climate protection, energy efficiency, renewable energy and other ...

Adium is now a widely-known multi-protocol chat program for the Mac, but this was not always so. Beginning as a single developer's pet project to learn Cocoa, Adium has evolved considerably through its 6 year history. This talk will discuss the best features of Adium, the major milestones in Adium's development, and where it looks to be going. Speaker: Matt Handley Matt Handley is a PhD candida...

Dance night at web camp – Frameworks, pick your partner Ruby developers have a growing number of frameworks to choose from for building web applications. On the client, web developers have a growing number of Javascript frameworks to abstract browser quirks, dazzle users, and make life easier. So how do you choose the right tango partner for your chosen Ruby framework? This talk will give...

It’s an interesting fact of human nature that you can’t do something every day and not secretly suspect that you’re good at it. Which goes a long way toward explaining why everyone thinks they write fine code. To combat this self-delusion you can use metrics to take a hard look at your application. This talk will discuss the ways in which you can measure how good your Rails pr...

Design patterns are all about making the right decision. Making the right decision consistently leads to successful software. This presentation will help you learn how expert Ruby coders make the right decisions by demonstrating and explaining some of the most useful Ruby Best Practice Patterns. These patterns are inspired and informed by Kent Beck’s seminal Smalltalk Best Practice Patter...

In this talk I will dig up some of the lesser known, but super useful Ruby projects and show them to the masses. I’ll explain why you would use these each of libraries, explain key methods from the API, and show example code so the audience can see them in action. The goal is to raise overall familiarity with these libraries. Because I’ve selected four different libraries with very ...

Ruby 1.9, currently in development, has already introduced a wide range of syntax and language feature changes to the Ruby language (some of which have been backported into 1.8.7). We’ll focus on 1.9’s changes and emphasize concrete steps needed to update existing Ruby 1.8 applications. The talk will address specific points of difference between the two versions; the new object lite...

Chris Myers Asch will speak about his efforts to build the U.S. Public Service Academy as the civilian counterpart to the military service academies a federally-funded college where students would get a free education in return for a commitment to serve for five years in the public sector, at the local, state, or national levels. Without lobbyists, a PR firm, or powerful connections, Asch has b...