YOW! 2011: Bjorn Freeman-Benson - Software Psychology

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http://bjornfreemanbenson.com/blog/" target="_blank Bjorn Freeman-Benson is the Vice President of Engineering at http://newrelic.com/" target="_blank New Relic - which produces cross-platform application and server performance monitoring software as a service (SaaS). Hes been an engineer for many years and has focused on building tools.

Here, we talk about client and cloud monitoring tools, Bjorn (of course!) and more. Bjorn describes himself as a Software Psychologist - he listens to software and makes it better after understanding its deepest needs and problems. <img src=http://ecn.channel9.msdn.com/o9/content/images/emoticons/emotion-1.gif?v=c9 alt=Smiley /> I like the sound of that! Another thing I like about Bjorns optimistic outlook on software complexity is the notion of "drinking our own champagne" versus "eating our own dog food" when it comes to using the software you build - in a real world context, daily - before you unleash it on the world. Thanks for joining us on C9, Bjorn! Keep on listening to softwares deep issues and help correct them (hopefully without the need of powerful "medication")! http://yowaustralia.com.au/YOW2011/general/details.html?speakerId=2363" target="_blank Bjorns YOW! speaker page The http://yowaustralia.com.au/YOW2011/general/about.html" target="_blank YOW! Developer Conference offers outstanding opportunities to learn more about the latest practices, technologies, and methodologies for building innovative software solutions as well as the chance to meet and network with international software experts and other talented developers in Australia. Thanks to Dave Thomas and the events excellent staff - Mary Catherine (MC), Lisa, Aino, Melissa , and others - for inviting me to this excellent pure developer event and thanks to all of the speakers for letting me take some of their time to record conversations for Channel 9. If you live in Australia, or arent too far away, or just like to travel (who doesnt?), then you need to go to this yearly event. Its outstanding. There are many great developers down under. Thats for sure. The speakers are exceptional—Dave and team set a high bar! <img src="http://m.webtrends.com/dcs1wotjh10000w0irc493s0e_6x1g/njs.gif?dcssip=channel9.msdn.com&dcsuri=http://channel9.msdn.com/Feeds/RSS&WT.dl=0&WT.entryid=Entry:RSSView:a21641baa89d49b59b389fb8015fbda0

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