Sarah Gray on Conference Speaking and Presentation Skills | SCNA 2013
hi it's Mike with UGtastic I'm at SCNA 2013 and I'm sitting down with Sarah Gray who gave a talk yesterday morning on mark by mark and this long one so I have to read it mark by mark some reflections. hi it's Mike with UGtastic I'm at SCNA 2013 and I'm sitting down with Sarah Gray who gave a talk yesterday morning on mark by mark and this long one so I have to read it mark by mark some reflections. In this interview, Sarah Gray shares her experience of using the metaphor of a child with a purple crayon to describe the process of creating new worlds in software development. She emphasizes the importance of using tests as a descriptive area to write what the code should be before it exists, and how this approach can help developers think like writers and step back from the framework to focus on the desired outcome.
The Interviewer
Mike Hall
Interviewer, UGtastic
The Guest
Sarah Gray
conference speaking and presentation skills
Mike Hall
Interviewer, UGtastic
▶ Speaking
[Music] hi it's Mike with UGtastic I'm at SCNA 2013 and I'm sitting down with Sarah Gray who gave a talk yesterday morning on mark by mark and this long one so I have to read it mark by mark some reflections on writing new worlds and I particularly this this metaphor you used for creating new worlds resonated with me because it was it was a book a children's book called Harold the purple and is and he creates worlds with his purple crayon at well first thank you for taking the time to sit down with me and what was how did you come to use a metaphor of a child with a purple crayon?