- Re-interpreting data
Lots of fun from Murray Steele talking about Ruby, music and pictures. - Pleasing everyone, except yourself: Overcoming people-pleasing tendencies to become a stronger engineering leader
Nikita Rathi's talk is beautifully delivered and had me reflecting on my own people pleasing behaviours - Arroost: Normalise sharing scrappy fiddles
Lu Wilson having fun with noises and showing off Arroost - RoadTrip, MathsJam 2023
A lovely 5 min talk from Ben Ashforth about maths, street names with dates in them and a lot of dedication - How to tame your Advice Monster
Michael Bungay Stanier's talk about the pitfalls of giving advice is wise, practical and really entertaining - How to crash an airplane
Nickolas Means and some powerful story telling - Boat Lift One: The Falkirk Wheel
One of my favour lightning talks ever, with Nat Buckley sharing their enthusiasm for the only rotating boat lift in the known universe - Code will eat itself
Tom Stuart's entertaining lightning talk shows you how quines work - Running a Code Club
Jamie White's lightning talk inspired me to get involved in running a Code Club at a school near my work. - A random walk
Ben Griffiths talks about randomness with randomized slides at Ruby Manor 3 - Therapeutic refactoring
Katrina Owen on the joy of refactoring. One of my favourite tech talks of all time. - Taking the web off the screen
Charlotte Dann, shares her fascinating journey with generative art and experiments in turning it into physical objects both in 2D and 3D. As a bonus extra she gives a shout out to the work of my colleagues at Unmade which made us all feel dead chuffed. - Five facts about smell
Alice Bartlett's 20x20 talk about smell is fascinating and you will definitely learn something new. - Wat
5 mins of pure fun with Gary Bernhardt - Using agile techniques to build a more inclusive team
This talk by Kevin Goldsmith is one that I find myself recommending again and again to people to watch. There is so much of value for engineering leaders packed into a short space of time.
Recommended links about inspirational talks
Some talks that have particularly inspired me.