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Inbox Zero, Everything Zero 6 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
So excited to announce something I’ve been working on for ages… a new todo app: https://t.co/TAjy0z6snK It uses touch, so it’s webscale. — Zach Holman (@holman) August 5, 2013 Maybe I was being a b...
More Git and GitHub Secrets 25 Jul 2013 | 12:00 pm
This is the brand-new, action-packed sequel to the original Git and GitHub Secrets talk I did in 2012. For one, it has more emoji. Git is a really powerful tool. A lot of that power is deeply hidden,...
Bugfixes as Therapy 18 Jun 2013 | 12:00 pm
We have an obsession with shipping. This obsession typically centers around new. What new feature did you build this week? What new approach can our customers take? What's the new thing we should be ...
You Won't Regret Positive Feedback 29 Apr 2013 | 12:00 pm
Every product that has ever existed has had to deal with feedback. The most interesting feedback happens before the product ever ships, in comments and discussion amongst your teammates. Should we le...
The Conference Circuit 22 Apr 2013 | 12:00 pm
You're at a new conference, but the faces look the same. The speakers all are familiar. The names? Few surprises. You're seeing the conference circuit at work. Hedging Their Bet This isn't some con...
Keeping People 11 Apr 2013 | 12:00 pm
Tech companies do a generally poor job at keeping employees from leaving. There are plenty of reasons for this: competing offers, unhappiness, and just generally itchy feet. Because of this, sometime...
If Only I Knew This Shit in College 28 Mar 2013 | 11:00 am
I knew I wanted to work in tech. Looking back, that's really all I knew prior to graduating from university and joining the working world. I was invited back to give a talk at my alma mater recently ...
GitHub: Behind the Feature 28 Mar 2013 | 11:00 am
In the beginning of 2013, we shipped a new version of Search to GitHub.com. This talk takes a peek behind the scenes to illustrate how we build features at GitHub. It's a good beginner-level look at h...
You Suck at Retina 7 Jan 2013 | 01:00 pm
It's been six months since the Retina MacBook Pro shipped and web developers everywhere are still clutching their keyboards to their chest, ignoring Progress, and rocking themselves into a dark, pixel...
Chat Trumps Meetings 12 Dec 2012 | 01:00 pm
I do a lot of public speaking about our asynchronous workflow at GitHub. Our office is filled with chat rooms, email, and pull requests rather than development meetings and in-person code review. I t...
