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Be Moar Ridiculous

Talkat Rocky Mountain Ruby 2011 · 2011-08-31..09-02· [soft-skills]
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Argues that deliberately doing surprising, silly things accelerates growth: using blogs, Google and shared open‑source tools plus TDD to push boundaries rather than hide behind safe conventions. Gives concrete moments — boarding chaos where five people miss a flight, an audience of 250 humans, marrying someone from Taiwan — and a coding example that celebrates the smallest working solution return true. Claims that small ridiculous bets reveal what actually works and expand what teams accept.

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  1. 0:00Start
  2. 0:08RoR Nerd at Factory Design Labs
  3. 1:48Standing in front of 250 humans
  4. 2:12How I Met My Wife
  5. 3:21Good places to be ridiculous
  6. 3:53Be Ridiculous in your code
  7. 4:29Be Moar Serious
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