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May 17 2011

Dave Hoover’s Journeyman Tour

Updated on May 17, 2011.

I’m “pinching-myself-excited” about my journeyman tour. I’ve posted the latest version of the itinerary below, with links to the relevant/planned places and people. I’m looking for suggestions about most of these destinations, since almost all of them are new to me. One of the things I’m most excited about is that I’ll have my son Ricky and daughter Rose accompany me for different parts of the road trip (January 17-February 1) as photographer / videographers. I’m so thankful to be a part of a company like Obtiva, who stand behind this sort of activity where we can connect peers, competitors, friends, and colleagues with the wider community. I also have to give a major thank you to Corey Haines for the sole inspiration for this sort of behavior. And of course, a big thanks to all of the people who have invited me to talk to them about what I’m interested in talking about. Stay tuned, I’ll keep updating this as the tour progresses!

Part 1: Completed

November 9-10, Elabs, Göteborg, Sweden

Pair programmed a bit with Nicklas Ramhöj
Interviewed CJ Kihlbom: watch on vimeo
Spoke about “The 9 Reasons You’re Not Apprenticing Anyone” at Got.rb

November 10-14, Øredev, Malmö, Sweden

The 9 Reasons You’re Not Apprenticing Anyone
The Principles Behind Groupon
Interviewed Cory Foy and Michael “Doc” Norton: watch on vimeo

Part 2: Completed

My feelings about this part of the tour

Accompanied by Ricky, my 9 year old son.

January 19-20, Edge Case, Columbus, Ohio, USA

Pair program with people there
Interview Matt
Day 1 blog post
Day 2 blog post

January 21-23, LeanDog, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Visit NimblePros
Pair program with people at LeanDog
Presented A 2 Part Talk on a Boat in Cleveland
Meetup with Joe Fiorini
Blog post

Ricky flies home. I drive to Virginia from Ohio.

January 24-25, Entryway, Floyd, Virginia, USA

Pair program with people there
Day 1 Blog post
Day 2 Blog post

Rose, my 12 year old daughter, joins me.

January 26-27, Relevance, Durham, North Carolina, USA

Pair program with people there
Led discussion on “Stretching toward Incompetency” at lunch

January 27-28, Role Model Software, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA

Pair program
Discussed differences between craftsmanship-oriented shops
Dinner with Jared Richardson, Chris Redinger and our daughters

Staci, Ricky, and Charlie arrive for a family weekend in the Outer Banks. Rose leaves (early) with them (to miss the incoming blizzard).

January 31, Norfolk, Virginia, USA

Visit Brennan at WE ARE TITANS

February 1, Washington DC, USA

Video brain dump
Meals with Jeff Casimir and Joe Grossberg

I fly to South Africa.

February 3-4, Rubyfuza, Cape Town, South Africa

The 9 Reasons You’re Not Apprenticing Anyone
The Dangers of ActiveRecord lifecycle hooks

Feb 5 (fun with Mad Mimi teammates)

Feb 6 (fly)

Staci, my wife, joins me.

Feb 7-12, speakerconf, Aruba

Spoke about Stretching Toward Incompetency

Feb 12, sweet home Chicago!

Part 3: Completed

April 2-6, London, England

Visit the Rempt’s at Holmsted Manor
Visit Adewale at Google
Visit Aslak and Dan at DRW
Visit New Bamboo to pair on Pusher
Visit Fred at Forward3D to see some microservices and programmer anarchy
Panel discussion on How can craftsmanship move the industry forwards? with Adewale Oshineye, Dan North, and Chris Parsons at the London Software Craftsmanship Community