Chutes & Ladders & Building Software

Scott Preston | 01:45 – 03:00

Abstract

Ever walk to an agile board and feel like you’re playing a board game from when you’re a kid? Game play is fun. Building software is fun. This session will explore the similarities of games and agile software development.

Speaker

Scott Preston is a software craftsman and roboticist from Columbus, Ohio. Over the past decade he has worked for some of the largest companies in the world and built & programmed lots of web sites and robots. When he’s not working on a new robot or web project, he consults and solves hard problems for ICC, which he joined in 2014. He is also a renowned speaker and has spoken at many events large and small to promote web development and robotics. You can find out more about Scott by visiting his website: http://www.scottpreston.com or his robot project site http://www.scottsbots.com.