Tom Preston-Werner is a cofounder of GitHub, the social coding phenomenon that has captured the imaginations of hackers around the globe.
Talks I've Given
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Optimizing for Happiness
Featuring Tom Preston-Werner
The way traditional businesses approach the management and organization of creative, intellectual workers is wrong. By throwing away everything that blocks productivity (meetings, deadlines, managers, titles, strict vacation policies, etc) and treating your employees as the responsible adults...
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Mastering Git Basics
Featuring Tom Preston-Werner
This talk focuses on mastering the commands that comprise 90% of the functionality in Git you use on a day-to-day basis, including installing Git on your favorite platform. Next up is creating local repositories, staging/adding files, making commits, and viewing history. From there you'll...