Comments on: The one technology every developer should learn! http://compoundthinking.com/blog/index.php/2008/10/20/one-tool-for-every-developer/ Thinking about programming in new ways Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:00:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Mark Ramm http://compoundthinking.com/blog/index.php/2008/10/20/one-tool-for-every-developer/#comment-252550 Mark Ramm Tue, 21 Oct 2008 03:28:40 +0000 http://compoundthinking.com/blog/?p=491#comment-252550 Matt, Yea I apriciate a good interview as a window into way that we can produce or at least uncover information through conversation. John Sawatsky is a professor and reporter who's built a bit of a reputation as the "question man" recently, and I'm fascinated by his technique of non-confrontationaly asking simple questions and gently leading people into controversial topics. You can read more about it here: http://www.ajr.org/article.asp?id=676 Matt,

Yea I apriciate a good interview as a window into way that we can produce or at least uncover information through conversation. John Sawatsky is a professor and reporter who’s built a bit of a reputation as the “question man” recently, and I’m fascinated by his technique of non-confrontationaly asking simple questions and gently leading people into controversial topics.

You can read more about it here:

http://www.ajr.org/article.asp?id=676

]]> By: Matt Wilson http://compoundthinking.com/blog/index.php/2008/10/20/one-tool-for-every-developer/#comment-252498 Matt Wilson Tue, 21 Oct 2008 01:41:18 +0000 http://compoundthinking.com/blog/?p=491#comment-252498 I'm really impressed by how interviewers like Dianne Reem and that British dude on World Have Your Say are able to elicit good conversations. There's a lot of skill in extracting the facts out of somebody without making them get defensive. Steve Inskeep on NPR is also really good at tactfully getting past the nonsense and dragging the truth out. I’m really impressed by how interviewers like Dianne Reem and that British dude on World Have Your Say are able to elicit good conversations. There’s a lot of skill in extracting the facts out of somebody without making them get defensive. Steve Inskeep on NPR is also really good at tactfully getting past the nonsense and dragging the truth out.

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