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I also sent a private email to Heather apologizing. I felt a public apology was in order, as well, since the mean comment was done publicly. Unfortunately, in such a loud, public setting as twitter, saying "I'm sorry" necessarily takes on a public form, as well.

I've contacted her privately, as well. I thought it was important to publicly apologize, since I publicly said the mean thing.

True. I spoke before thinking of the effect. I'm glad it was brought to my attention.

I hope it is an even better "I'm sorry."

It is an honest apology. I didn't realize how bad it was until I was called out. It isn't "oh, I got caught," it is "oh, shit, that was a really bad thing to do." It was an unthinking mistake on my part. I'm human and make mistakes.

Others have linked to this, but, as one of the people who was in the bad, I want to say I'm sorry. http://programmingtour.blogspot.com/2013/01/im-sorry.html

Hey, Everyone! Leave a note (and, if you want, a hug picture) to say thank to Aaron for his hard work. This isn't any easy responsibility. http://www.hugboard.com/e5f69b274a/contribute

LOVE FOR TENDERLOVE! <3 Thanks for the prompt action.

We launched our iphone application Should I Break up With My Boyfriend. It is a 2-week challenge to see if your partner is the right one for you. http://www.http://shouldibreakupwithmyboyfriend.com/

With hands-on, 5 days a week, many hours a day, intense one-on-one mentoring, I'm still skeptical.

With the rise and popularity of 'teach to code' services, it remains to be seen which model works best. Taking a person from 0 (or very, very little) knowledge and experience to the point where they can be at all effective as a software developer is difficult. Expecting a matter of weeks to turn someone such as this into hireable material is a dangerous attitude to have. I'm very curious to see the graduates of these courses and even more curious to see how their skills are represented to possible hiring companies.

Feral,

Those are common and very valid concerns. Over the past (nearly) 3 years, the format has really proven itself as a great way to focus on the design of your code and practice the process of writings tests.

Thanks for being open-minded about the idea; it is great to mix it with a bit of skepticism. :) Looking forward to hearing your thoughts after attending.

Really excited for this. Going to be a fantastic day of practice, community and fun!

Also, spend time doing focused practices. Attend a coderetreat (www.coderetreat.com)

This is a great idea. A bunch of us in the software craftsmanship community engaged in what we called "Positivember" last fall in a similar vein: http://programmingtour.blogspot.com/2010/11/positivember.htm...

Hi, Jonathan,

I'm one of the developer of MercuryApp that is using Notifo for our notifications. It is the application that he uses to track his mood. We are opening up in the next few weeks, although you can request a beta invite at www.mercuryapp.com. We've got some great features coming out to make it even more useful as a tracking tool.