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Neal Ford

ThoughtWorker / Software Architect / Meme Wrangler

Software Consultant / Speaker / Writer

Neal Ford is Director, Software Architect, and Meme Wrangler at ThoughtWorks, a global IT consultancy with a focus on end-to-end software development and delivery. He is also the designer and developer of applications, articles, video/DVD presentations, and author and/or editor of an increasingly large number of books spanning a variety of subjects and technologies, including the most recent Presentation Patterns. His professional focus includes designing and building of large-scale enterprise applications. He is also an internationally acclaimed speaker, speaking at over 300 developer conferences worldwide, delivering more than 2000 presentations. You can email Neal at nford at thoughtworks.com.

The purpose of this site is twofold. First, it is an informational site about my professional life, including appearances, articles, presentations, etc. For this type of information, consult the news page (this page) and the Biography page.

The second purpose for this site is to serve as a forum for the things I enjoy and want to share with the rest of the world. This includes (but is not limited to) reading (Book Club), Triathlon, and Music. This material is highly individualized and all mine!

Please feel free to browse around. I hope you are entertained and enlightened by what you find.

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Recent Publications

Presentation Patterns

Techniques for Crafting Better Presentations

You've read about how presentations are like a state of mind, how color wheels work, and what type of isolated high-resolution stock photos to obtain, but how is that helping you with the marketing presentation due next week? This book holds the answers, derived from thousands of hours of presentations by the authors. It is the first book on presentations that categorizes and organizes the building blocks, which we call patterns, required to communicate effectively using presentation tools. If you are a software geek (like us), this will make it clear: we've applied the GoF Design Patterns concept to presentations. We show you how to handle a wide variety of presentation types, audiences, constraints, and even surprises. Unlike other books, we also show you what not to do (anti-patterns), which are just as important as the positive recommendations; modern presentation tools seduce you into doing bad things and we show you how to avoid the traps.

Available at Amazon and other fine book sellers.


ThoughtWorks Anthology Volume 2

More Essays on Software and Technology

Compiled by Neal Ford

Edited by: Michael Swaine

Paperback: 250 pages
Publisher: Pragmatic Press; 1st edition (August 2012)
ISBN: 978-1-93778-500-0

When you hit a rough spot in software development, it's nice to know that someone has been there before. The domain experts at ThoughtWorks share what they've learned in this anthology, bringing together the best field-tested insights in IT and software development. You'll benefit from their experience in areas from testing to information visualization, from object oriented to functional programming, from incremental development to driving innovation in delivery. You'll find yourself referring to this collection of solved problems whenever you need an expert's insight.




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