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Less than a week until the end of the O'Reilly #SoftwareArchitecture 2025 book bundle on #HumbleBundle .
Get the 25-book bundle to not only get my book, #CommunicationPatterns, but also Andrew Harmel Law's Facilitating Software Architecture and Diana Montalion's Learning Systems Thinking. This triad of books is what you need to boost your software!

https://jcq.me/hbswarch?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=Social&utm_content=mastodon-link&utm_campaign=professional&id=mGHMgVd9j

The GOTO bookclub podcast of my conversation with Gregor Hohpe about #CommunicationPatterns is now out.
We talk about technical communication, from visuals to knowledge, and writing to distributed working.

Find it in all the places you usually find podcasts 😉
or here: https://gotopia.tech/podcast?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=professional&id=fvhcT8xDz9

#bookclub #podcast #software #softwareDevelopment #softwareDesign #softwareArchitecture #softwareEngineering #communication

#CommunicationPatterns
with Jacqui Read @tekiegirl
Recording (Video / Podcast) available:
https://software-architektur.tv/2025/03/14/folge254.html

#CommunicationPatterns
TODAY 13:00 CET
with Jacqui Read @tekiegirl and Lisa Maria Schäfer @teapot418
More information and opportunity to ask questions:
https://software-architektur.tv/
#SoftwareArchitecture im #Stream

#CommunicationPatterns
Tomorrow 13:00 CET
Jacqui Read @tekiegirl and Lisa Maria Schäfer @teapot418
More information and opportunity to ask questions:
https://software-architektur.tv/
#SoftwareArchitecture im #Stream

#CommunicationPatterns
Friday, 2025-03-14 13:00 CET
with Jacqui Read @tekiegirl and Lisa Maria Schäfer @teapot418
More information and opportunity to ask questions:
https://software-architektur.tv/
#SoftwareArchitecture im #Stream

And thank you to @OReillyMedia for the framed cover and all my editors including @LouiseEditor for all their work on #CommunicationPatterns!

Give the gift of communication this Christmas! 😂 #CommunicationPatterns is on a #BlackFriday deal on Amazon UK https://amzn.to/3CBmovy?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=professional&id=L_Y83KMLdn or if you are anti-amazon or not in the UK check out bookshop.org:

USA: https://bookshop.org/a/108582/9781098140540
UK: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/14924/9781098140540

(note: these links may give me a small commission at no extra cost to you - we authors don't get much in royalties, so every little helps!)

#softwareDevelopment #softwareDesign #communication

Join me online with @virtualddd to hear about #CommunicationPatterns and #softSkills. You'll also have the chance to win a copy of my book 🎉
https://www.meetup.com/virtual-domain-driven-design-meetup/events/298880026/?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=professional&id=HW11O-5n6k

#free #agile #learning #softwareDevelopment #book

I'm looking forward to speaking in-person at Agile South Coast and I'll be bringing a signed copy of my book #CommunicationPatterns to give away 🎉
https://www.meetup.com/agile-south-coast/events/297505517/?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=professional&id=Is8n5AtQ5C

#free #agile #learning #softSkills #softwareDevelopment #book

I'm about to go live with Apiumhub for their #free #bookClub with my O'Reilly book #CommunicationPatterns!

Join us at 9am EST / 2pm GMT / 3pm CET / 7.30pm IST
https://bit.ly/47mFUph

Only few days until you can get a #free peak at my #CommunicationPatterns book & get your questions answered.

Join me live on Apiumhub 's #bookClub on January 25th for a look at a few of the patterns and antipatterns from my O'Reilly book, & a Q&A.

9am EST / 2pm GMT / 3pm CET / 7.30pm IST

Meet-up: https://www.meetup.com/apiumhub-software-architecture/events/297961213
YouTube livestream direct link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTa1FPGXUyE
Book website: https://communicationpatternsbook.com

Want a #free peak at what's in my #CommunicationPatterns book? Have a burning question you want to ask me?

Join me live on Apiumhub's #bookClub on January 25th for a look at a few of the patterns and antipatterns from my O'Reilly book, and a Q&A.

9am EST / 2pm GMT / 3pm CET / 7.30pm IST

Meet-up: https://www.meetup.com/apiumhub-software-architecture/events/297961213/
YouTube livestream direct link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTa1FPGXUyE
Book website: https://communicationpatternsbook.com

I met Jacqui at a conference in Barcelona. Great talk and walk. This year, met again on the first edition of #CoMoCamp, and the discussions and field stories were amazing. Her work with communication patterns for the software field is spot on. Check out her book 📖

#book #communicationpatterns #bookrecommendations #communication #inclusivecommunication #technology

I'm sure this is going to be great fun! Join Mark Richards, Neal Ford, and myself, for a special edition of Foundations Friday Forum on the topic of #CommunicationPatterns. I may just have a copy of my book to give away...

https://www.developertoarchitect.com/foundations-friday-forum.html

This evening is exciting on more than one count:
1. I will be speaking at the amazing DDD London along with Andrey Fadeyev (free event!)
2. I will be giving away a physical signed copy of my book for the first time - Communication Patterns: A Guide for Developers and Architects

DDD London: https://www.meetup.com/dddlondon/events/295028882/
Book website: https://communicationpatternsbook.com

#meetup #learning #communicationPatterns #softSkills #SoftwareDevelopment #SoftwareArchitecture #DDD #DomainDrivenDesign

Very happy to be owning a physical copy of Communication Patterns by @tekiegirl.

It's full of essential advice for developers and architects, covering architecture diagrams, technical writing, compelling narratives, and more.

It's clear a lot of hard work has gone into the book because the concepts are explained so well.

Jacqui has done an amazing job. I would confidently recommend this book to all developers and architects.

#softwareArchitecture #collaboration #communicationPatterns

As promised, here are answers to the questions that we didn't have time to cover in my O'Reilly Expert webinar on #CommunicationPatterns. I always enjoy Q&A as you lot manage to always come up with great questions! Feel free to add any more questions you might have.

ℚ. In the data flow diagram of the previous slide, would you consider inverting the order of the arrows from/to the customer? (here's the diagram: https://communicationpatternsbook.com/figures.html#fig1-1)
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I have been waiting for this for a long time! 🎉 📖

The author copies of my new @OReillyMedia book, #CommunicationPatterns, have arrived and it is a truly amazing feeling to hold a physical printed version of what I have worked so hard on for just over a year 😍

Thank you to everyone who has made this book possible!

I am adding bonus materials to the book website, with more to come soon: https://communicationpatternsbook.com
#books
#SoftwareArchitecture #SoftwareDevelopment #Communication #SoftSkills

If you just can't wait for the physical edition of #CommunicationPatterns you can now read my book on #Kindle and on O'Reilly online! https://communicationpatternsbook.com will show you where to find it, and you can also find bonus material there too.

What other bonus material would you like to see?

It's all rather emotional: my book has been sent to the printer! It's the culmination of a huge amount of work, but not just from myself:

Thank you to all those at O'Reilly who have worked so hard to make #CommunicationPatterns what it is, and especially to Louise Corrigan, Corbin Collins, Katie Tozer, and Kate Dullea.

Print copies will start appearing around the end of Oct, and digital editions before then. I'm adding bonus content to the book's website too: https://bit.ly/46F0LUZ

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knowledge graphs, 155
memes, 150 [but no cheezeburgers]
Minto Pyramid Principle, 96-99
nesting boxes, in diagrams, 21 [no birds involved!]
perspective-driven documentation, 143, 150-155
sarcasm, 91, 108 [oh, really?]
technology radar, 232, 263, 264-265
ubiquitous language, 93, 95
"Whack-A-Mole" decisions, 172 [smash them!]

What else do you think is in the index? 🤔

#communicationPatterns #book #softwareDevelopment #softwareArchitecture

I finished the index review 🥳 Fancy a preview?

Aristotle (see rhetoric triangle) [what's he doing in a book on technical communication?!]
asynchronous sandwich, 233
Conway's law, 129 [couldn't not mention this]
deuteranopia, 35-36
echo chamber, 110-111, 160 [hello? hello? hello?]
fractal perspectives, 152-153
groupthink, 111, 185
HiPPO (highest paid person’s opinion), 230
just-in-time architecture, 167-170
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#communicationPatterns #book #softwareDevelopment #softwareArchitecture

I'm absolutely delighted with the colour version of the cover for my upcoming @OReillyMedia book, #CommunicationPatterns! Say hello to my cinnamon-headed green pigeon. What do you think?

There's going to be lots more content on the companion website and you can already find out how to get the book: https://communicationpatternsbook.com

#book #softwaredevelopment #softwarearchitecture #learning

@Kabuku
And sometimes that's all I'm about.

And plenty of other times I'm looking to be part of a large +15 person discussion.

It's then that the low levels of dialogue here on Mastodon become obvious.

We've got ears to hear folk from around the world, and so little to say to them in response.

Imagine 1000 Mastodon users gathered together physically in a town square.

Would we be satisfied interacting there the way we do here?

#Dialog #Dialogue #Conversation #CommunicationPatterns

@adamsdesk @blakeashleyjr @sirber @OReillyMedia
I have edited my first post, apologies I am existing on 2 hours sleep due to a delayed flight 😴

Here it is too: #CommunicationPatterns
https://learning.oreilly.com/library/view/communication-patterns/9781098140533/

@adamsdesk @blakeashleyjr @sirber
If you have an @OReillyMedia subscription (or go for the free trial) you can read the first 6 chapters in early release 😊

#CommunicationPatterns
https://learning.oreilly.com/library/view/communication-patterns/9781098140533/

The visual part is the one available. The other sections are multi-modal, knowledge and remote communication. Publication should be Sept 2023!

@adamsdesk @blakeashleyjr @sirber
You'll be pleased to hear there is a large part of a chapter dedicated to how to use email properly in my upcoming @OReillyMedia book #CommunicationPatterns 😉

@[email protected]
I concur.. I mean agree 😜
And there's nothing like writing a book on software architecture for @OReillyMedia to practice translating the complex into the comprehended (ok, the understood, but I just had to go for alliteration there...)

I'll be checking for complex language as I edit #CommunicationPatterns and there may even be a pattern in there all about keeping communication simple 😉