Empowering Events

http://www.infoq.com/presentations/Events-Are-Not-Just-for-Notifications

Cat Pictures

Steve Yegge, OSCON 2011 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKmQW_Nkfk8 . It doesn't start up as much, but keep watching, cause he makes a really good point. If you don't know who Steve is, tough - google him.

If you work in the industry (and I mean outsourcing - aka cotton-picking for the master), when is the last time you had a long hard look about your work ? Are you really happy doing what you're doing ?

...and keep lying to yourself that you really need the money because life is hard

LMAX - CQRS applied

If you've followed the Greg Young's series of CQRS talks, you should be familiar with the concept. Martin Fowler describes in his latest blog the architecture of a trading system, based in part on the above.

Quicksand

Software development is just like quicksand: once you're in it, the more you struggle, the deeper you go in. Sometimes, if you're really lucky, you get out on the other side. Most of times however, you forget where you are and you keep fighting to break free. Over and over and over...

Craig Larman - Collaboration over Contracts

Very good speaker and especially interesting if you're in the outsourcing business, no matter what end of the "stick": http://www.infoq.com/presentations/Collaboration-Over-Contracts

Greg Young - Simple is better

http://skillsmatter.com/podcast/design-architecture/simple-is-better

DDD talks

A really good series of talks, from DDD eXchange 2011.

Udi Dahan: http://skillsmatter.com/podcast/home/talk-from-udi-dahan/cs-2041
Greg Young: http://skillsmatter.com/podcast/home/talk-from-greg-young
Eric Evans: http://skillsmatter.com/podcast/home/talk-from-eric-evans