Yesterday Me was an Idiot (Pair Switching)

About this Episode

Recorded Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Hosts: John Sextro, Amos King, and Craig Buchek

Pair Switching

• Pairing, in general
• How to pair switch
  • Using a “Pair-a-mid” to track pairings
  • How to rotate pairs



• Length of pair sessions
  • 1 week, 2 day, 1 day, half-day, 2 hours, 1 hour, 15 mins
  • Benefits of short pairing sessions
  • Pitfalls of long pairing sessions



• When to switch
  • What should trigger a pair switch
  • Time, using a timer
  • Story completion



• Concerns about context switches


• Insights on the C2Wiki

Picks of the Show

Craig (@CraigBuchek)

• WireWorld
• Monoprice.com

Amos (@adkron)

• Arduino projects
• Geek Desk, Amos is anticipating the arrival of his new desk

John (@jcsextro)

• Bitcoin
• 7 Habits of Highly Effective Pair Programmers, published article, by Me
• The Hour of Code 2013