Back to [[conference:committee:speakers-2013]]\\ \\ **Bio**: Pete Goodliffe is a software developer, columnist, speaker, and author who never stays at the same place in the software food chain; he's worked in numerous languages on diverse projects. He also has extensive experience in teaching and mentoring programmers, and writes the regular "Becoming A Better Programms" column for ACCU's C Vu magazine (www.accu.org). Pete's popular book, [[http://www.amazon.co.uk/Code-Craft-Practice-Writing-Excellent/dp/1593271190|Code Craft]], is a practical and entertaining investigation of the entire programming pursuit. In about 600 pages. No mean feat! Pete enjoys writing excellent, bug-free code, so he can spend more time having fun with his kids. Pete does now own some shoes. But he won't wear them. \\ **Email**:pete@goodliffe.net\\ \\ [[2013:Advanced iOS development]]\\ [[2013:Becoming a Better Programmer]]\\