Productivity for the hopelessly disorganized

Name: ArchConf
Start: 2017-12-11T08:00-0500
End: 2017-12-14T17:00-0500
Location: Opal Sands Resort

Michael Carducci

SOFTWARE ARCHITECT & MAGICIAN

01 / ABOUT THIS SESSION

It happens to us all; there are simply days where it seems impossible to get anything done. This session focuses on techniques and tips to get into the zone, stay in the zone and to protect your productivity, even in disruptive environments.

Rather than focusing on any one productivity methodology (e.g. GTD) This talk analyzes the internal and external factors that affect our productivity and offers broader strategies to get back on track.

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02 / SESSION DETAILS

FORMAT

90-minute session

ROOM

SUNSET

03 / MORE FROM MICHAEL CARDUCCI

01 Ego Driven Development - A Cautionary Tale → 02 Fully Optimize Your Memory → 03 The Art of the Impossible →

YOUR SPEAKER

Michael Carducci

SOFTWARE ARCHITECT & MAGICIAN

Michael Carducci spent years learning to see things as they actually are; first as a magician, then as a software architect, now as both simultaneously. And somehow that’s not even the whole story.

He’s the author of Mastering Software Architecture (Apress, 2025) and is currently writing The Semantic Layer. He has spent over 25 years following interesting problems; through roles from individual contributor to CTO and back again, across industries and continents.

As a speaker, he applies the same toolkit he uses in close-up magic: attention, misdirection, timing, storytelling, and the instinct to take the long way around when that’s where the truth lives. Audiences at hundreds of conferences across four continents have described his talks as the kind that change how you think about a problem rather than just what you know about it.

He also makes YouTube videos about technology and curiosity with his wife Kate, because some ideas are too important (or too interesting!) to leave only in conference rooms.

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All signal.
Zero fluff.

DECEMBER 11 - 14, 2017 · OPAL SANDS RESORT · CLEARWATER, FL