SW Designer/consultant/mentor, author, inventor of Responsibility-Driven Design & xDD meme, heuristica (design heuristics!), patterns enthusiast, science/engineering nerd, jogger, gardener, amateur baker wirfs-brock.com/rebeccahttps://bsky.app/profile/rebeccawb.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/rebeccawb.bsky.social/post/3merkta3ojc2yFriday reading...another patterns paper I co-authored with Karl Evard and presented at PLoP25: on flow-focused testing strategies: https://wirfs-brock.com/rebecca/papers/flowfocusedtesting/13 Feb 2026 22:33 +0000at://did:plc:47physja4sbhpgp6nzp3lput/app.bsky.feed.post/3merkta3ojc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/rebeccawb.bsky.social/post/3mekfd2kafk23Why do design patterns often fail to have an impact? How might we remedy that? The paper I wrote with Chris Kohls for the PLoP 2025 conference,"Patterns and their Umwelt: How to Make Patterns Come to Life" https://wirfs-brock.com/rebecca/papers/patternsumwelt/ offers advice for writing, maintaining&evolving patterns11 Feb 2026 02:06 +0000at://did:plc:47physja4sbhpgp6nzp3lput/app.bsky.feed.post/3mekfd2kafk23https://bsky.app/profile/rebeccawb.bsky.social/post/3mdnt2wyvzk2sJust posted: a pre-print version of the paper I wrote w Lise Hvatum for EuroPLoP 2025: What it Means to Be A Patterns Community: https://wirfs-brock.com/rebecca/papers/patternscommunity/ For those who build communities, I'd love to hear your thoughts &heuristics you've used to keep communities alive, thriving, &energized.30 Jan 2026 17:25 +0000at://did:plc:47physja4sbhpgp6nzp3lput/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdnt2wyvzk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/rebeccawb.bsky.social/post/3md3wsrdh6c22OK...I invite you to join this discussion, now you know when it is. (Time is notoriously hard to model BTW) [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Jan 2026 14:44 +0000at://did:plc:47physja4sbhpgp6nzp3lput/app.bsky.feed.post/3md3wsrdh6c22https://bsky.app/profile/rebeccawb.bsky.social/post/3mcs46m27jk2eIt'll be me leading the discussion. I'm looking forward to it! Come, bring your favorite model and your questions. [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Jan 2026 16:53 +0000at://did:plc:47physja4sbhpgp6nzp3lput/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcs46m27jk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/rebeccawb.bsky.social/post/3mckmpyf4nk2bI've been on an exceptionally lucky streak playing wordle. Today in 2! Wordle 1,672 2/6 🟨🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WordleBot Skill 99/99 Luck 91/99 And now, back to reality and working on taxes.....:-(16 Jan 2026 17:28 +0000at://did:plc:47physja4sbhpgp6nzp3lput/app.bsky.feed.post/3mckmpyf4nk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/rebeccawb.bsky.social/post/3mboolcjwys2bYou can read the essay we will be debating here: https://wirfs-brock.com/rebecca/blog/2022/09/20/critically-engaging-with-models/ I hope you join us for a lively discussion. [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Jan 2026 14:47 +0000at://did:plc:47physja4sbhpgp6nzp3lput/app.bsky.feed.post/3mboolcjwys2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/rebeccawb.bsky.social/post/3m2s5niowss2sOur annual patterns conference (PLoP) is Oct 12-15. We're opening up Sunday for 1/2 day workshops. $100 for workshop + dinner. Choices: Architecture & Application Modernization Patterns or Fearless Change Patterns and using them to create organizational change https://ti.to/hillside/plop2025 Join us!09 Oct 2025 21:58 +0000at://did:plc:47physja4sbhpgp6nzp3lput/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2s5niowss2shttps://bsky.app/profile/rebeccawb.bsky.social/post/3lzmn52qjes24I hope you can join the Fearless Change Campfire free virtual event on Oct 3, 9 a.m. EDT. Mary Lynn Manns and Linda Rising will host this event...with a lot of story telling and sharing of how people have made changes in their organizations. I'm going, just to hear others' wisdom!24 Sep 2025 23:54 +0000at://did:plc:47physja4sbhpgp6nzp3lput/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzmn52qjes24https://bsky.app/profile/rebeccawb.bsky.social/post/3lv2fajzops2zThis year marks the 32nd year of the PLoP conference held in the beautiful Columbia River Gorge at Skamania Lodge. Spark your creativity. Satisfy your itch to explore the potential of patterns. Submit a proposal for an Imagination Run Wild session. Feel free to ask me Qs See: plopcon.org/plop2025/28 Jul 2025 20:04 +0000at://did:plc:47physja4sbhpgp6nzp3lput/app.bsky.feed.post/3lv2fajzops2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/rebeccawb.bsky.social/post/3lqcupbg2is2nI'm looking forward to DDD Europe next week! I'm leading a hands-on workshop, Expanding Your Design Heuristics one Experiment at a Time... where we'll be designing experiments and learning about sharing/collecting our design heuristics. 2025.dddeurope.com https://2025.dddeurope.com/29 May 2025 13:56 +0000at://did:plc:47physja4sbhpgp6nzp3lput/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqcupbg2is2n