talks and workshops
cities across 2 continents
topics – JS, UI and UX
years and counting
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Learn & Share
I believe teaching is a great way to learn. I try and make a talk out of any topic I've recently invested time in. I've personally acquired several skills in my career through tech talks and local meetup groups. I have a strong sense of giving back to the community. Tech talks are one of the ways I like to contribute.
Iterate
I like to iterate on my talks. The first version is an MVP and I usually deliver that to a smaller audience. The Q&A session is valuable feedback on gaps or things I could have explained better. I build these answers into the talk for the next revision. I've found that by the third time I deliver a talk I have a pretty tight presentation.
Talks
1 . Headless e-commerce architecture
Company Internal
2 . Storefront performance overview
Company Internal
3 . Agnostic UI Components
Company Internal
4 . Frontend performance overview
Company Internal
5 . Performance driven development
Company Internal
6 . A React Storefront
Company Internal
7 . Introduction to Microfrontends
Company Internal
8 . Web Components with polymer
Company Internal
9 . Introduction to sass
Digital design meetup
10 . The good, bad and, ugly of user onboarding
Digital design meetup
11 . Vue JS for React developers
Boston JS
12 . Promoting Your Podcast
CCTV Seminar
13 . Animating the UI sensibly
NewHaven IO
14 . Introduction to Sass
BarCamp
15 . Building unique grids using Sass
Thoughtworks geek night
16 . Lean UX: Designing successful apps
DrupalCamp
17 . Introduction to MongoDB
Company Internal
18 . Javascript gotchas
Company Internal
19 . UX Best practices
Company Internal
20 . Sass functions – case study
DrupalCamp
21 . Frontend developer workflow
DrupalCamp
22 . UX for fun and profit
DrupalCamp
23 . Engaging users with better usability
NewHavenIO
24 . The art of UI animation
UX Boston
25 . Content is a beast
Wordcamp RI
Workshops
1 . Combining different data sources for your Gatsby website
Boston JS
2 . Frontend developer workflow
Company Internal
3 . Frontend developer workflow
Company Internal
4 . Iterative interaction design
Company Internal
5 . Design thinking
Company Internal
6 . Flexible grids using Sass
Company Internal
7 . CSS grid systems
JSChannel
8 . Polymer web components FTW
DrupalCamp
9 . Polymer and Firebase
NYC JS
10 . Utilizing advanced custom fields
Wordpress meetup RI
Hosting Meetups
I have great fondness for meetup groups and attribute a big chunk of my career success to folks I have met at such events. That is why I love hosting meetups and bringing people together. I've started, supported or helped revive a meetup group in every city that I have lived in. I have mentored participants at the Yale health hackathon, when I lived in New Haven.
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