Tag: conferences
SXSW and the Challenge of Technical Sessions
There’s a lot going on at SXSW. From the music, movie, and comedy festivals, to the interactive conference sessions that span categories including government, healthcare, marketing, tech, etc. With so much going on the options of where to go and what to see can be overwhelming. As a result, in the first few days of […]
Goodbye Servers, Hello Monitoring: Takeaways from re:Invent 2016
A few weeks post-re:Invent the hours of sessions and conversation have had a chance to sink in. Two years ago my takeaways from re:Invent were about microservers and stateless applications being the future. In a way a lot of the focus, two years later, is still on stateless microservices. Today, however, the future seems to […]
Circles Conference 2016 Day 2 Recap
Note: Check out the Circles Conference Day 1 Recap here Day 2 of Circles Conference and I’m feeling super inspired. Another five speakers, another day of great knowledge and advice. So let me get right into it. The first speaker of the last day of Circles was Mary Kate McDevitt, a hand letterer & illustrator. […]
Circles Conference 2016 Day 1 Recap
I was super stoked that I got the opportunity to go to Circles Conference this year on such a short notice. This was my first conference ever so I was pretty excited to get the opportunity to attend. Thanks to the leadership team for making it happen, I’m very grateful. Circles Conference was a three-day event with […]
Mobile Video :: Keys to Success
Back in March, I had the opportunity to attend The Near Frontier of Mobile Video conference in San Francisco. The conference was hosted by Google, and had both agency and client leaders speaking about their experiences with mobile video campaigns. The conversation started with a broad overview of the current landscape, and then dove deeper into the […]
Google I/O 2016 Highlights for Marketers
Miss out on Google I/O 2016, (a.k.a. the hottest developer conference last week)? While there were plenty of great new products released, we feel that there a few that are most relevant for marketers this year as we try to keep up with the latest trends in technology. Daydream Not to be outdone by the Oculus Rift (Facebook) or […]
BEHAVE 2016: One Paid Marketer’s Takeaways
In April 2016, I went undercover. Tasked with dual missions of acquiring testing strategies for laymen and learning more about on-site testing & conversion optimization, I snuck into bought a ticket and attended the BEHAVE Conference in our sunny capital of Austin, Texas. Overall, the BEHAVE conference was a great experience, including a mix of speakers […]
Lone Star PHP 2016 – Favorite Session Recaps
Last week I attended Lone Star PHP’s sixth annual conference. This was my second year attending and the conference provided a wide variety of topics, not limited to just PHP. Here is a recap of a few of my favorite sessions: Stop Multiplying by 4: Practical Software Estimation Talk by Chuck Reeves Estimating is something […]
MWC 2016 Highlights and Takeaways – Part 2
This blog post covers part two of our Mobile World Congress 2016 experience, you can check out Part One here. The second half of the conference brought more great sessions, along with the opportunity to check out some Virtual Reality in the exhibitors booths. IOT Platforms This first session I attended on day three covered the […]
MWC 2016 Highlights and Takeaways – Part 1
We were lucky enough to go to Mobile World Congress 2016, hosted in Barcelona, Spain. After a long flight and a few trips the wrong way on the tram, we finally arrived. Here are a few Highlights and Takeaways from our favorite sessions in the first few days: Mobile is Media This keynote was broken […]
