Tyson Kingsbury shares his process in creating the #DevTO logo. He's also got some great tips from his experience in the last 2 decades for you young web designers starting out in this field...don't forget "garbage will haunt you
Eli Aleyner & Mani Fazeli - What does it take to find a co founder#DevTO
When people mention startup hubs, San Francisco, Boston, and now even New York come up right away. But after returning from the West coast in mid 2011, Eli Aleyner and Mani Fazeli saw huge potential in Toronto’s booming startup community. Amazing talent, great universities and new startup accelerators have them believing that Toronto can be part of this short list. That’s why they are Managing Directors of FounderDating for Toronto – working to solve what they believe is one of the biggest challenges for entrepreneurs today – connecting with the right people to get started.
Greg Wilson - We Know (but ignore) More Than We Think#DevTO
Over the past thirty years, software engineering researchers have learned a lot about how software actually gets built, and about which tools and practices make developers more productive. However, most working programmers don’t know these studies exist, and don’t base their own work on the best available evidence. This talk will describe a more of the most interesting results, and explore why the gulf between research and practice persists.
Joey Coleman - Building an Open Data Ecosystem for all to access#DevTO
How do we build open data so it is accessible to all citizens and not just those with specialized skills such as information management or coding? In Hamilton, municipal open data is being implemented because of advocacy among neighbourhood associations and community groups, not solely from the developer community, with the goal of ensuring all citizens can use open data. It’s a unique partnership – what does it mean for open data, open government, and civic engagement? Join this discussion as we explore the question.
Yuriy Blokhin - Building a Development Platform#DevTO
Yuriy is a platform evangelist at Kik and he shares lessons learned from building the Kik and Clik APIs.
There are thousands of APIs available for every possible need. Given the competition for developer time, API developers are becoming progressively better at making sure that adopters are informed and ready to rock’n'roll within minutes of downloading the SDK.
Katherine Hague - The Decentralize Future of eCommerce#DevTO
Katherine presents ShopLocket and how she's helping everybody sell products online via simple to use widgets that get embedded on another site as if they were a Youtube video or tweet. The next wave of eCommerce will make selling as natural as sharing other media!
Farhan shares his knowledge about attracting GREAT people to work with and then how to keep them. Lots more tips from his experience managing agile teams including processes and tools.
Eli Aleyner & Mani Fazeli - What does it take to find a co founder#DevTO
When people mention startup hubs, San Francisco, Boston, and now even New York come up right away. But after returning from the West coast in mid 2011, Eli Aleyner and Mani Fazeli saw huge potential in Toronto’s booming startup community. Amazing talent, great universities and new startup accelerators have them believing that Toronto can be part of this short list. That’s why they are Managing Directors of FounderDating for Toronto – working to solve what they believe is one of the biggest challenges for entrepreneurs today – connecting with the right people to get started.
Greg Wilson - We Know (but ignore) More Than We Think#DevTO
Over the past thirty years, software engineering researchers have learned a lot about how software actually gets built, and about which tools and practices make developers more productive. However, most working programmers don’t know these studies exist, and don’t base their own work on the best available evidence. This talk will describe a more of the most interesting results, and explore why the gulf between research and practice persists.
Joey Coleman - Building an Open Data Ecosystem for all to access#DevTO
How do we build open data so it is accessible to all citizens and not just those with specialized skills such as information management or coding? In Hamilton, municipal open data is being implemented because of advocacy among neighbourhood associations and community groups, not solely from the developer community, with the goal of ensuring all citizens can use open data. It’s a unique partnership – what does it mean for open data, open government, and civic engagement? Join this discussion as we explore the question.
Yuriy Blokhin - Building a Development Platform#DevTO
Yuriy is a platform evangelist at Kik and he shares lessons learned from building the Kik and Clik APIs.
There are thousands of APIs available for every possible need. Given the competition for developer time, API developers are becoming progressively better at making sure that adopters are informed and ready to rock’n'roll within minutes of downloading the SDK.
Katherine Hague - The Decentralize Future of eCommerce#DevTO
Katherine presents ShopLocket and how she's helping everybody sell products online via simple to use widgets that get embedded on another site as if they were a Youtube video or tweet. The next wave of eCommerce will make selling as natural as sharing other media!
Farhan shares his knowledge about attracting GREAT people to work with and then how to keep them. Lots more tips from his experience managing agile teams including processes and tools.
Kevin MacDonald presents differences between GIS and Consumer Mapping, different technologies available such as Google Maps, Open Street Maps and Bing for mapping and LBS applications for "Big Data" Maps
Kevin MacDonald presents differences between GIS and Consumer Mapping, different technologies available such as Google Maps, Open Street Maps and Bing for mapping and LBS applications for "Big Data" Maps