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. I tried to host Next.js on Cloudflare (and lived to regret it)
React Conf, India
2. Building a design system for web
Company Internal
3. Headless e-commerce architecture
Company Internal
4. Storefront performance overview
Company Internal
5. Agnostic UI Components
Company Internal
6. Frontend performance overview
Company Internal
7. Introduction to Microfrontends
Company Internal
8. A React Storefront
Company Internal
9. Vue JS for React developers
Boston JS
10. Promoting Your Podcast
CCTV Seminar
11. Content is a beast
Wordcamp RI
12. Lean UX: Designing successful apps
DrupalCamp
13. The good, bad and, ugly of user onboarding
Digital design meetup
14. Animating the UI sensibly
NewHaven IO
15. The art of UI animation
UX Boston
16. Introduction to sass
Digital design meetup
17. Introduction to Sass
BarCamp
18. Javascript gotchas
Company Internal
19. Engaging users with better usability
NewHavenIO
20. UX Best practices
Company Internal
21. UX for fun and profit
DrupalCamp
22. Frontend developer workflow
DrupalCamp
23. Web Components with polymer
Company Internal
24. Introduction to MongoDB
Company Internal
25. Building unique grids using Sass
Thoughtworks geek night
26. Sass functions – case study
DrupalCamp
27. Performance driven development
Company Internal
Workshops
1. Combining different data sources for your Gatsby website
Boston JS
2. Utilizing advanced custom fields
Wordpress meetup RI
3. Polymer and Firebase
NYC JS
4. Design thinking
Company Internal
5. Polymer web components FTW
DrupalCamp
6. Frontend developer workflow
Company Internal
7. Frontend developer workflow
Company Internal
8. Iterative interaction design
Company Internal
9. CSS grid systems
JSChannel
10. Flexible grids using Sass
Company Internal
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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