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Conference & Meetup Presentations

A variety of presentations through the years discussing front-end development, interface design, building SaaS businesses, and some personal anecodotes mixed in for good measure.

Presentations

2018 MicroConf in Las Vegas, NV It Won't be a Straight Line

A more SaaS-centric adaptation of an earlier presentation sharing the ups and downs of building a business and dealing with health issues while navigating life as a sole founder with small children.

2017 Peers Conf in Seattle, WA It Won't be a Straight Line

A personal and challenging presentation about struggling and still continuing forward as a sole founder while navigating the ups and downs of building a business and dealing with health issues.

2017 Refresh Dallas in Plano, TX It Won't be a Straight Line

Sharing the ups and downs of building a business and dealing with health issues.

2014 Ruby FTW in Ft. Worth, TX Independence

Making a living selling your own software. What I’ve learned from six years of building a profitable web application.

2013 Big Design Conference in Addison, TX Creating Stuff

Managing a Firehose of Feedback and Feature Requests for Your Product

2011 Refresh Dallas in Plano, TX Bootstrapping a Software Product

An overview of the business and technical challenges bootstrapping a SaaS product.

2010 SchnitzelConf in Vienna, Austria Going it Alone

Exploring the day-to-day challenges of building software as a sole founder.

2008 Webmaster Jam Session in Atlanta, GA Application Interface design

An updated look at designing interfaces through the lens of building a bug and issue tracker.

2007 Webmaster Jam Session in Dallas, TX Application Interface design

A look at designing interfaces through the lens of building a bug and issue tracker.

2007 Web Visions in Portland, OR Improving Interface Design

Workshop discussing nuances and complexity of designing interfaces.

2006 Web Visions in Portland, OR Front-end Architecture

Investing in the future with more carefully-considered front-end web development practices.

2006 SXSW in Austin, TX Holistic Web Design

Finding the Creative Balance in Multi-disciplined Teams

2005 Refresh Dallas in Plano, TX Boxes & Arrows (and Common Sense)

An Exploration of Information Architecture and Organizing Information and Ideas