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80+ Speakers in the First Ever Virtual Software Conference (AirPair W14)

92 points by obiefernandez 12y ago

jefflinwood 12y ago
I'm speaking about Twilio during AirConf - doing an intro to using Twilio for voice and SMS with your applications for developers who have never used Twilio.
obiefernandez 12y ago
I'm hosting a panel with Chad Pytel the CEO of Thoughtbot, Evan Henshaw-Plath (rabble) CTO of Neo and Mike Mason, CTO of ThoughtWorks, to discuss the future of consulting. If anyone is interested, I wrote up my thoughts on AirConf and why I think it could be the future of tech conferences here: https://medium.com/@obie/a-different-kind-of-tech-conference-ee476c1bac50 https://medium.com/@obie/a-different-kind-of-tech-conference...
johns 12y ago
Looks like a great event. However "first ever" is a specious claim. See http://www.mvcconf.com/ http://www.mvcconf.com/ http://www.aspconf.net/ http://www.aspconf.net/ http://www.dotnetconf.net/ http://www.dotnetconf.net/ Those were inspired by another online-only conference whose name is escaping me.
- jeremymcanally 12y ago
  I've spoken at 2 other events (one hosted by O'Reilly and I can't remember the other one...), so yeah the "first ever" claim is fairly dishonest.
  - obiefernandez 12y ago
    I guess I understand where you're coming from, but I don't think it's dishonest -- those events were much smaller scale and on narrow topics.
    - johns 12y ago
      I think you're underestimating the scope of MvcConf. It was bigger than what you're marketing.
      - obiefernandez 12y ago
        Totally, I get it. FYI we're continuing to add presenters througout August and should be biggest soon.
    - GrinningFool 12y ago
      But you didn't say "largest ever", you said "first ever"...
  - joemellin 12y ago
    But was theirs on Air... ? #boom #mindblown
- deleted 12y ago
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rentalanimal2 12y ago
Awesome!
joshowens 12y ago
I'm hosting a talk on Meteor.js and what I've learned from my year+ time using it. I am pretty excited and I think the lineup looks amazing!
- obiefernandez 12y ago
  Is Meteor.js still as hot as it was right after launching? Haven't seen much about it lately. For awhile there I was thinking it might be "the next Ruby on Rails", but then it seemed to drop off the radar. Actually my main recollection from playing with it was that debugging was a bitch.
  - joshowens 12y ago
    Debugging is not that hard. It hasn't really dropped off the radar, I just think most people are waiting for the arbitrary 1.0 tag to hit.
kfaustino 12y ago
I'm hosting a talk about Rails 4 going through all the new features as of the 4.1 release. It will be targeted towards people new to Rails and experienced Rails 3 developers. This event has an amazing lineup and I'm looking forward to attending many of the sessions myself.
scottmcleod 12y ago
Looking forward to a few of these
jkresner 12y ago
20% off code for hacker news readers >>> http://airpa.ir/1lgh65g http://airpa.ir/1lgh65g
- javiayala 12y ago
  Nice!! Thanks
- abacornejo 12y ago
  great! sounds incredible
javiayala 12y ago
This looks really cool!! I can't wait to hear what some of those guys have to say.
technologit 12y ago
The speaker list actually looks pretty good.
al_the_x 12y ago
I'm leading a totally online Coding Dojo at AirConf, similar to what @caike and I ran at RailsConf 2014: http://youtu.be/d-Yc7XpELRg http://youtu.be/d-Yc7XpELRg
tunghun 12y ago
looks good!
hol 12y ago
Kudos to AirPair, this is a really impressive and extensive lineup. Also, from what I understand (seems a little unclear...), these are interactive workshops not just talks, so I'm very much looking forward to getting involved.
cherylquirion 12y ago
Looking forward to participating! I will be speaking on visualisation techniques for lean startup teams on Aug 8. I think that this is a great way to foster conversations and cultivate new ideas.
basarat 12y ago
BAS here. I am pretty active in the TypeScript community. I'll be discussing JavaScript. I'm going to be talking about `this` and explaining the beauty (and simplicity) of prototype inheritance in JavaScript. It's going to be pretty code focused. I've found this to be the most mis-understood section of JavaScript. Also you'll understand why there is bind/call/apply on function prototypes (how they simplify your code). What's up with `constructor` and the simplicity of `instanceof`.
arafalov 12y ago
I'll be talking about Solr and custom search engines in Week 4 of the conference. Talk title: "Discover Your Inner Search Engine". If there is interest, I will also be talking about Solr vs. ElasticSearch in the interactive part.
antonioribeiro 12y ago
I'll be speaking about Composer packages creation in Laravel, and how to use them to fast decouple everything in your apps.
TheMystic883 12y ago
I think this looks like a really great event. I'm buying a ticket this week!

92 points by obiefernandez 12y ago

I'm speaking about Twilio during AirConf - doing an intro to using Twilio for voice and SMS with your applications for developers who have never used Twilio.

obiefernandez 12y ago

I'm hosting a panel with Chad Pytel the CEO of Thoughtbot, Evan Henshaw-Plath (rabble) CTO of Neo and Mike Mason, CTO of ThoughtWorks, to discuss the future of consulting. If anyone is interested, I wrote up my thoughts on AirConf and why I think it could be the future of tech conferences here: https://medium.com/@obie/a-different-kind-of-tech-conference-ee476c1bac50 https://medium.com/@obie/a-different-kind-of-tech-conference...

johns 12y ago

Looks like a great event. However "first ever" is a specious claim. See http://www.mvcconf.com/ http://www.mvcconf.com/ http://www.aspconf.net/ http://www.aspconf.net/ http://www.dotnetconf.net/ http://www.dotnetconf.net/ Those were inspired by another online-only conference whose name is escaping me.

jeremymcanally 12y ago
I've spoken at 2 other events (one hosted by O'Reilly and I can't remember the other one...), so yeah the "first ever" claim is fairly dishonest.
- obiefernandez 12y ago
  I guess I understand where you're coming from, but I don't think it's dishonest -- those events were much smaller scale and on narrow topics.
  - johns 12y ago
    I think you're underestimating the scope of MvcConf. It was bigger than what you're marketing.
    - obiefernandez 12y ago
      Totally, I get it. FYI we're continuing to add presenters througout August and should be biggest soon.
  - GrinningFool 12y ago
    But you didn't say "largest ever", you said "first ever"...
- joemellin 12y ago
  But was theirs on Air... ? #boom #mindblown
deleted 12y ago
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rentalanimal2 12y ago

Awesome!

joshowens 12y ago

I'm hosting a talk on Meteor.js and what I've learned from my year+ time using it. I am pretty excited and I think the lineup looks amazing!

obiefernandez 12y ago
Is Meteor.js still as hot as it was right after launching? Haven't seen much about it lately. For awhile there I was thinking it might be "the next Ruby on Rails", but then it seemed to drop off the radar. Actually my main recollection from playing with it was that debugging was a bitch.
- joshowens 12y ago
  Debugging is not that hard. It hasn't really dropped off the radar, I just think most people are waiting for the arbitrary 1.0 tag to hit.

kfaustino 12y ago

I'm hosting a talk about Rails 4 going through all the new features as of the 4.1 release. It will be targeted towards people new to Rails and experienced Rails 3 developers. This event has an amazing lineup and I'm looking forward to attending many of the sessions myself.

scottmcleod 12y ago

Looking forward to a few of these

jkresner 12y ago

20% off code for hacker news readers >>> http://airpa.ir/1lgh65g http://airpa.ir/1lgh65g

javiayala 12y ago
Nice!! Thanks
abacornejo 12y ago
great! sounds incredible

javiayala 12y ago

This looks really cool!! I can't wait to hear what some of those guys have to say.

technologit 12y ago

The speaker list actually looks pretty good.

al_the_x 12y ago

I'm leading a totally online Coding Dojo at AirConf, similar to what @caike and I ran at RailsConf 2014: http://youtu.be/d-Yc7XpELRg http://youtu.be/d-Yc7XpELRg

tunghun 12y ago

looks good!

hol 12y ago

Kudos to AirPair, this is a really impressive and extensive lineup. Also, from what I understand (seems a little unclear...), these are interactive workshops not just talks, so I'm very much looking forward to getting involved.

cherylquirion 12y ago

Looking forward to participating! I will be speaking on visualisation techniques for lean startup teams on Aug 8. I think that this is a great way to foster conversations and cultivate new ideas.

basarat 12y ago

BAS here. I am pretty active in the TypeScript community. I'll be discussing JavaScript. I'm going to be talking about `this` and explaining the beauty (and simplicity) of prototype inheritance in JavaScript. It's going to be pretty code focused. I've found this to be the most mis-understood section of JavaScript. Also you'll understand why there is bind/call/apply on function prototypes (how they simplify your code). What's up with `constructor` and the simplicity of `instanceof`.

arafalov 12y ago

I'll be talking about Solr and custom search engines in Week 4 of the conference. Talk title: "Discover Your Inner Search Engine". If there is interest, I will also be talking about Solr vs. ElasticSearch in the interactive part.

antonioribeiro 12y ago

I'll be speaking about Composer packages creation in Laravel, and how to use them to fast decouple everything in your apps.

TheMystic883 12y ago

I think this looks like a really great event. I'm buying a ticket this week!