Potential Topics
I'm working on Q3/Q4 talks now, please reach out if you are interested in having me speak at your event!
Developer Relations and Experience (DX):
- Intersection of Product and Developer Relations
- Empathy in Developer Relations and Documentation
- Introductory topics around developer experience
- Documentation strategy
- Why Your Documentation is Losing Your Users
Operations:
- Glue Code and the Developer/Operator Experience
- Human-in-the-Loop Automation
- Building Better Runbooks
APIs:
- The Changing API Consumers Landscape
- OpenAPI Specification (Design, Mocking, Contract Testing, etc.)
Previous Speaking Engagements
Stressing systems in the new world panel, DevOpsDays Seattle, May, 2021
Opening Keynote: Glue Work Makes the Dream Work, DevOpsDays Texas, March, 2021
Why Humans Are Critical to Automation, Puppetize Digital, Online, 2020
Human-in-the-Loop DevOps, All Day DevOps, November, 2020
Human-in-the-Loop Automation, Cisco DevNet Create, Online, 2020
Human-in-the-Loop Automation with Datadog, Dash, Online, 2020
MLH Fellowship Chat on Working Remotely, Online, 2020
Human-in-the-Loop DevOps, Failover Conf, Online, 2020
The Power of APIs, Open Austin November General Meeting, Austin, TX, 2019
Keynote Panel: The Future of API Specifications, API Specifications Conference, Vancouver, BC, 2019
Going to Infinity and Beyond Documentation with OpenAPI, API City, Seattle, WA, 2019
Breaking Down Barriers to "Hello World," DevRelCon, San Francisco, CA, 2019
Collaboratively Building Design-First APIs with OpenAPI, GlueCon, Broomfield, CO, 2019
Going to Infinity and Beyond Documentation with OpenAPI, Longhorn PHP Conference, Austin, TX, 2019
theCube Interview at DevNet Create, Mountain View, CA, 2019
Going to Infinity and Beyond Documentation with OpenAPI, DevNet Create, Mountain View, CA 2019
How We Fail Developers, Write the Docs ATX, Austin, TX, 2019
The New Stack Makers: Discussing Microservices and APIs, OSCON, Portland, OR, 2018
What is Contract Testing?, API City, Bremerton, WA, 2018
Better API testing with the OpenAPI Specification, OSCON, Portland, OR, 2018
Going to Infinity and Beyond Documentation with OpenAPI, DevXcon, San Francisco, CA, 2018
Going to Infinity and Beyond Documentation with OpenAPI (for technical writers), API the Docs, Paris, France, 2018
Empathy, 5 Minutes to...Share Something Awesome! by RetailMeNot, Austin, TX, 2018
Things I Wish People Told Me About Writing Docs, API Strategy & Practice Conference, Portland, OR, 2017
Breaking Down Barriers to "Hello World," AlterConf, Austin, TX, 2017
Five Things I Wish I Knew in College, Hack the Hood meetup, San Francisco, CA, 2016
Exploring Privilege in Open Source Communities, OSCON UK, 2016
Keynote Panel: API Consumption Panel, API Strategy & Practice Conference, Austin, TX, 2015
Building Community with Developer Love, API Strategy & Practice Conference, Austin, TX, 2015
Various Intro to Event Data and Analytics Workshops, e.g. Talkabot meetup, 2015 - 2017
Stuff You Don’t Need, Hackcon, San Francisco, CA, 2015
Introduction to Web Development, University of MAD: The Annual Student Developer Conference, Austin, TX, 2014 - 2015
Open Hackathon Data, Hackcon, 2014
Running an Inclusive Hackathon, Hackcon, 2013