SXSW Interactive 2013

A summary of my trip to SXSW, presented to my company

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1. Thursday, April 11, 13
2. Sessions Thursday, April 11, 13
3. Process Scrum for Development and Design The Internet of Things Responsive Web Design Process Thursday, April 11, 13
4. Scrum for Development and Design The team composition is the most important part Always allow time Get the client involved - ideally in-house Thursday, April 11, 13
5. Scrum for Development and Design Don’t attach UX to Scrum Don’t act like a princess Don’t search for one perfect process Thursday, April 11, 13
6. The Internet of Things “When you get brand new technology, you tend to apply it to what you were doing yesterday” Anything can be a connected “device” - even a bus stop pole with a bar code tells a phone how to obtain info about the “device” Thursday, April 11, 13
7. The Internet of Things Thursday, April 11, 13
8. The Internet of Things Bears Thursday, April 11, 13
9. The Internet of Things Bears Bats Thursday, April 11, 13
10. The Internet of Things Bears Bats Battlestar Galactica Thursday, April 11, 13
11. The Internet of Things Bears Bats Bees Thursday, April 11, 13
12. Responsive Web Design Process The flexible layout of the modern web means comps don’t tell the whole story Thursday, April 11, 13
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14. Responsive Web Design Process Design for the small screen first, then grow to fill Get the account team on board before the pitch Focus on figuring out what’s going to need the most attention Thursday, April 11, 13
15. Business-y Stuff Setting up a Development Shop Growth and Responsibility How GitHub Works Thursday, April 11, 13
16. Setting up a Development Shop • Establish the Development Environment • Test Automation • Code Review • Source Control • Continuous Integration • Deployment • Servers • Monitoring and Alerting • Eliminate Single Points of Failure Thursday, April 11, 13
17. Setting up a Development Shop • Establish the Development Environment • Test Automation • Code Review • Source Control • Continuous Integration • Deployment • Servers • Monitoring and Alerting • Eliminate Single Points of Failure Thursday, April 11, 13
18. Growth and Responsibility Things anyone can decide Things select people can decide Things that require consensus Thursday, April 11, 13
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20. Growth and Responsibility Things anyone can decide Things select people can decide Things that require consensus Thursday, April 11, 13
21. Growth and Responsibility Things anyone can decide Things select people can decide Things that require consensus Try to eliminate the third as much as possible Thursday, April 11, 13
22. How GitHub Works Apply the open source model to business Decisions are made by focusing on the fundamental problem at hand Ask why Thursday, April 11, 13
23. Technology Amazon Web Services Natural Language Processing Artificial Intelligence Thursday, April 11, 13
24. Amazon Web Services Hosting for: • Applications • Static files • Data • File storage • Edge caching Thursday, April 11, 13
25. Amazon Web Services AWS SDK for mobile apps CLI for easier automation Elastic Beanstalk Thursday, April 11, 13
26. Natural Language Processing What does “I made her duck” mean? Thursday, April 11, 13
27. Natural Language Processing • I cooked waterfowl for her benefit (to eat) • I cooked waterfowl belonging to her • I created the plastic duck she owns • I made sure she got her head down Thursday, April 11, 13
28. Natural Language Processing Spam Filtering Siri IBM’s Watson Social Trend Monitoring Thursday, April 11, 13
29. Artificial Intelligence AI is about merging the behavior of humans with the behavior of machines Context is key Good AI is an assistant Thursday, April 11, 13
30. Artificial Intelligence AI will become a commonly found layer in applications Thursday, April 11, 13
31. Thinking The Best Interface is No Interface Technology, Imagination & Exponential Thinking Open Web Platform: Hopes and Fears Thursday, April 11, 13
32. The Best Interface is No Interface User experience is more than just a UI (applies to physical and virtual) When you get the interface right, you stop thinking about it UI can be a backup for antipating the user’s needs Thursday, April 11, 13
33. Technology, Imagination & Exponential Thinking Thursday, April 11, 13
34. Technology, Imagination & Exponential Thinking “We should see technology as an exoskeleton, as our second skin.” Thursday, April 11, 13
35. Technology, Imagination & Exponential Thinking “Matter is becoming a programmable medium.” Thursday, April 11, 13
36. Technology, Imagination & Exponential Thinking “If you don’t have ADD, you’re not paying attention.” Thursday, April 11, 13
37. Technology, Imagination & Exponential Thinking “Google isn’t replacing our mind, it’s becoming part of our mind.” Thursday, April 11, 13
38. Open Web Platform: Hopes and Fears Use the least powerful language you can to build interconnected systems Declarative languages like HTML are safe, while procedural languages are powerful Learn to code Thursday, April 11, 13
39. Open Web Platform: Hopes and Fears “The web should be a place where everybody’s half-formed ideas come together to solve problems.” Thursday, April 11, 13
40. Trade Show Thursday, April 11, 13
41. Most Popular at the Trade Show • Social Trend Monitoring • Ad Hoc Social Communities • Social Decision Making • Hosting Companies • Local Event/Attraction Apps Thursday, April 11, 13
42. New at the Trade Show • Natural Language Processing as a Service • Replacement for Passwords • 3D Printing • Telepresence Robots Thursday, April 11, 13
43. 3D Printing Thursday, April 11, 13
44. Telepresence Robots Thursday, April 11, 13
45. Around Town Thursday, April 11, 13
46. Fitbit - Thursday Thursday, April 11, 13
47. Fitbit - Friday Thursday, April 11, 13
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49. Fitbit - Sunday Thursday, April 11, 13
50. Fitbit - Monday Thursday, April 11, 13
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