How to discover your inner superhero

Slides from Port80 Conference in Newport, South Wales on 10th May 2013.

* Don't view slides if you are seeing me talk at WebDevConf in October 2013, as the talks are likely to crossover quite a lot. :)

Transcript

1. How to discover your inner superhero Rachel Shillcock @missrachilli
2. HAI :)
3. who the heck are you?
4. what is a superhero?
5. somebody that possesses "extraordinary or superhuman powers"
10.  everyone can be a superhero
11. why do I care? ❓
12. disclaimer: try to avoid doin this sort of stuff!
13. i was lucky
14. my favourite superheroes
15. Iron Man
16. Robert Downey Jr. http://screencrush.com/iron-man-bond/
17. everyone should actually hate him
18. Chuck Anderson (@nopattern)
19. he inspired me to do what I love ♥
20. the tools of our trade 
21. di ital & phsyical tools 
22. be creative 
23. how to become a superhero
24. learnin 
25. who am I?
26. be practical 
27. what do you do?
28. what ood do you do?
29. what are your ood points?
30. never think you’ve stopped learnin
31. what are your flaws?
32. believe in yourself ⋆
33. don’t be afraid to ask for help
34. make mistakes
35. don’t be afraid to make mistakes
36. children learn more by makin mistakes Scientific American, 2009 www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id= ettin -it-wron
37. mistakes I’ve made
38. 1. Colle e 
39. failure is okay… I failed
40. don’t listen to the noise
41. 2. (Sli htly) more recently…
42. DON’T DO THAT.
43. EVER!
44. what mistakes have you made?
45. reco nise & understand your mistakes 
46. acceptance & rowth
47. 1. Accept your flaws 
48. 2. Understand your stren ths
49. “I’m the best at what I do.” Wolverine
50. “With reat power comes reat responsibility.” Ben Parker
51. what superhero are you oin to be today?
52. 1. Set out to save the world
53. 2. Set out to chan e the world ⚛
54. 3. Overcome your fears 
55. 4. Challen e yourself 
56. 5. How will you help others? 
57. Take steps to…
58. 1. Appreciate
59. 2. Understand
60. 3. Learn
61. 4. Teach
62. And finally?
63. nurture your abilities
64. try, try, try 
65. “I can accept failure, everyone fails at somethin . But I can't accept not tryin .” Michael Jordan
66. pay care & attention ⏳
67. cocoon yourself 
68. you don’t have to be superhuman
69. “I believe there's a hero in all of us, that keeps us honest, ives us stren th, makes us noble, and finally allows us to die with pride, even thou h sometimes we have to be steady, and ive up the thin we want the most. Even our dreams.” Spiderman
70. Thank you! Rachel Shillcock @missrachilli www.rachil.li with thanks to Vic Bell & Symbolset for the icons