How to Discover Your Inner Superhero: WebDevConf 2013

Talk given at WebDevConf on 18th October 2013 in Bristol, UK.

Transcript

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