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Creative Career Day

Creative Career Day

Presentation for Creative Career Day for high school students. Delivered on August 10, 2016.

Ray Hightower

August 10, 2016
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  1. Creative Career Day
    Chicago, IL, USA
    Wednesday, August 10, 2016
    Design
    Development
    Business
    Web
    {
    + IoT

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  2. RayHightower.com

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  3. Design
    Development
    Business
    Web
    {

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  4. Design is not just
    what [a product]
    looks like and feels
    like. Design is how it
    works.
    -Steve Jobs

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  5. Responsive Design

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  10. User Experience Design
    (UXD)

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  11. It just works.

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  12. http://venomousporridge.com/post/53373498588/look-and-feel

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  13. http://venomousporridge.com/post/53373498588/look-and-feel

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  14. http://map.ipviking.com/

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  16. A user interface is like
    a joke. If you have to
    explain it, then it’s not
    that good.

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  17. Design
    Development
    Business
    Web
    {

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  18. Ruby on Rails

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  19. Why Ruby on Rails?

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  20. Why Ruby on Rails?

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  21. Why Ruby on Rails?
    •More work.
    •In less time.
    •With fewer errors.

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  22. Design
    Development
    Business
    Web
    {

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  23. Opportunities exist
    throughout the nooks and
    crannies of our economy.


    Be the tweezers.

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  25. Kenya,
    IoT,
    & M-Pesa

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  31. Sent.

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  32. Meizu
    Android Phone
    w/8 cores!!!

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  34. “I thought if I can't go
    to the hacker school,
    let me try to bring
    the school to me.”
    @NjeriChelimo

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  35. “I thought if I can't go
    to the hacker school,
    let me try to bring the
    school to me.” 

    -@NjeriChelimo

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  36. If it’s a good idea,
    go ahead and do it.
    It’s much easier to
    apologize than to
    ask for permission.
    -Grace Hopper

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  37. What’s next?

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  38. Design
    Development
    Business
    Web
    {
    + IoT

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  39. Gartner Hype Cycle
    Image by Jeremy Kemp
    https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gartner_Hype_Cycle.svg

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  46. Dr. Mae Jemison

    http://www.drmae.com

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  47. http://www.redicecreations.com/article.php?id=18148

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  48. Start here.
    Start now.

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  49. Start with a
    project that you
    care about.

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  50. Learn how
    to learn.
    Try stuff.
    Break stuff.

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  53. http://www.hdwallpapersinn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/2013-Lamborghini-Gallardo-Lp-570-4.jpg

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  54. http://www.caranddriver.com/news/lamborghini-aventador-lp720-4-50-anniversario-photos-and-info-news

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  55. http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/exotic/1312_2015_lamborghini_huracan_first_look/

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  56. http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/exotic/1312_2015_lamborghini_huracan_first_look/

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  57. Design
    Development
    Business
    Web
    {
    Thanks!
    RayHightower.com
    + IoT

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