These are the speaking engagements I have had in the past, including mainly conferences but also some podcasts, user-group meetings, etc.:
| Year | Conference | Where | Topic(s) | Link(s) | Mins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Heapcon | Belgrade, Serbia | Mutants | slides+ | 35 |
| 2024 | Code BEAM Europe | Berlin, Germany | ACRUMEN | slides+ | 41 |
| 2024 | Toastmasters District 29 Area 22 Online Speech Contest |
Online | ACRUMEN | slides, video | 6 |
| 2024 | Red Dot Ruby Conference | Singapore | Genetic Algos | slides+ | 30 |
| 2024 | JNation | Coimbra, Portugal | Genetic Algos | slides, video | 47 |
| 2024 | Toptal Talent Conference | Online | ACRUMEN | slides+ | 40 |
| 2024 | Software Quality Days | Vienna, Austria | Mutants | slides* | 21 |
| 2024 | XtremePython | Online | Mutants | slides, video | 50 |
| 2024 | PyCon Lithuania | Vilnius, Lithuania | Mutants | slides, video | 23 |
| 2023 | GambiConf | São Paulo, Brazil | Genaver | slides, video | 25 |
| In Portuguese! | |||||
| 2023 | Build Stuff | Vilnius, Lithuania | Mutants | slides, video | 35 |
| 2023 | Build Stuff "Appetizer" | Vilnius, Lithuania | ACRUMEN | slides* | 20 |
| Last talk, so sort of "Closing Keynote" ;-) | |||||
| 2023 | OĻe\n (Open) Conf | Athens, Greece | Genetic Algos | slides, video | 35 |
| 2023 | Blipz on the Radar | Utrecht, Netherlands | Mutants | slides* | 45 |
| 2023 | NDC Oslo | Oslo, Norway | Genetic Algos | slides, video | 45 |
| 2023 | TEQnation | Utrecht, Netherlands | Genetic Algos | slides, video | 45 |
| 2023 | J on the Beach | MƔlaga, Spain | Genetic Algos | slides, video | 30 |
| 2023 | PyCon US | Salt Lake City, UT, USA | Mutants | slides, video | 30 |
| 2023 | Frontrunners DC | Arlington, VA, USA | ACRUMEN | slides, video | 23 |
| 2023 | THAT Conference | Austin, TX, USA | Genetic Algos | slides* | 60 |
| 2022 | Central Texas Mensa Monthly Speaker Meeting |
Online (to Austin, TX, USA) | Mead | none | ~50 |
| 2022 | TechBash | Pocono Manor, PA, USA | Mutants | slides* | ~50 |
| 2022 | Nerdear.LA | Online (to Buenos Aires, Argentina) | Genetic Algos | repo, video | 30 |
| 2022 | Voxxed Days Athens | Athens, Greece | Mutants | slides, video | 41 |
| 2022 | GambiConf EU | Lisbon, Portugal | Mutants | slides, video | 29 |
| 2022 | MWM RG 2022 (Metropolitan Washington Mensa Regional Gathering) |
Reston, VA, USA | Mead | video | 62 |
| 2022 | THAT Conference | Wisconsin Dells, WI, USA | Mutants | slides* | |
| 2022 | NDC Melbourne | Melbourne, Australia | Mutants | slides, video | 50 |
| 2022 | Code BEAM Europe | Stockholm, Sweden | Mutants | slides, video | 41 |
| 2022 | ACCU (Ass'n of C/C++ Users) |
Bristol, UK | Mutants | slides, video | 70 |
| 2021 | Polyglot Podcast, released 2021-12-01 |
Online | ACRUMEN and other software quality |
audio, transcript | 44 |
| 2021 | Scenic City Summit | Online (to Chattanooga, TN, USA) | Mutants | slides+ | ~40? |
| 2021 | Scenic City Summit | Online (to Chattanooga, TN, USA) | ACRUMEN | slides+ | ~40? |
| 2021 | Code Europe Warsaw | Warsaw, Poland | Mutants | slides+ | ~55? |
| 2021 | Code Europe Gdansk | Gdansk, Poland | Mutants | slides+ | ~55? |
| 2021 | Kansas City Developer Conference (KCDC) |
Kansas City, MO, USA | Mutants | slides* | |
| 2020 | NDC Sydney | Online, darnit! (to Sydney, Australia) | Mutants | slides, video | 52 |
| 2020 | DevTalks Bucharest / Reimagined |
Online, dagnabit! (to Bucharest, Romania) | Mutants | video | 31 |
| 2020 | Ruby Rogues Podcast | Online | Mutants | audio | 68 |
| 2020 | JSConf Hawai'i | Waikiki, HI, USA | Mutants | slides, video | 22 |
| 2019 | RubyConf | Nashville, TN, USA | Mutants | video | 39 |
| 2019 | Little Rock Tech Fest | Little Rock, AR, USA | ACRUMEN | video | 45 |
| (Sorry for the bad audio, they don't record, so it's from my phone on a tripod, and slightly cleaned up) | |||||
| 2019 | Heartland Devconf | Omaha, NE, USA | Mutants | video | 44 |
| (recorded on my phone, since they don't record sessions) | |||||
| 2019 | Maintainable Software Podcast |
Online | ACRUMEN | audio | 44 |
| 2019 | Elixir Remote Meetup (September) |
Online | Mutants and Prepending |
video | 45 |
| 2019 | Ruby on Rails Podcast | Pittsburgh, PA, USA | Mutants | audio | 24 |
| (My first podcast!) | |||||
| 2019 | Abstractions II | Pittsburgh, PA, USA | Mutants | (none) | |
| (They recorded it but messed it up) | |||||
| 2019 |
American Mensa's Annual Gathering |
Phoenix, AZ, USA | ACRUMEN | (none*) | 75! |
| (Again, more aimed at feedback than teaching, taking advantage of their long timeslots (and big brains)) | |||||
| 2019 | Software Process Advancement |
London, UK | ACRUMEN | (none*) | 150! |
| (Aimed mainly at discussing and perfecting it, not so much teaching it) | |||||
| 2019 | NDC Oslo | Oslo, Norway | Mutants | video | 60 |
| (My first delivery of this talk, not very good) | |||||
| 2019 | Nova Codecamp | Reston, VA, USA | ACRUMEN | video | 60 |
| (Another one where they don't record so it was just my phone on a tripod) | |||||
| 2019 | Codecamp ChiČinÄu, by Codecamp Romania |
ChiČinÄu, Moldova | ACRUMEN | (none*) | |
| 2018 | Devconf Poland | Krakow, Poland | ACRUMEN | slides, video | 37 |
| (My very first conference talk, so not very well done, sorry!) | |||||
| 2018 | assorted DC-area Meetups | Washington, DC, USA area | ACRUMEN | (none) | |
| 2018 | ElixirConf | Bellevue, WA, USA | ACRUMEN | video | 5 |
| 2018 | RubyNation | Arlington, VA, USA | ACRUMEN | slides | |
| (as BACKUP speaker; didn't actually get to speak) | |||||
| 2017 | RubyConf | New Orleans, LA, USA | ACRUMEN | video | 5 |
| 2014 | assorted DC-area Meetups | Washington, DC, USA area | Ruby Gotchas | slides | ~45 |
| 1990s to Now |
Metro Washington Mensa's Regional Gathering |
Washington, DC, USA area | spam-protection, and non-tech topics |
(none) | 30-45 |
*These conferences donāt record sessions, and I didnāt either.
+These conferences recorded, but havenāt yet released it.
Also, I was one of the co-organizers of TDDConf 2021, the very first international test-driven development conference, and appeared briefly on-screen to introduce speakers and fill time.Ā I was also the sole organizer of Ruby DAYCamp (no website) 2013, a semi-impromptu āoverflowā event for those who applied too late for Ruby DCamp (defunct, site gone).