SPEAKING

I've given talks for small intimate audiences that fit into large conference rooms, as well as 5000-person developer events to 70,000 attendee festivals.

My talks cover the gamut from product design, user experience, social media, startups, technology, society and culture, media, the future, human behavior and relationships, and more.

I've put together workshops and other consulting programs for startups, small companies & enterprises, banks (including the Federal Reserve and American Express).

Photo credit: Christian Heilmann

Photo credit: Christian Heilmann

Past Events

I have been speaking publicly since 2004. My first talk was on open source and citizen activism, but I’ve come a long way since then. I’ve participated in over 100 speaking engagements (presentations, panels, workshops, and live Q&A) in dozens of cities over the world, including two TEDx events, SXSW, Google I/O, Microsoft’s Future Decoded, and more.

You can see some of my past presentations on SpeakerDeck, Colliq, and Slideshare.

A SMALL SELECTION OF PAST TALKS

Why Invent the Hashtag?

Sep 2019 • Draper University

The Technology of Better Humans

Mar 2019 • TEDxBend

The Unlikely Lesson from Inventing the Hashtag

Nov 2018 • TEDxIzhevsk

Lessons from the death of the PC

Lessons from the Death of the PC

September 2017 • Web Directions Summit


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