Distill

Exploring the art and science behind inspired applications

8 – 9 August 2013

United States San Francisco in United States

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Our vision for Distill is simple: to create an inspiring forum for developers of all types to share their knowledge, experiences and philosophies in unique surroundings. We are also pleased to welcome experts from a variety of fields outside of programming and technology, including game design, academia and artisanal cuisine.

In addition to an awesome lineup of keynote speakers, the conference thrives on participation from a community of forward-thinking developers. This is your conference!

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27 speakers

The Konstantin @konstantinhaase
EliW @EliW Managing Editor: php|architect magazine
Matteo Collina @matteocollina Code Pirate and Ph.D. Student
David Hendee @schowt Director of Design, Carbon Five
Kerri Miller @kerrizor Software Developer
Richard Watson @richwatson
Eamon Leonard @EamonLeonard
Richard Rodger @rjrodger Co-founder at nearform.com

Brent Bushnell @brentbushnell CEO of Two Bit Circus
James Whelton @jwhelton Co-Founder CoderDojo
rands @rands Director of Engineering Palantir
Nolan K Bushnell @NolanBushnell Founder Atari, Chuck E. Cheese
Ana Nelson @ananelson Creator Dexy
Ed Finkler @funkatron Partner Fictive Kin
Elise Worthy @eliseworthy Founder Brandworthy
Hampton Catlin @hcatlin VP of Technology Moovweb

Jessica Lynn Suttles @jlsuttles Software Engineer G5
Jim Weirich @jimweirich Chief Scientist Neo
jinabolton @jina Designer Do
Joe Drumgoole @jdrumgoole VP of Product Management FeedHenry
John Mertic @jmertic Solutions Architect SugarCRM
John K. Paul @johnkpaul Lead Architect Conde Nast
Matthew Weier O'Phinney @mwop Project Lead Zend Framework
Patti Chan @pattichan Director of Project Management Intridea

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Coverage of Distill

Making things that works with us by Matteo Collina at Distill

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Death to Cookies by The Konstantin at Distill

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32 sessions

Day 1 from 10am to 6pm Thursday 8th August 2013

8:30am Breakfast and Registration
10:00am Keynote: Brent and Nolan Bushnell

presented by Nolan K Bushnell and Brent Bushnell
11:00am Realigning and Refactoring UI

presented by jinabolton
11:00am Ruby On Robots Using Artoo: A New Platform For Robotics, Physical Computing, and the Real World Web

presented by Ron Evans
11:45am Open Sourcing Mental Illness

presented by Ed Finkler
11:45am Connascence Examined

presented by Jim Weirich
12:30pm Lunch & Lawn Games
2:00pm Keynote: James Whelton

presented by James Whelton
3:00pm History of Women in Programming

presented by Jessica Lynn Suttles and Elise Worthy
3:00pm Anti-Spam & Anti-Gaming Tactics

presented by EliW
3:45pm Smitten Ice Cream Break
4:15pm FAILURE FOR FUN AND PROFIT!

presented by Kerri Miller
4:15pm Four Web Technologies You Should be Looking at Now!

presented by John Mertic
5:00pm Lightning Talks
8:00pm Kickoff Party: Moonshine

Day 2 from 10am to 6pm Friday 9th August 2013

8:30am Breakfast
10:00am Keynote: Michael Lopp
11:00am Death to Cookies

presented by The Konstantin
11:00am Fitter! Happier! Chart your team's health with Fitbit, Github, and R

presented by Patti Chan
11:45am Implementing Programmer Anarchy

presented by Fred George
11:45am Function and Dysfunction in Engineering-Driven Cultures

presented by Shanley Kane
12:30pm Lunch & Lawn Games
1:30pm Leaner, Meaner Design

presented by David Hendee
1:30pm Making things that works with us

presented by Matteo Collina
2:15pm How to Write Big Apps

presented by Richard Rodger
2:15pm Full Stack Documentation: A holistic approach to documentation, testing, development and deployment.

presented by Ana Nelson
3:00pm Break
3:30pm Designing Cloud Aware Applications

presented by Richard Watson
3:30pm Hampton's 6 Rules of Mobile Design

presented by Hampton Catlin
4:15pm JavaScript - The Real Bad Parts

presented by John K. Paul
4:15pm Beautiful Software

presented by Matthew Weier O'Phinney
5:00pm Fireside Chat

in more detail

View the full schedule on Lanyrd

Venues

The Winery
Treasure Island, 200 California Avenue, Bldg 180 North (map)
The Old Mint
88 5th St, San Francisco (map)

The After-Party will be held here on the evenoing of August 8