Are you looking for a speaker for your user group in the Atlanta area? I’m available to speak on mobile development, web development, or how to adjust the valves on a 1960s Volkswagen Type 1 air cooled engine.
Upcoming Events
Previous Events
Preparing Your iPhone and iPad Apps for visionOS
November 3, 2023 @ 6:00p
Global XR Conference
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The Vision Pro is coming and if your iPhone and iPad apps are currently in the App Store, they’ll be available to install from day one! Most apps should “just work” but in this session we’ll drill down into the code to see what changes you can make to have your app look and perform its best in this new environment. While we obviously can’t try the device out yet, we’ll run on a simulator and see how our changes affect our app. Examples will be given in SwiftUI but you’ll be able to follow along if you’re familiar with any of the various mobile frameworks.
During the Global XR Conference 2023 I also moderated these three sessions:
How to visualize your AR idea by rapid prototyping
Immersive training: Decision making in Domestic Violence situations
Touch the Intangible – Can you feel the digital world?
Exploring Mixed Reality
December 8, 2022 @ 7:00p
Atlanta Intelligent Devices User Group
Improving, 11675 Rainwater Drive, Alpharetta, GA
We’ll explore a high level overview of AR / VR / MR and discuss what it can be used for today, what practical applications it might have for tomorrow, and if this meta verse thing is all just hype. We’ll dive into more depth showing how to create a Unity application with Spatial Anchors on the Meta Quest Pro.
Curious about Flutter?
June 29, 2020 @ 7:00p
Microsoft Atlanta .Net User Group
Microsoft, 1125 Sanctuary Pkwy, Alpharetta, GA
https://www.meetup.com/Atlanta-Net-User-Group/events/267836439
Google’s Flutter has reached a stable ‘version 1’ release and can be used for iOS, Android, even web or desktop apps. But what is this odd framework and why would you choose it over React Native or Xamarin? We’ll explore what Flutter offers and how it differs from other mobile frameworks. We’ll dig into a bit of code and see how easy it is to get started with a mobile app and even animations.
This event was help virtually as Microsoft’s offices were closed due to Corona. It was recorded and is available on the Atlanta DotNet YouTube channel here:
Xamarin - Beyond the Basics
November 14, 2019 @ 6:30p
GGMUG
Gwinnett Technical College, 5150 Sugarloaf Pkwy, Lawrenceville, GA
https://www.meetup.com/Gwinnett-Microsoft-Users-Group/events/266384479/
In this talk I’ll cover some topics that come up when building and deploying mobile applications in Xamarin - CICD pipelines, multiple test environments, dealing with multiple languages and accessibility compliance.
AWS Lambda
January 10, 2019 @ 7p
GGMUG
Gwinnett Technical College, 5150 Sugarloaf Pkwy, Lawrenceville, GA
Kevin Gandy will present on .NET Standard and I will present on AWS Lambda. For Lambda I’ll cover how to quickly create a function and then we’ll go into a more in-depth serverless example.
Side Projects for Fun and Profit
November 8, 2018 @ 7p
GGMUG
Gwinnett Technical College, 5150 Sugarloaf Pkwy, Lawrenceville, GA
We’ll explore how to choose software projects that you work on outside of work hours. Topics will include deciding on frameworks, contributing to open source, projects that can make money, and balancing work, projects, and life. This will be a high level talk with plenty of discussion.
React Native User Authentication with Amazon AWS Cognito
September 15, 2018 @ 9a
ATL Code Camp
Kennesaw State University, 1100 S Marietta Pkwy , Marietta,GA 30060
We’ll start with a blank slate and create a new React Native app and a new Amazon AWS account. I’ll show the complete end to end of React Native user authentication so you can follow along if you are new to React Native or just want to know how to add authentication to your existing app.
React Native User Authentication with Amazon AWS Cognito
September 13, 2018 @ 7p
GGMUG
Gwinnett Technical College, 5150 Sugarloaf Pkwy, Lawrenceville, GA
We’ll start with a blank slate and create a new React Native app and a new Amazon AWS account. I’ll show the complete end to end of React Native user authentication so you can follow along if you are new to React Native or just want to know how to add authentication to your existing app.
Northbrook Middle School STEM Day
May 10, 2018 @ 10am & 11am
GCPS
Northbrook Middle School
Xamarin vs Phone Gap White Paper [Publication]
November 18, 2015 @
Magenic
Myself, Kevin Ford, and Ken Ross built an application twice (source code available at GitHub.com/Magenic/WhitepaperPerformance) once in Xamarin and once in PhoneGap. The white paper discusses the pros and cons of each platform as well as the performance metrics we saw from each when hitting the same Azure back end.
Into to Cordova and Ionic
March 4, 2015 @ 12:30p
Magenic
Magenic, Alpharetta
Hybrid Mobile App Workshop
March 3, 2015 @ 7:00p
Microsoft Atlanta .Net User Group
Microsoft, 1125 Sanctuary Pkwy, Alpharetta, GA
Android and iOS Development With Microsoft Multi-Device Hybrid Apps
September 11, 2014 @ 6:30p
GGMUG
Gwinnett Technical College, Building 100, Room 707