Speaking

Here is a selection of decks and recordings from my public speaking activity. I sometimes speak at tech meetups and user groups, and rarely at conferences. I also like to go out to schools and technology fairs to advocate STEM careers and increase participation by girls, underrepresented minorities, and special needs children.

React Fiber

Dublin, Ireland, Wednesday 22 February 2017

An overview of React Fiber, 5 min lightning talk for the ReactJS Dublin meetup of February 22nd 2017, kindly hosted by Hubspot.

Mostly based on the hangout hosted by Kent C. Dodds with Andrew Clark and Dan Abramov, as well as Andrew's Fiber architecture overview.

Intro to JSX Build with Browserify and Webpack

Dublin, Ireland, Wednesday 25 November 2015

My talk at the first ReactJS Dublin meetup hosted by Hubspot at the Spencer hotel, Dublin, on November 25, 2015.

The talk covers JSX fundamentals, the compilation transform, the Babel compiler, and its integration with popular build and workflow tools: Browserify, Webpack, and Gulp.

Social Connections VI – IBM Connections Extensions and Themes Demystified

Prague, Czech Republic, Tuesday 17 June 2014

My deck on IBM Connections Extensions and Themes presented at the Social Connections VI event in Prague, 16-17 June 2014.

Social Connections is an IBM Connections user group with a strong focus on social collaboration technology, aimed at both existing and prospective customers and partners, and at individuals with both business and technical perspectives, meeting twice annually across USA and Europe.

Smart Futures - Engineers Ireland

Dublin, Ireland, Monday 28 March 2011

My talk on engineering careers given at a secondary school in Ballsbridge, Dublin during Engineers Week 2011.

I volunteered for Engineers Ireland to go to schools and talk to pupils about the profession of the engineer, telling my story and background, in order to introduce more students to Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) college subjects.

It was fun! I had lots of questions by pupils. I'd recommend it to everyone. Also a great chance for me to understand what I do and why, in order to explain it to others :-)