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We all want to be better persons in a better world with better technology, but that means we have to become active. This is not easy, especially when our technology does not have [...]

As technologists we're always ready to fire up our IDE, Photoshop, or Illustrator and start something new, to build a better mouse trap, to connect dog-owners with dog-walkers. We build and build and [...]

Use technology to make the world a better place. Sounds good, right? But where to start and what good can we possibly do with very limited resources? At Hack The Planet, this is [...]

The world is changing rapidly and we all have to change our behaviour. Be more aware of what we are doing with this planet and act to preserve this planet. There are a [...]

"Very few of the best apps and services in the world were created by a single person. So if we want to be a part of the next great product, why wouldn't we [...]

The latest advances in developer tools and programming languages can make us much more efficient as software engineers. But more efficient at what? We need to know that what we're building is something [...]

Go on an adventure to the African rainforest. You will learn how we help rangers protect endangered species using technology. I can already tell you one thing. Getting hardware and real-time communication to [...]

Mobile really hit it off since the launch of the iPhone, and many believe the future of mobile is already here. I think it has merely begun. In the future of mobile, the [...]

"We're looking for passionate programmers!" says the job ad. For a love-in or a development role? 'Passion' is used to evoke single-mindedness, drive and intensity, but it also has many other meanings, surely [...]

The era of brogramming is dead, and nothing of value was lost. In its place we're entering an era where developers must learn to accept ethical and moral responsibility for the software we [...]

Sebastiaan de With is an ex-Apple designer with many projects under his belt. To close out Appdevcon, he will walk you through an inspirational series of mistakes and failures that defined his life [...]

Ash Furrow has years of experience in the open source community – as both a contributor and a maintainer – as well as within the iOS software industry. Come listen to him discuss [...]

You’ve been on that big, complicated project where management is using one methodology or another to determine to decide what you’re working on. What if you were in charge? What if you had [...]

Smaller houses require less heating. Smaller apps require less time to get aquainted with. In this talk we will walk together through the advantages of a small team, a small product, a small [...]

The world is full of pretty products that aren’t very functional. While customers may be initially attracted to those shiny objects, in the long run, if a product is an empty shell, it [...]