YOW! Tag

No food reviews here I'm afraid

This year I was incredibly lucky to score a coveted ticket to YOW! in beautiful Melbourne. I was also asked to be a track host for a couple of sessions, so that was quite an honour too. This post is a whirlwind wrap-up of the conference, and only includes my favourite talks from the two day event. If you're hoping to hear detailed reviews on how the coffee/food/WiFi/venue was, then you'll be greatly disappointed (it was all great BTW).
01 December, 2017 /

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  Shine's very own Pablo Caif will be rocking the stage at the very first YOW! Data conference in Sydney. The conference will be running over two days (22-23 Sep) and is focused big data, analytics, and machine learning. Pablo will give his presentation on Google BigQuery,...

31 August, 2016 /

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The YOW! 2015 Developer Conference in Melbourne took place a few weeks ago, and once again the organisers did a splendid job curating a selection of both international and local speakers (including Shine's very own Ben Teese). There were also delicious meals and glorious developer fuel (a.k.a coffee) to keep the energy going strong between the amazing talks. This year's conference felt like it featured a wider variety of topics compared to previous years; headlining were Mobile development, Lean and Agile, Performance Testing, Software Architecture and Design, Big Data, Cloud Platforms, and DevOps. There was one topic however that took the crown and was presented with an overwhelming sense of urgency and importance: Microservices. We had talks from big players such as Facebook, Uber, ThoughtWorks and Netflix, each giving an insight on how they are using microservices and how nearly everything they have done is a microservice (Over 1000 services!). It is safe to say that it was this year's favourite buzz word.
24 December, 2015 /

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Shine is super proud to announce that senior consultant Ben Teese (@benteese) will be speaking at the YOW! Conference being held in Melbourne on the 3rd and 4th of December 2015. Ben will actually be co-presenting this one with Sam Ritchie (@FakeSamRitchie), an iOS developer from Perth. Sam will be talking about ReactiveCocoa,...

26 October, 2015 /

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YOW Conference 2013

As a first-time attendee I wasn't quite sure what to expect from YOW! 2013. Seeing the range of speakers scheduled to be part of this, and having heard some good comments from previous years' participants, I jumped at the opportunity to be there. It feels good being surrounded by peers that share similar passions to yourself.  Attending regular local meetups I've realized how much can be learned by simply sharing knowledge gained through experiences.  It was great to see some of the folks that help organize these recurrent local events getting involved and lending a hand at larger events like YOW!  Kudos to them! In this post I will discuss some of the themes and talks that were of particular interest to me.

24 December, 2013 /

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yow2012logocitieslarge This year was my first attendance at the YOW! Conference, and I am very happy I was able to go. The conference was well-organised with great speakers and thought-provoking presentations. Fascinating to me was that several themes recurred in different presentations at YOW!, with each speaker giving it a unique angle. Watching several presentations from different experts in this conference setting lent itself to a meta-analysis of these themes. One that I found particularly interesting is risk management for software projects; specifically, how development processes can help businesses manage the risks.
03 December, 2012 /

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