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These days I particularly enjoy speaking with highschool students about technology careers.
Dublin Karrer Middle School, May 2025
I spent May 20, 2025 at Dublin Karrer Middle School serving as a member of the 8th grade Shark Tank panel. The students pitched their ideas to the panel in front of their classmates, and while there was only one winner, they all did a fantastic job.
Dublin Karrer Middle School, April 2025
I spent April 14-17, 2025 at Dublin Karrer Middle School serving as a guest speaker in the Creative Mindsets program. We used several cutting-edge AI tools (Cursor, Gemini Deep Research, NotebookLM, Suno) to perform market research, build a marketing website, build a Chrome extension, and generate marketing material for a new product.
Expedient Conference Center, Indianapolis, September 2024
On September 9, 2024 I had the honor of sitting on an AI panel at the Goodwill Executive Summit AI conference.
Ripley, West Virginia High School, January 2024.
On January 8, 2024 I spoke to the students of Ripley High School about the many career opportunities available in the technology industry.
Dublin City Schools Emerald Campus, April 2023.
On April 5, 2024 I joined a panel of area professionals to discuss the many career opportunities available in various local businesses
Dublin City Schools Emerald Campus, April 2023.
On April 11, 2024 I spoke to the Computer Science students of the Dublin City Schools Emerald Campus about the many career opportunities available in the technology industry, and the impact of AI on tech jobs.
May, 2025
I had a great time talking with Sonatafy CEO Steve Taplin about my Commodore 64, book writing, AI, No-code technologies, and what it means to be a CTO.
September 2022
A fun podcast with Charles Cormier about my career, my time at Treehouse, and my thoughts on the future of technology.
September 2022
A wide ranging conversation about Treehouse, Ohio State, and my favorite movie of all time.
Codestory podcast, July 2022
This was a fun conversation with Noah Labhart about my time at Treehouse.
May 2019
I joined host Matt Groves to discuss using DreamFactory to generate and manage database-backed APIs.
August 2018
This was a fun discussion with Frontmatter host Len Epps about various projects I've worked on, as well as about what was at the time my latest book, Easy Laravel 5.