This was my first time attending Android Dev Summit in person. It was great to come to California and reconnect with many of my Android friends. I put together a few highlights below.
Android Dev Summit 2019 Recap
Droidcon NYC 2017 Recap
This was my second time attending and speaking at the Droidcon NYC Conference. In 2015, my first conference talk was at this event. It was great to get back to New York and reconnect with many I met a few years ago. I put together a few highlights of what took place below:
DroidCon Boston 2017 Recap
This was the first year for the DroidCon Boston Conference. I put together a few highlights of the event below:
Venue
It took place at the Calderwood Pavilion in Boston, MA. It was such a cool space. It’s typically used for theater performances, so the rooms were lush and vibrant in color. As a speaker you felt like a Shakespearean actor about to break into soliloquy. It was absolutely awesome! There was great music playing in the background and live entertainment as well. This conference hit all the high notes that one would expect from a first-class event.
Ted is playing the keytar at the entrance of @droidconbos! #droidconbos #droidcon pic.twitter.com/YO6UOhOPK8
— Tyler Nappy (@tylernappy) April 10, 2017
Conference Speaking One Year Later: Every Single Thing I’ve Learned
I started speaking at Technical Conferences a year ago and I’ve learned so many things since then. Things about the process of putting on a conference, choosing speakers, writing talks, crafting slides, interacting with the audience, and more.
I’ve never had a fear of public speaking per se; yet I just felt like I didn’t know “enough” to get up in front of dozens of people and share what “little” I did know. A few wonderful women in the Android Community helped me come to my senses and realize that I did have “something to say”. Not only that, what I wanted to share was valid, entertaining and useful.
If you’re interested in becoming a Conference Speaker, I hope that you find at least one thing in this post that can help you on your journey.
I’ve broken my learnings into four main sections:
- The Talk
- Speaking
- The People
- Traveling