Travis Hoffman has a BS in Computer Engineering from the UofA in 2000
and has worked as a Software Engineer for 10 years with a number of
small companies in Tucson. Travis turned pro with 5 years at the
fabled startup NewMonics where he was "Lord of the Build", later
spent 2 years "working" with Struts, went on to survive a boss
straight out of Dilbert and then ported SWT to the PEG toolkit for
Aonix. In 2009, Travis founded Firkin Software. There, Travis has
been creating iPhone applications and developing custom web-based
applications using Grails and GWT. Many times in his career, Travis
has travelled to exotic destinations like Plochingen Germany, Lansing
Michigan and Chelmsford Massachusetts to counsel dazed engineers,
placate irate customers and calm anxious tie-wearers; he has the
scars and stories to prove it.
Upon securing a recent contract, Travis used Google to determine
which web application buzzwords were most popular. That turned up
Grails, GWT, REST, JSON and "Anna Kournikova". Knowing that Google
answers all prayers, never lies and is always right, Travis dove
right in without even considering that he had no experience with any
of them. After a couple months of handwringing, hair pulling, several
rolls of duct tape, hundreds of popsicle sticks and a couple bottles
of Elmer's glue, Travis has somehow managed to cobble together a
mostly working website and form-building tool. He has learned several
lessons, the least of which are: Elmer's glue tastes just as bad now
as it did when he was 5 and "Anna Kournikova" is not a web framework.
In an epic presentation that will surely be talked about for minutes,
if not hours after its completion, Travis will share his experiences,
lessons learned and some advice. Always a glutton for punishment,
Travis will amuse you with his choices, frighten you with his code
and disgust you with his data model. You'll want to avert your gaze
but find yourself unable. Children under the age of 17 will not be
admitted. Those with weaker constitutions may be mocked.
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