Michael Slater
President, BuildingWebApps.com

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Michael Slater is President of Collective Knowledge Works, Inc. In addition to developing and managing BuildingWebApps.com, he operates BoatingSF.com, a resource for boating on San Francisco Bay.

Michael was previously Director of Technology Strategy at Adobe Systems. He joined Adobe when it acquired Fotiva, a venture-funded startup he cofounded to create a better user experience for consumers moving to digital photography.

Prior to Fotiva, he was President of MicroDesign Resources, where he created the Microprocessor Report newsletter and the Microprocessor Forum conference.

Michael began his career as an R&D engineer at Hewlett-Packard and was an independent engineering consultant from 1980 through 1987.

Michael is the author of several books, including Organize Your Photos with Photoshop Elements 3.0, The Photoshop Album 2.0 Book, RISC Microprocessors, and Microprocessor-Based Design.

Sessions

4:25pm Friday, 05/30/2008

Podcasting & Screencasting in Rails

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Location: Portland Ballroom 252

Gregg Pollack (Envy Labs), Ryan Bates (Railscasts), Christopher Haupt (Webvanta Inc.), Michael Slater (BuildingWebApps.com), Geoffrey Grosenbach (Ruby on Rails Podcast), Mike Clark (The Pragmatic Studio)

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A Panel discussion with Gregg Pollack (Rails Envy Podcast), Ryan Bates (Rails Casts), Chistopher Haupt (Learning Rails), Michael Slater (Learning Rails), and Geoffrey Grosenbach (Peepcode & Ruby on Rails Podcast). Read more.