Appearances

01 Past

2026

  1. Blue Ridge Ruby (YMI Cultural Center, Asheville, NC) Conference

    John Athayde presents "Learning from Permaculture (Sustainable Software Development)"

    · Event page · Learning from Permaculture

  2. Remote Ruby Podcast (Online) Podcast

    Chris Oliver, David Hill, & John Athayde Wide ranging discussion on Rails and the front end

    · Event page

  3. Indie Rails Podcast (Online) Podcast

    Jeremy Smith, Jess Brown, & John Athayde discuss all sorts of Rails, Business, Frontend, and AI kind of things

    · Event page

2025

  1. RailsConf (Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown) Conference

    John Athayde presenting "UX & Design for Rails Devs"

    · Event page · UX & Design for Rails Devs: Elevating the "One Person Framework" Experience

2023

  1. RVA.js (Richmond, VA) Conference

    John Athayde presenting "Design Systems from 0 to 1"

    · Design Systems from Zero to One

  2. Frontrunners 2022 (GMU's Van Metre Hall, Arlington, Virginia, USA) Conference

    John Athayde presenting "Design Systems from Zero to One"

    · Event page · Design Systems from Zero to One

2022

  1. RVAJS 2022 (Science Museum of Virginia; Richmond, Virginia, USA) Conference

    John Athayde presenting "APIs Need UX Too"

    · Event page · APIs Need Ux Too

  2. Product Thinking Podcast Ep. 91 (Online) Podcast

    John Athayde & Melissa Perri discussing Investing in Internal Tools & Design Systems

    · Event page

2021

  1. RailsConf 2021 (Virtual) Conference

    John Athayde presenting "Type is Design"

    · Dabble, Dabble, Toil & Kick Ass

  2. Code With Jason Podcast #89 (Online) Podcast

    John Athayde & Jason Swett discussing "Design Tips for Programmers"

    · Event page

2020

  1. NOVA Code Camp 2020 (Virtual) Conference

    John Athayde presenting "UX for Developers"

    · UX for Developers

  2. Secret Sonics Podcast (Online) Podcast

    John Athayde & Ben Wallick discussing the Rotoscope record and audio production process

    · Event page

2019

  1. Frontrunners React! (Washington, DC, USA) Conference

    John Athayde presenting "Build Software Like Pixar Makes Movies"

    · Build Software Like Pixar Makes Movies

  2. RVA.js (Richmond, Virginia, USA) Conference

    John Athayde presenting "Build Software Like Pixar Makes Movies"

    · Build Software Like Pixar Makes Movies

  3. The Swift Kick Show 2019 (Online) Podcast

    John Athayde & Kevin Griffin discussing "Build Software Like Pixar Makes Movies"

    · Build Software Like Pixar Makes Movies

  4. RevolutionConf 2019 (Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA) Conference

    John Athayde presenting "Build Software Like Pixar Makes Movies"

    · Build Software Like Pixar Makes Movies

2018

  1. RVA.js (Richmond, Virginia, USA) Conference

    John Athayde presenting "UX for Developers"

    · Event page · UX for Developers

  2. RevolutionConf 2018 (Virgina Beach, Virginia, USA) Conference

    John Athayde presenting "Bring Lean UX to Your Product and Engineering Cycles"

    · Event page · UX for Developers

2017

  1. RevolutionConf 2017 (Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA) Conference

    John Athayde presenting "The Timeless Way of Building"

    · Event page · The Timeless Way of Building

2016

  1. EvolveUX 2016 (San Francisco, California, USA) Conference

    John Athayde presenting "Building the LivingSocial Customer Support Tool"

    · Building the LivingSocial Customer Support Tool

  2. RevolutionConf 2016 (Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA) Conference

    John Athayde presenting "How They Work Better Together: Lean UX, Agile Development, and User-Centered Design"

    · How They Work Better Together

  3. RailsConf 2016 (Kansas City, Missouri, USA) Conference

    John Athayde leading workshop "Bring Lean UX to Your Product and Engineering Cycles"

    · Event page · Bring Lean UX to Your Product and Engineering Cycles

2015

  1. Ruby Remote Conf 2015 (Online) Conference

    John Athayde presenting "How They Work Better Together: Lean UX, Agile Development, and User-Centered Design"

    · Event page · How They Work Better Together

  2. UX Strategies Summit 2015 (San Francisco, California, USA) Conference

    John Athayde presenting "Building a UX Team"

    · Building a UX Team

2014

  1. RailsConf 2014 (Chicago, Illinois, USA) Conference

    John Athayde presenting "How They Work Better Together: Lean UX, Agile Development, and User-Centered Design"

    · Event page · How They Work Better Together

  2. MountainWest RubyConf 2014 (Salt Lake City, Utah, USA) Conference

    John Athayde presenting "The Timeless Way of Building"

    · The Timeless Way of Building

2013

  1. SassConf (Manhattan, New York, USA) Conference

    John Athayde, Elyse Holladay, Rachel Ober, and Pam Selle moderating a panel on "Custom Frameworks and Styleguides"

    · Event page

  2. NationJS 2013 (Silver Spring, Maryland, USA) Conference

    John Athayde presenting "UX Eye for the JavaScript Guy/Gal"

    · Event page · UX Eye for the Javascript Guy/Gal

  3. Norfolk757rb (Norfolk, Virginia, USA) Meetup

    John Athayde presenting "The Timeless Way of Building"

    · The Timeless Way of Building

  4. RubyNation 2013 (Silver Spring, Maryland, USA) Conference

    John Athayde presenting "The Timeless Way of Building"

    · The Timeless Way of Building

  5. NOVA Web Development Group (McLean, Virginia, USA) Meetup

    John Athayde presenting "The Rails View: The Junk Drawer Grows Up

    · Event page · The Rails View: The Junk Drawer Grows Up

  6. NoVA Web Development User Group (Herndon, Virginia, USA) Meetup

    John Athayde presenting "The Rails View: The Junk Drawer Grows Up"

    · The Rails View: The Junk Drawer Grows Up

  7. Triangle.rb (Raleigh, North Carolina, USA) Meetup

    John Athayde presenting "The Rails View: The Junk Drawer Grows Up"

    · Event page · The Rails View: The Junk Drawer Grows Up

2012

  1. NYC.rb (New York, New York, USA) Meetup

    John Athayde presenting "The Rails View: The Junk Drawer Grows Up"

    · The Rails View: The Junk Drawer Grows Up

  2. Charlotte Ruby (Charlotte, North Carolina, USA) Meetup

    John Athayde presenting "The Rails View: The Junk Drawer Grows Up"

    · The Rails View: The Junk Drawer Grows Up

  3. Scottish Ruby Conference (Edinburgh, Scotland, UK) Conference

    John Athayde & Bruce Williams presenting on The Rails View

    · Event page · The Rails View: The Junk Drawer Grows Up

  4. RubyNation 2012 (Reston, Virginia, USA) Conference

    John Athayde presenting "The Rails View: The Junk Drawer Grows Up"

    · Event page · The Rails View: The Junk Drawer Grows Up

2011

  1. RailsConf 2011 (Baltimore, Maryland, USA) Workshop

    John Athayde & Bruce Williams 4 hour workshop session on The Rails View

2010

  1. NovaRUG (Reston, Virginia, USA) Meetup

    John Athayde presenting "Curing DIV-itis with Semantic Markup, CSS, and Presenters"

    · Beautiful Markup

  2. RailsConf 2010 (Baltimore, Maryland, USA) Conference

    John Athayde presenting "Curing DIV-itis with Semantic Markup, CSS, and Presenters"

    · Event page · Beautiful Markup

2008

  1. South by Southwest (SXSW) (Austin, Texas, USA) Conference

    John Athayde & Amy Hoy presenting "Dabble, Dabble, Toil and Kick Ass"

    · Event page · Dabble, Dabble, Toil & Kick Ass