Heather Wilde
CTO & Unicorn Whisperer
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Heather Wilde is CTO of ROCeteer and is also known as the Unicorn Whisperer because of her special focus on entrepreneurs. She is a professional growth expert, executive coach, best-selling author, and speaker. One of the founding team of Evernote, and co-founder of TWIP, she has won multiple awards for her writing, technology, coaching and mentorship.
Both a patent inventor and game designer, she is trailblazing the way for other women to do the same. She has appeared on Huffpost Live and ABC News, and has appeared in Mashable, BBC News, Huffington Post and in the Wall Street Journal as well as many other industry publications. Her clients cover North America, Australia, Asia and the Middle East and she offers training internationally on tech topics such as Cybersecurity, Anticipatory Design, and the Dangers of Overwork.
Wilde's popular Inc and Forbes columns span social media, entrepreneurialism, startups, leadership, fundraising, and diversity issues. She lives in Las Vegas.
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Apps are Making Us Dumber
Attention spans are at an all-time low. People are making more choices per day than ever before, adding to a rise in Decision Fatigue. By creating UX that removes choice, we are at a crossroads, visually and ethically, to create products that can help or hurt this trend.
As applications get smarter, design becomes more spartan.
Augmented Intelligence allows us to be more anticipatory with our software, and user experience turns into a world of distraction-free notifications rather than endless buttons and keypresses.
In this talk, we’ll examine the trend toward proactive design and the cultural shift it is creating.
Hacking for Fun and Profit
Cybercrime is at an all-time high and has no signs of slowing down. And yet, the profile of the average hacker is still not that much different from Matthew Broderick in WarGames or Robert Redford in Sneakers - they’re just doing it for the lulz.
The only problem? You need to follow strict rules.
Recently, a new industry has appeared - a reward-based ecosystem that can pay handsomely for people who like to break the law.
In this talk, find out what motivates people to hack, what it takes to become a Certified Ethical Hacker, and who is hiring hackers today.
Keep Yourself Alive - Stopping the Effects of Burnout
The tech community puts a warped badge of honor around burnout.
It’s often seen as an indicator of success and working hard when it’s actually harming the growth of our developer communities and teams.
This talk will cover:
Why burnout culture takes away from inclusion
Identifying burnout within yourself and your teams
How to grow your technical skills without compromising your personal life
How to bring a healthy work and growth ethic to your team, no matter if you’re the newcomer or the tech lead
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