3:30 PM—6:00 PM JW Marriott: Salon G
Pragmatic Security and Rugged DevOps Workshop
Pragmatic approaches to security and tooling that will affect your development pro-
cesses, delivery pipelines and operational runtime.
James Wickett, Matt Johansen
Workshop // Intermediate // #ruggedcode
3:30 PM—6:00 PM JW Marriott: Salon H
Analyzing Big Enterprise Graph Data with Spark
Wonder why large scale, near-real time graph analytics is a game changer for com-
panies today?
Patrick White
Workshop // Advanced // #GraphGuy
TUESDAY, MARCH 17
9:30 AM—1:30 PM JW Marriott: Room 301-302
Interactive Narratives in Open Game Worlds
A practical workshop that uses paper-prototyping to come up with new approaches in
narrative design for open game worlds.
Joris Dormans, Karel Millenaar
Workshop // Intermediate // #gamestory
9:30 AM—1:30 PM JW Marriott: Room 303-304
Large Drupal Projects
Learn best practices for approaching large Drupal projects, from scaling and perfor-
mance to managing large dispersed teams.
Jenn Sramek, Robert Ristroph
Workshop // Advanced // #bigdrupal
9:30 AM—1:30 PM JW Marriott: Room 306
ScaaS & Other Lies: Hacking Big Data on the Web
This hands-on session will introduce you to the Agave API, and teach you how to use it
to build applications and solve problems for science!
John Fonner, Rion Dooley
Workshop // Intermediate // #agaveapi
9:30 AM—1:30 PM JW Marriott: Room 307
Lean Invention: Idea to Product Launch in 4 Hours!
Experience the ideation process, the Provisional Patent Application filed and proto-
type 3D printed.
Conley Giles, Luemara Wagner
Workshop // Intermediate // #LeanInvent
9:30 AM—1:30 PM JW Marriott: Salon F
$1 Prototype: Modern Approach to Mobile UX Design
Learn advanced aspects of $1 Prototype method to storyboard use cases, create
sticky-note wireframes for your app, and test your design.
Greg Nudelman
Workshop // Advanced // #ModernUX
9:30 AM—1:30 PM JW Marriott: Salon G
Learn To Program: Your First Lines of Code
Code along with the instructor as you learn the basics of programming in Python, even
if you've never written a line of code before.
Mark Lassoff
Workshop // Beginner // #learn2code
9:30 AM—1:30 PM JW Marriott: Salon H
What's Before Mobile First?
This workshop shares nuts-and-bolts approaches for ensuring your customers can use
your website on a world of devices before you launch.
Ken Tabor
Workshop // Intermediate // #whatsfirst
11:00 AM—1:30 PM JW Marriott: Room 310-311
Successful Requirements Gathering
Conquer requirements gathering and help your technology projects succeed beyond
your wildest dreams. Be a hero to your customers and your team!
Jordan Hirsch
Workshop // Intermediate // #goodreqs
3:30 PM—6:00 PM JW Marriott: Room 301-302
Decoding Design Feedback & Avoiding UX Quagmires
Learn how to deconstruct design feedback and create a stronger client relationship in
this SXSW Interactive workshop.
Doug Hopkins
Workshop // Beginner // #SxUXwkshp
3:30 PM—6:00 PM JW Marriott: Room 303-304
Sonic Logos and Why You Need One Now
Are you maximizing your marketing impact? Learn how easy, effective and affordable
it is to define your sound!
Cheryl Engelhardt
Workshop // Advanced // #soniclogo
3:30 PM—6:00 PM JW Marriott: Room 306
Rapid On-Boarding: Building Password-less Apps
The first impression users have of your app is registering and logging in. Get it right.
Derek Labian, Tom Langridge
Workshop // Intermediate // #LoginFast
3:30 PM—6:00 PM JW Marriott: Room 307
Shredding Wires With Rapid UX Prototyping
POV on the state of User Experience deliverables and a hands on workshop for pro-
totyping experiences.
Kyle Outlaw
Workshop // Intermediate // #shredwires
3:30 PM—6:00 PM JW Marriott: Room 310-311
Story Mapping Your Product
Learn how to tell your whole product story, design, and plan successful product re-
leases using story mapping.
Jeff Patton
Workshop // Intermediate // #storymap
3:30 PM—6:00 PM JW Marriott: Salon F
Fixing Fractured User Experiences
Learn how to fix and prevent fractured experiences by using a methodology called
unified customer experience.
Ben McConnell, Sam Eder
Workshop // Advanced // #unifiedUX
3:30 PM—6:00 PM JW Marriott: Salon G
UI Patterns: Then and Now
This workshop will explore how traditional UI patterns can wreak havoc on the respon-
sive web and what you can do about it.
Steve Mackley
Workshop // Intermediate // #SXSWUI15
3:30 PM—6:00 PM JW Marriott: Salon H
"BYOC" With A Pocket Full Of WebSockets
Your mobile has WebSockets. This workshop will run a live data viz lab with your de-
vices. Code, demos, and best practices. BYOD is now BYOC.
Robert Tuttle
Workshop // Advanced // #byoc
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