TriConf 2014 - LXJS, the Lisbon Javascript Conference

1. LXJS

2. Hi!
My name is David

3. I come from Lisbon! :D

6. What is LXJS

7. A 2-day not-for-profit
by-the-community
and for-the-community
about the New Worlds of
JavaScript.

8. A 2-day not-for-profit
by-the-community
and for-the-community
about the New Worlds of
JavaScript.

10. A 2-day not-for-profit
by-the-community
and for-the-community
about the New Worlds of
JavaScript.

11. – Nuno Job
“For all the LXJS organizers the most important
measure of success is the amount of long term
friendships and partnerships that are created
during those two days in Lisbon.”

12. A 2-day not-for-profit
by-the-community
and for-the-community
about the new worlds of
JavaScript.

13. LXJS

14. Why

15. previous to 2012
• no developer meetup groups
• little or no hacker space activity
• few tech/entrepreneurial gathering
but there was people that wanted to change that

16. previous to 2012
• no developer meetup groups
• little or no hacker space activity
• few tech/entrepreneurial gathering
but there was people willing to change that

18. it started as a meetup of 50
ended up being a conference of 270

29. What we have today

30. • http://www.meetup.com/
require-lx/
• http://www.meetup.com/
DockerLisbon/
• http://www.meetup.com/
Meteor-Lisbon/
• http://www.meetup.com/
Lisbon-Mulheres-TIC-
Meetup/
• http://www.meetup.com/
Greet-Meet/
• http://www.meetup.com/
Lisbon-GeoMeetup/
• http://www.meetup.com/
Lisbon-Mulheres-TIC-
Meetup/
• http://phplx.net/
• http://opojs.com/
• http://startuppirates.org/
• http://www.lisbon-
challenge.com/
• http://www.unl.pt/pt/
empreendedorismo/
NOVA_Entrepreneurship
_Society_-_UNL/
pid=194/ppid=36/
• http://
emprego.universiablogs.
net/2012/11/05/tie-
portugal-the-indus-
entrepreneurs-promove-
empreendedorismo/
• http://kairossociety.pt/
• http://
www.incubadoraslisboa.p
t/
• http://
www.investlisboa.com/
• http://www.cm-lisboa.pt/
en/business/
entrepreneurship/
entrepreneurship-events/
sandbox-global-summit
• http://audax.iscte.pt/
• http://
www.betcatolica.org/pt/
• http://www.coderdojo-
lx.pt/
• http://
www.acreditaportugal.pt
/
• http://www.geekettes.io/
cities/portugal/
• http://
www.globalshapers.org/
hubs/lisbon
• http://
startupscholarship.org/
• http://
portugalgirlgeekdinners.
com/blog/
• and there is more

31. How did we do it

33. unfortunately there isn’t such a thing
which is great!

34. unfortunately there isn’t such a thing
which is great!

35. Ask for help,
talk with people,
read things,
find your heroes

42. • LXJS Closing Keynote 2013 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=WS7RXD6EP34
• Then you should do it - http://adambrault.com/2013/05/08/
then-you-should-do-it
• Intentionally Tiny Leaders - http://adambrault.com/
2012/11/02/my-realtimeconf-closing-talk-on-fear
• An End to Negativity - https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=17rkSdkc5TI
• The good, the bad and the ugly of open source - http://
writings.nunojob.com/2012/05/My-Contribution-to-
JSConf-2012-The-Good-And-The-Bad-Open-Source.html
• Open Source and Community - https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=GaqxIMLLOu8
• http://www.voodootikigod.com/ask-a-tech-event-organizer-
aateo/
• http://www.voodootikigod.com/an-addendum-about-
conference-proposals/
• http://www.voodootikigod.com/robotsconf/
• http://www.voodootikigod.com/our-culture-of-change/
• http://www.voodootikigod.com/a-jsconf-reflection/
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYed4dYVtJA
• http://www.voodootikigod.com/the-regional-js-speaker-
directory/
• http://www.voodootikigod.com/how-i-pick-speakers-for-
jsconf/
• http://www.voodootikigod.com/hug-a-conference-organizer-
the-outcome/
• http://www.voodootikigod.com/hug-a-conference-organizer/
• http://www.futurealoof.com/posts/your-first-conference.html
• http://www.futurealoof.com/posts/idols.html
• http://adambrault.com/2013/10/03/the-strength-of-weakness
• http://adambrault.com/2013/09/15/people-first
• http://2012.realtimeconf.com/video/adam-brault
• http://vimeo.com/77237425
• http://vimeo.com/77289729
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaqxIMLLOu8
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYed4dYVtJA
• http://adambrault.com/2013/06/02/just-a-person
• https://medium.com/@dscape/why-you-shouldnt-advertise-
speakers-in-your-conference-schedule-9739289011b4

43. However, independently of other
people’s ideas, you have to always
remember why are you doing it
and what do you want it to be

44. you will be working with
volunteers under extremes
amounts of risk, financial and
psychological

45. plan,
write things down,
track your progress

46. get support
community.andyet.com
community.github.com
mozilla.org/en-US/grants/

47. tito.io
google drive
streak

48. Don’t be afraid to start small

49. Let’s make it happen

50. Thank you!