Category Archives: Community
What’s Forging Now in England’s ‘Steel City’?
One of the really great parts about being a Developer Evangelist at SendGrid is getting to meet with companies when they’re just a touch more than an idea. I get to do this a lot thanks to the SendGrid Accelerate programme that supports accelerators, startup incubators and co-working spaces around the world. Along with providing companies technical help with SendGrid integrations we get asked to spend some time talking to the companies in these programmes and answer questions about anything we have knowledge about. I’ve been asked everything from architecting an out of the gate server setup that would scale,…
READ MORE »A warm welcome to The Family
As highlighted on the blog last week, Martyn and I recently had the pleasure of spending some quality time with the Paris startup community. After spending our weekend at Music Hackday Paris, we had a full Monday to enjoy the city, so we did what we do in such a situation – we met some awesome people and discovered how we could help them be even more awesome… Just a week before our Parisian journey, Mr. Jim Franklin introduced me to the kind folks at an up and coming accelerator called The Family. “TheFamily is an accelerator for early-stage startups…
READ MORE »Hackpacking Around Europe: Music Hackday Paris and The Next Web Hack Battle
This week, we’re hacking in some of the best cities of the EU – Paris and Amsterdam. Jealous? Well, you should be; and here’s why… Last Friday, I arrived in the City of Light, to meet my pal and SendGrid Developer Evangelist, Martyn Davies, for Music Hackday Paris. The geekery that has ensued since then has been nothing short of awesome. The best part: we’re not done yet! First, a little background: Martyn is Central Coordinator of Music Hackday, and one of the visionaries of the event, which provides an environment for “programmers, designers and artists to come together and…
READ MORE »What’s in Your Developer Evangelist Travel Kit?
Evangelists arrive at airport gates with just enough time to board. They have stockpiles of frequent flyer miles and memberships in a variety of hotel loyalty programs. They know exactly how to pack their bag depending on where they’re heading and for how long. I asked a few fellow road warriors what ends up in their travel kits when they prepare to head out. The most common items are a supplemental battery pack like a Mophie Juice Pack or Zagg Sparq for those moments when your phone is at 5% and you’re trying to map your way back to the…
READ MORE »2013 SendGrid Kickoff in Mexico
Last week, SendGrid celebrated its 2013 kickoff event in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Four days of team building, goal setting, and yes…sun and sand. SendGrid has offices in Anaheim, Boulder, Denver, Romania, San Francisco, NYC, London and Berlin, so it’s great for us all to come together once a year to reflect on the year before and to gear up for what’s ahead. Friday night started off with a kickoff dinner overlooking the beach that included lots of good food, laughs, and…dancing. Lots of dancing. Pictures are excluded to protect the worst (or best?) offenders–but let’s just say, SendGrid has some…
READ MORE »SendGrid’s Dev Relations Team Hit The Ground Running in 2012…Where Will You Find Them in 2013?
SendGrid’s Developer Relations team travels the globe attending hack days, conferences, startup weekends, summits, and more—all in the name of making developers’ lives easier, especially when it comes to email. Our 6 community team members (Tim, Swift, Elmer, Brandon, Martyn, and Adria) covered some serious ground in 2012. They attended/organized/ sponsored/hacked/presented at 260+ events in 21 countries. They made some serious moves last year and have plans to travel even more in 2013. To give you a better idea of what makes our Dev Relations team tick, they’ve highlighted some of their favorite events from 2012 and outlined where you’ll find them in 2013.…
READ MORE »Event Recap: Broaden Your Horizons in Liverpool
On January 16th, Sound City, Digital Advisors and ACME/Liverpool Vision, teamed up to host a Futureproof Routes to Market session: Broaden Your Horizons–a motivational event for the burgeoning local creative sector in Liverpool. Details The workshop’s mission was to: “Look at life outside games, how the skills of game developers and digital companies are applicable to sectors in areas such as music, brands, social media, gamification and meta games and how other sectors and industries are looking to games and services as the new way to engage customers. [And to] examine how digital companies can increase their commercial opportunities by…
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