Event Schedule summary:
Day 1: Represent yourself & your idea/website/startup (NO CODING)
Day 2: Web day – CLOUD, CMS & ONE-PAGE-APPs (YES, WE WILL CODE)
Day 3: Mobile day – Windows Phone Apps (YES, WE WILL CODE)
Day 4: Marketing & Media day (NO CODING)
Planned Live “TalentScouting” sessions:
Below are listed approximate timeframes of planned live broadcasting (if possible) / video recordings (EN)
1. “San Francisco time” session. Friday, 4th of July, 9:10pm-11:30pm GMT+03:00 Lithuania time zone (11:10am-2:00pm San Francisco time zone) . We also try to broadcast online. If we won’t be able to do that, we will still record the show and upload it to internet after event.
2. “Sydney time” session. Saturday, 5th of July, 1:15pm-4:15pm GMT+03:00 Lithuania time zone (8:15pm-11:15pm Sydney time zone). We also try to broadcast online. If we won’t be able to do that, we will still record the show and upload it to internet after event.
Day 1: Represent yourself & your idea/website/startup
Place: “Microsoft Lietuva” Office – “Baltic Hearts” center, Building A (Ukmerges st. 120, Vilnius)
Coding: NO CODING
Date: July 3rd – Thursday
Time: 6:00pm – 11:00pm (GMT+02:00)
6:00pm – PART A – WE:
1. Event program and introduction
2. How to pitch – best practices. 5 fingers rule. Time rules. Size and ergonomic rules (colors, fonts, sizes).
3. How your LinkedIn profile should look like
4. What is TalentScouting and how can we help you to go to Silicon Valley or San Francisco
5. Differences between Silicon Valley (US) and Amber Valley (Lithuania)
7:50pm – 10 minutes BREAK
8:00pm – PART B – YOU:
1. Who are you and what you do
2. What is your idea/website about
3. What is your plan
4. What are you looking for to advance
9:30pm – BREAK TIME: Networking
9:45pm – PART C – WE:
6. How to make your product suitable for San Francisco or Sydney, US or Australia market.
7. What we used to improve our products (i.e. UP/DOWN system, FB comments VS local comments)
8. How to track your product (Google Analytics, Crazy Egg, A/B tests in G.A., K.I.S.S. metrics).
9. How to K.I.S.S. and D.R.Y. (keep in Simple & Stupid, and do not repeat yourself)
10. How track your work via Asana, GDocs and TimeDoctor.
11. How to manage your time and be productive – about working by the beach, in a train, or under the palm tree in Hawaii. And how to stop lying to yourself.
11:00pm – END of day
Day 2: Web day – CLOUD, CMS & ONE-PAGE-APPs
Place: Vilnius University Mobile Apps Laboratory – Baltupiai – (Didlaukio g. 47, Vilnius)
Coding: YES, WE WILL CODE
Date: July 4th – Friday
Time: 10:00am – 11:59pm (GMT+02:00)
10:00am – PART A – ALL ABOUT SERVER / CDN:
1. Two cloud platforms – Amazon AWS & Windows Azure – new features review.
2. How to setup Amazon AWS / Windows Azure Setup.
3. Amazon S3 VS CDN.
4. Zend Server Free for Windows 8.1 – features and usage examples
5. Version Control – GIT > SVN.
6. Working in a team – GitHub.com VS local GIT instance.
7. Task management Using JIRA with GitHub, GreenHoper.
8. 3 level caching – Server side (Varnish 3 or APC, ESI* VS API), Framework (Zend Optimizer+), Web (WP Cache), CDN/S3 expire-date, gzip etc.
*Edge Side Includes
11:50pm – 10 minutes BREAK
12:00pm – PART B – FUTURE IS JAVASCRIPT:
1. One page Apps
2. Backbone.js & LocalStorage
3. HTML5, CSS3, jQuery
4. Web graphics – WebGL (ex. Canvas3D), gRaphael, HighCharts. Forget the Flash. Feedback about MS Silverlight and Moonlight (Silverlight port for Linux)
5. Hackathon
6. Q & A discussion (Javascript)
3:00pm – VERY LATE LUNCH
3:30pm – PART C – WordPress 7 & Php-Fusion 8:
1. Code like a pro in WordPress 7 / Php-F 8. Geek features.
2. WordPress 3 VS Php-Fusion 8: Themes, templates, designs, framework, libraries, etc.
3. Hackathon
4. Q & A discussion (WP/ Php-F)
6:30pm – A BIT LATE DINNER
7:00pm – PART D1 – Symfony 2.X:
1. Hackathon (Symfony)
{LIVE} 2. Framework new features review
{LIVE} 3. Code like a pro in Symfony 2, tricky features
{LIVE} 4. WordPress 3 VS Symfony 2
10:30pm – PART E – Challenges & Talent Scouting:
{LIVE} 1. Talent Scouting / Blitz challenges (WP 3, Php-F 8, Symfony 2)
11:00pm – PART D2 – Symfony 2.X:
{LIVE} 1. Q & A discussion (Symfony)
11:59pm – END of day
Day 3: Mobile day – Windows Phone Apps
Place: Vilnius University Mobile Apps Laboratory – Baltupiai – (Didlaukio g. 47, Vilnius)
Coding: YES, WE WILL CODE
Date: July 5th – Saturday
Time: 10:00am – 11:59pm (GMT+02:00)
10:00am – PART A – We show, you learn:
1. .NET 4.5 new features review to code Windows Phone Apps
2. How to use Microsoft Azure Cloud for your App
3. Code like a pro in C#, tricky features
4. Mobile App VS HTML5 page (P.S. Forget the flash)
12:30pm – LATE LUNCH
1:00pm – PART B – Challenges & Talent Scouting:
{LIVE} 1. Talent Scouting / Blitz challenges (Windows Phone)
4:00pm – PART C1 – You – DO, we – HELP YOU to do, and to check:
1. Hackathon – part 1
8:00pm – A BIT LATE DINNER
2. Hackathon – part 2
3. Q & A discussion (Windows Phone)
11:59pm – END of day
Day 4: Marketing & Media day
Place: “Microsoft Lietuva” Office – “Baltic Hearts” center, Building A (Ukmerges st. 120, Vilnius)
Coding: NO CODING
Date: July 6th – Sunday
Time: 10:00am – 6:00pm (GMT+02:00)
10:00am – PART A – Social Marketing:
1. How to reach 250,000 Lithuanians with 50 dollars spent in ads.
2. 20 different ways to make your photography/video business popular IN 3 MONTHS via Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and Linked.in
3. Experiences and practical advices from Facebook Advertisement training program
4. How Media (Photo, Video & Social – Youtube, Vimeo & Facebook) can help you to promote your IT or Photo Business
11:50am – 10 minutes BREAK
12:00pm – PART B – Creating Media:
1. All about shooting in 4K.
2. Discussion, Q&A:
_a) APS-C VS Full-Frame
_b) Travel, documentary, studio equipment.
_c) Stabilizators – 5-axis in-camera, on-lens, electronic gimbala, steadycam’s etc.
_d) Camera gear – Sony A77II, A7r, A7s; Nikon, Canon Mark 3, R.E.D., GoPro 3+ Black, Nokia Lumia 1020 41Mpix, Samsung Galaxy S5; Medium Format Cameras.
1:20pm – 10 minutes BREAK
1:30pm – PART C – Editing Media:
1. Editing videos in 13.3″ Ultrabooks (Yoga 2 Pro, MacBook retina). MacOS VS Windows 8.1
2. Sofware for editing videos – Adobe Premiere CC, AHVCD, XVCD, ROVI Codes, Hardware VS Software acceleration, 4th Gen Core i7. Also Sony Vegas, Final Cut, Movie Maker.
3. All about timelapses. Duration, speed, smooth, repeating pictures VS non-stop videos.
4. Shooting with GreenScreen VS in locations. Budget and quality differences.
5. Practical example of using ChromaKey in Adobe Premiere CC.
6. How to complete short-lengh movie from shooting to editing in 3 DAYS
7. Photo editing – Adobe Photoshop CC VS Adobe LightRoom, IrfanView, Camera RAW VS JPEG.
4:00pm – VERY LATE LUNCH
4:30pm – PART D – RESULTS:
1. Hackathon results review
2. Hacker Rank 2014 in Lithuania
6:00pm – END (Pub Crawl – Beer, Wine and Party time!)