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History of Developer Evangelism

 

Josh Marinacci

@joshmarinacci

Head of Dev Rel @ PubNub

What is developer evangelism?

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Dawn of history - 1700s

1790s: Screw Lathe

Obligatory XKCD Slide

William Sellers

April 21st 1864 On A Uniform System of Screw Threads

Big Profit for All

The First Developer Evangelist

1900

1908

Corning

Low Thermal Expansion Glass

Borosilicate

Hale Telescope

Still Used Today!

1940s

Laura Shapiro

Jello + Shrimp = Crazy Delicous?

Lucy Maltby: First Developer Advocate

James Beard: First Webinar

First Hackathon

1950s

Computation!

1951: Grace Hopper

First Compiler

1953: A2/UNIVAC

First Collaborative Development

1955: IBM 701

First open source OS

20,000 members today!

1980s

Apple

Mike Boich & Mark Barton

guykawasaki.com

Kathy Sierra

To make a long story short

you are joining a field with a long
and illustrious tradition

Go help people kick ass!

Thank You!

@joshmarinacci

Go PubNub

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