Michael Brooks

Hello. I write code.

About Me

• I work at Adobe and previously Nitobi.
• I contribute to Apache Cordova.
• I contribute to PhoneGap.

Find Me

• I live around Vancouver.
• I log my thoughts to a blog.
• I listen to the wise birds twitter.
• I often push my master to github.
• I idle on freenode #phonegap.
• I pin some of my interests.
• I am fully linked in.
• I am not on Facebook.

Projects

• Apache Cordova2011 to now

• PhoneGap Engine donated to the Apache Foundation.

• PhoneGap2010 to now

• Create cross-platform mobile apps with web technology.

• Thumbs.js2010 to now

• Touch event polyfill with no setup and no API.

• Dominator.js2010 to 2010

• Add functional test assertions to QUnit.

• Solutions Log2010 to now

• Minimal and searchable list of solutions to my problems.

• FlightGraph2010

• Find out when to book the cheapest WestJet flight.

• SmallChange2008 to 2010

• Simple income and expense logging tool.

• Inadequate-Endowment2004 to 2005

• Online comic to make friends laugh.

Presentations

• Building Mobile Apps with Web StandardsMay 6th, 2013

• Adobe MAX 2013, Los Angeles

• PhoneGap, Open Source, and the FutureApril 29th, 2013

• St. George's Senior School, Vancouver

• New Tools for PhoneGapFebruary 5th, 2013

• Adobe Tech Summit 2013, San Jose

• PhoneGap 0 Day WarezNovember 27th, 2012

• PhoneGap Meetup, San Francisco

• Test the Web Forward with CordovaOctober 26st, 2012

• Test the Web Forward, Paris

• PhoneGap in 5 minOctober 23rd, 2012

• Hack Paris, Paris

• An Anthology of PhoneGap CLIOctober 18th, 2012

• Mobile Camp LA 2012, Los Angeles

• Contributing to Apache CordovaAugust 21st, 2012

• Adobe Web Summit, San Francisco

• Contributing to Apache CordovaJuly 20th, 2012

• PhoneGap Day US 2012, Portland

• Dawn of the DevicesMay 21st, 2012

• MISA BC Open Data, Kamloops

• Your Browser is Your SDKMay 2nd, 2012

• BlackBerry 10 Jam Americans, Florida

• Porting to BlackBerry using Apache CordovaMay 1st, 2012

• BlackBerry 10 Jam Americans, Florida

• PhoneGap in 5 minMarch 24th, 2012

• HackVan 2012, Vancouver

• Your Browser is Your SDKFebruary 7th, 2012

• BlackBerry Dev Con EU 2012, Amsterdam

• Hello PhoneGap 8-bitJanuary 24th, 2012

• PhoneGap Meetup, Vancouver

• Introducing PhoneGap/CallbackNovember 7th, 2011

• Apache Con 2011, Vancouver

• PhoneGap BlackBerry WebWorks Case StudyOctober 20th, 2011

• BlackBerry Dev Con US 2011, San Francisco

• Introducing SproutCore to PhoneGapSeptember 27th, 2011

• SproutCore Meetup, Vancouver

• How to Architect for Many ScreensJuly 29th, 2011

• PhoneGap Day US 2011, Portland

• Cross-Platform Mobile Web: PhoneGap and BlackBerry WidgetsSeptember 23th, 2010

• BlackBerry Dev Con US 2010, San Francisco

Contact Me

• In 140 characters @mwbrooks
• In a word count to michael@michaelbrooks.ca