“Figure Out What Sucks. Don’t Do That.”: Full-Stack Thinking and the New Auteur

Closing Keynote @ HOW Interactive Design

Millions of apps solving tens of simple problems. Development schools churning out thousands of graduates with the promise of $100k salaries, but only teaching them how to use tools. Enough computing power in the everyday person's home to launch a rocket to the Moon, used for microblogging and cat videos. In an age where practically anything is possible, why are we aiming so low? GoldBean CTO Husani S. Oakley presents his sometimes-contrarian viewpoint on what we're doing wrong -- and what we can do to fix it.