John Polacek

What do all these beautiful and often amazing award-winning websites have in common? They all use open source projects from Github and elsewhere. As someone who releases open source, it is thrilling when you view the source of one of these sites and see your own code mixed in there.

Last week I was finally able to attend a Technori Pitch. This month’s event featured early stage companies focused on having a positive impact on some of the most pressing social challenges in Chicago, the U.S. and the world.

The promise of Bootstrap is so appealing. A quick, easy way to get a web project up and running that just works, and works well. It is a promise that comes with a trap.

I’m thrilled to announce that I’ve been hired by AuctionsByCellular (ABC) as Lead Web Developer. ABC is an exciting new company that uses people-powered technology to help charities improve their fundraising efforts.

If you are someone who has a lot of ideas for a variety of things, this is how I recommend you use Trello.

My slides from my Techweek Chicago presentation are up at johnpolacek.github.io/open-source-for-fame-and-fortune.