John Polacek

The thesis of How to Build Great Products - Design and Roadmapping by Nicolette Moreno, Founder & Chief Product Officer of Open English, was that building great products is about thinking holistically...

Every year, Techweek Chicago grows. This year there are over 8000 attendees and actually thousands of companies, ranging from fledgling startups to big tech companies.

This year, Techweek Chicago looks to be even better, with lots of great speakers and content, and I’ve been given the opportunity to speak as well.

Throughout the past year, I have been keeping a running list of cool local Chicago tech events and sharing it with friends and the people at work. I’ve decided to make it into a thing and put it out there.

Every year Google makes its big announcements at its Google I/O event. This year, the Chicago HTML5 User Group hosted a watch party.

When inspiration hits, it is usually when the combination of two or more things collide together in your brain and give birth to something else. This is what happed to me when I was walking around the 18th floor and, boom!, I had an idea. A few days later, I launched Passwords for the Manly Man.