I gave my first talk at the Blue Flavor sponsored Refresh Seattle, last night. It was a really great experience, all around — fun topic and a great crowd. It felt wonderful to present an honest, open review of what I’ve learned from my first few months of freelancing. Also great to hear all the positive feedback from audience, and later on Twitter and the Intertubes. Thanks to all who came to hear my talk — I really appreciate the support.

© Tom Watson

I’m not sure how much value it will be to those who weren’t able to attend, but I’ve posted my slides below, and a very rough copy of the outline that I used to set up the talk.

Also, I can’t talk about my presentation without giving a very big thanks to Nick Finck and the Blue Flavor crew for putting on these events. Nick’s a wonderful enabler — he makes the whole process of speaking very pleasant, and helped settle my nerves before I went on.

The entire Refresh series I think is a huge benefit to the Seattle web design / development community. Definitely make it a point to try and attend the next meeting, and introduce yourself to Nick — he’s a great leader in our field, and an awesome dude.