Richard Clark, M.A. (@rdclark) manages Kaazing University and is an experienced software developer and instructor. He has taught for Apple and Hewlett-Packard, written immersive simulations, developed multiple high-performance web applications for the Fortune 100, and has published Apple iOS applications.
Richard has a Master’s degree in Education and is an in-demand speaker for international conferences. He has a special interest in using mobile, connected, real-time applications to help people live, work, and play better.
In his spare time, Richard does web development for non-profits, tends a garden full of California native plants, and cooks for family and charity events.
Talks I've Given
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In the Brain of Richard Clark: Can the Web Connect the Internet of Things Reliably?
Featuring Richard Clark
When we build applications for the browser, we know what the network will do. But are we prepared for the likely scale and difefrent usage patterns of the Internet of Things? We’ll need solid strategies for dealing with network slowdowns, interruptions, and hostile intermediaries (e.g. proxies).
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iOS 7 and real-time data
Featuring Richard Clark
Would you like to learn how to work with real-time data when developing your iOS 7 applications? Join Richard Clark for an expert introduction to the new multitasking APIs in iOS and learn the skills you need to work with push notifications and background updates.
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The power of Events: A common approach to web, network, and native application development
Featuring Richard Clark
In this talk, we'll dissect a family of communicating applications – server, web, and native mobile – that use a common event-driven architecture, then discuss how to apply these patterns to your own development.
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Building mobile services that scale
Featuring Richard Clark
Eight out of ten of the top web outages in 2012 were causes by spikes in traffic that took down the servers. Eight out of ten! The flood of mobile devices is rapidly increasing the pressure on a wide range of sites, making performance tuning and scalability absolutely critical.
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Network Programming Overview for iOS
Featuring Richard Clark
The top non-game iOS apps (and many game apps) share a common feature: they connect to the network to share information, collect new content, make in-app purchases, or extend a web-based service. But writing these apps requires some special skills.
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Practical WebSockets
Featuring Richard Clark
Prepare for warp speed networking! Now that WebSockets has been finalized, and browsers have adopted the final standard, let's take a look at what we have. We'll review the WebSocket protocol, discover how to deploy it successfully, look at the programming APIs, and see how to debug...
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How to Leverage Your Skills To Create Mobile Apps
Featuring Richard Clark
Want to leverage your skills to create mobile applications for iOs, Android, and Windows 8? Come learn how to design, develop, and test applications that combine the ease of web development with the power of Apple's iOS.
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