Jonathan Boutelle's guest appearances

Jonathan Boutelle

Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders

Web Directions Podcast

Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Video Series

Rashmi Sinha

Elon Musk

Marc Andreessen

Andreessen Horowitz

Chris Anderson

Dan Berkenstock

Chris Gerdes

Bobby Lee

David Heinemeier Hansson

Phil Libin

Rebecca Lynn

Linda Rottenberg

Nassim Taleb

Gunnar Carlsson

Tina Seelig

OwlTail

Jonathan Boutelle and Rashmi Sinha, founders of the presentation-sharing site SlideShare, describe the entrepreneurial process as a series of pivots. Boutelle explains it's not just a jump, but an evolving growth of stages that leads to an idea that can start a business. From there, Sinha says that focused execution keeps the vision moving forward. By continually measuring the activity, they both believe that entrepreneurs can better recognize the growth stages of their company.

Rashmi Sinha and Jonathan Boutelle (SlideShare) - Sharing a Measure of Success

FLASH

The web is finally moving beyond simple html. How can you make rich web-based user experiences that don’t surprise or aggravate your users? When should you use AJAX, when should you use Flash, and when should you mix the two? What are the opportunities and pitfalls when creating richer web interfaces? In this talk, Jonathan will argue that Flash and AJAX are complementary tools in the web developers’ toolbox, and that building effective web experiences often requires a blending of the two technologies.Jonathan Boutelle is the CTO for Slideshare.net, a social site for sharing PowerPoint and other types of slideshows. Built on Ruby-on-Rails, SlideShare makes generous use of both AJAX and Flash. Prior to this, Jonathan was the the technical architect of MindCanvas, a rich online survey application for design research that also relies on both AJAX and Flash. Jonathan specializes in architecting rich web experiences, using whatever technologies are most suitable for the task.Jonathan’s introduction to computer science was working in the lab of Andy Van Dam (the pioneering computer graphics researcher at Brown University), where he learnt how building stunning experiences meant thinking about both art and technology. His experience has included working in data visualization systems and business to business e-commerce. Jonathan writes an occasional rant on his blog (http://www.jonathanboutelle.com/).Licensed as Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/).

The web is finally moving beyond simple html. How can you make rich web-based user experiences that don’t surprise or aggravate your users? When should you use AJAX, when should you use Flash, and when should you mix the two? What are the opportunities and pitfalls when creating richer web interfaces? In this talk, Jonathan will argue that Flash and AJAX are complementary tools in the web developers’ toolbox, and that building effective web experiences often requires a blending of the two technologies.<br>Jonathan Boutelle is the CTO for <a href="http://Slideshare.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Slideshare.net</a>, a social site for sharing PowerPoint and other types of slideshows. Built on Ruby-on-Rails, SlideShare makes generous use of both AJAX and Flash. Prior to this, Jonathan was the the technical architect of MindCanvas, a rich online survey application for design research that also relies on both AJAX and Flash. Jonathan specializes in architecting rich web experiences, using whatever technologies are most suitable for the task.<br><br>Jonathan’s introduction to computer science was working in the lab of Andy Van Dam (the pioneering computer graphics researcher at Brown University), where he learnt how building stunning experiences meant thinking about both art and technology. His experience has included working in data visualization systems and business to business e-commerce. Jonathan writes an occasional rant on his blog (<a href="http://www.jonathanboutelle.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.jonathanboutelle.com/</a>).<br>Licensed as Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/</a>).

AJAX or Flash: what's right for you? - Jonathan Boutelle.