If you’re a illustrator start a blog, share a drawing everyday, dribbble, give advice or create a web comic.

If you’re a photographer share photos on a photo blog, give some freebies, if you have time, sell some photos at Stock Photo websites and create an online portfolio.

If you’re a programmer, build stuff, write tutorials, record screencasts, speak at conferences, attend events, share insights, techniques and code.

And so on…

There’s more ways to show your skills and talent that just sending out CV’s and waiting for a job to land. Be creative and don’t sit around.

Get out of the couch, turn off the tv, don’t watch a show about some interesting imaginary life, this is your opportunity.

Instead, have some coffee or tea and work on something you wanted to do on a long time.

Go pick those ideas you have kept on a piece of napkin or in a paper-sheet in your drawer and build something tonight.
Don’t wait any longer, you’re going to be sleepy tomorrow but much happier.

Write, draw, design, program, build something tonight. Go!

The venue will be the Teatro Aberto, a great theater and inspiring space to be.

The theme this year is Do It Yourself, divided in 4 main tracks (business, web, design, ux). We will bring together the leaders and newbies of the communities we have serviced in the past 2 editions, with a single purpose: to empower you, so that you can empower others. DIY? Read why.

First confirmed speakers include: Cennydd Bowles, David Weinberger,  Kushtrim Xhakli, Lane Becker, Ryan Opaz and more will come. There’s also slots for proposed talks, why not submit your own?

The website is powered by the same platform from 2008, it’s using Ruby on Rails with a custom backend that we use to manage all the information from the current and past editions (speakers, talks, discounts, tickets, prices, new, whatever).

Thanks to this we can have a ecosystem on the website where participants can get information on who’s attending, vote on talks, comment, view videos, download presentations and more. On the coming month we’ll be adding a trick or two to this system (send me your sugestions too).

So get your ticket and let’s get inspired and amazed for 2 days this year.

You can choose several presets or make your own selection before being bombarded by a stream of images, music and video straight from Getty’s archives. And of course you can find out more about what you’re hearing or seeing. Very worth watching and experiencing.

Oh and btw, this was my last work day at my current company, which means I’ll have a few surprises in the coming times.

It was a hard choice and a risk which I hope will pay out in the future. More info soon.