Nic McPhee
Bio
Nic has taught computing at the Morris campus of the University of Minnesota since 1991, helping students develop problem solving, software development, and life-long learning skills that serve them well when they graduate and for decades beyond. Cool alumni are scattered all over the IT scene, from start ups to Fortune 500s.
He generally wishes he could spend more time pair programming with students and less time grading, and has been programming on Twitch since May of 2022. He also keeps finding his photos on Wikipedia and occasionally sings in public. Nic has done college radio since 1981 on three different stations; he and his wife currently do a weekly show together. His wife makes cool sculptures, their (adult) progeny is becoming a librarian, and the cat sheds. All in all, a pretty good life.
@NicMcPhee
Links:
- GitHub
- Twitter: @NicMcPhee
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Past Presentations
Participating Sessions
- Identity and Personhood Credentials in the 21st century
- AI as My Thought Partner: Gaining Courage and Perspective 24/7
- The Rise of the Creative Technologist: Why Artists and Creatives Will Shape the Future of AI
- Relax, Robots Won’t Steal Your Job: How AI Can Bring Back Humanity at Work
- Exploring the Question “What Is It We Understand We Are Testing For?”
- MN Indie Gamedev Microtalks, 2025
- Assistive Tech Is for Everyone (They Just Don’t Know It Yet 😏)
- The Art of Following
- Think AI Code Editors Are Your Friends? Think Again! They’re the Roman Senate and You’re Caesar
- Deepfakes 101: What’s Real, What’s Not, and What to Do About It
- Sustainability in Personal Tech - What can you do to help?
- Open Source Technology and The Future of Civic Tech
- How to Newsletter: Lessons from 300 issues of the Weekly Thing
- 🎈🧱 Building Teams: Play Better Together 🧱🎈
- Legacy Software Maintenance - You didn't build it, but you have to fix it.
- Your software moat is dead and AI drank it like a milkshake
- The Brownout: The Love-Child of a Dying Battery and a Theremin - For Your Guitar Pedal.
- Code, Cloth, and the Loom: The lore and legacy of textiles and technology
- Discord, Slack, or Circle? Choosing an Online Community Platform for Your Brand
- The Future of Energy and the 30X Problem
- The Only Productivity System That Actually Works — Yours
- Moving beyond technical debt
- Signals, Sensors, and Safety: Technology in Smart Cities
- Crowdfunding 101: How to Create and Launch a Successful Campaign
- This Machine ____s Fascists (fill in the blank)
- Session 0 feat. Dr. AnnMarie Thomas!