March Porto Tech & Creative Events

Ana Pinheiro
OPO.network
Published in
4 min readMar 1, 2021

March… be good!

We have been living in the weather mood of March for the past few days — savage and serene in one hour.

But… the days are longer, the sun is beginning to appear, and at the bottom of the tunnel, there is greater hope for a return to normality.
We’ve got this! 💪🏼

Take a look at all the tech and creative events happening in Porto this month.

Upcoming Porto Events

❤ Here are the online events happening in Porto this month. Topics include JavaScript, Design, and pretty much anything creative or tech related.

March 3, 13h30–15h00

· design · Virtual Studio: Design Your Own Digital Pet with Thukral and Tagra
Join artists Thukral and Tagra to imagine your virtual pet, as part of New World series with It’s Nice That.

March 4, 18h00–19h00

· design · Onlive Talk — How to earn a living in Design, with Sebastian Bergne
An online, live presentation by Sebastian Bergne that unpacks and explains the different ways to earn a living working in design.

March 8, 17h00

· design · UX on Coffee with Alan Cooper (Inventor of Design Personas) LIVE on Zoom
Meet a UX Design Legend, the inventor of the design Personas and the ‘Father of Visual Basic’, Mr. Alan Cooper.

March 11, 18h00–19h00

· design · Onlive Talk — Design for social justice in time of displacement, in three conversations. Part 1.
An online, live presentation series by Simon Hamilton and Laetitia Wolff, who cross their perspectives to talk about their personal experiences with cultural displacement, career pivots and professional practice reinventions in time of crisis.

March 18–19, 13h00

· design · Design for Game Play- IxDA SXSW Special
Speaker: Brian Schwab, Director — Interaction Design, Creative Play Lab at LEGO; Former Director Interaction Lab at Magic Leap.

March 18, 18h00–19h00

· design · Onlive Talk — Design for social justice in time of displacement, in three conversations. Part 2.
Deep stories, practical jokes, comparative notes and useful career tips… a taste of what their individual coaching sounds like.

March 23, 19h00–21h00

· dev · Agile Beer + Agile On the Road by K21
Share experiences and knowledge about Agile by expanding your network.

March 25, 18h00–19h00

· design · Onlive Talk — Design for social justice in time of displacement, in three conversations. Part 3.
Bringing meaning and purpose to life, while the world needs design solutions.

March 30, 20h00–21h30

· design · Stone Carved Lettering and the Digital Age
The Letterform Lecture series complements the Type West curriculum with presentations from luminaries in type, design, and research.

Monthly Must Read & Watch

We handpicked more articles and tools just for you!

KENT C. DODDS
TypeScript Function Syntaxes · dev
The syntax for various functions and function types in TypeScript with simple examples.

DMITRI PAVLUTIN
How to Greatly Enhance fetch() with the Decorator Pattern · dev
fetch() is good, but you want better.

MATT OWENS
Design is everything but everything isn’t design · design
Why brands put aesthetics ahead of everything else but need everything else for design to truly succeed.

Podcasts

They tell you cool stuff!
Our selection made through great references from our community.
Contact us and share your tips/work as well.

BOTTLE ROCKET
Liftoff by Bottle Rocke‪t‬
Talk about business transformation, product growth, leadership and everything in between.

NEVER NOT CREATIVE
Never Not Creative Podcast
A community for creatives to come together and tackle the challenges we face in the creative industry.

DONALD MILLER
Business Made Simple
They teach you everything you need to know to grow a business.

Enjoy!

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