Blockly Developer Summit 2018: Welcome and The History of Blockly

A Google TechTalk, 2018-09-20 and 21, presented by Tina Ornduff and Neil Fraser ABSTRACT: Welcome to the summit and a history of Blockly. How it got started, what has changed over the years, and who was involved. About the speakers: Tina is an 11+ year veteran of Google's Engineering Education team. She is currently a program manager for several education projects at Google. Outside of Google, she enjoys baking, cycling, running, and spending time with her husband and two sons. Neil joined Google twelve years ago to work on the synchronization algorithm for Google Docs. Since then he has worked on a number of projects, including Blockly. Outside of work, Neil builds robots, cycles, and plays with his 2yo daughter -- preferably not at the same time.