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I'm Dave Rupert, I write web components at Microsoft and am co-host of ShopTalk, a podcast about front-end web design and development. Previously, I co-founded a startup called Luro and an agency called Paravel with two of my best friends. I'm married to the drummer of a mid-2000s indie rock band, I'm a dad to two wonderful kids, and I live in Austin, TX where I work out of my backyard office.

2024

  • Smashing Hour

    Geoff Graham invited me to join him for a Smashing Hour to talk web components and many other things. Watch now

  • Bleeding Edge ATX

    Presented “HTML with Superpowers” at the recently rebooted Bleeding Edge ATX meetup.

  • Bad @ CSS

    I joined the Bad @ CSS video podcast to talk. Watch on YouTube

  • Frontend Masters Boost Blog

    Wrote my first article for the Frontend Masters new Boost blog

2023

  • Front-end Development South Africa

    I was invited to talk about Web Components on the FEDSA livestream meetup. Watch on YouTube

  • Luro Public Release

    Brought Luro out of Beta and available for public sign-ups.

  • Austin Javascript

    Presented “HTML with Superpowers” at the recently rebooted Austin JavaScript meetup.

  • Creating Web Components on Kevin Powell

    CSS expert Kevin Powell had me on his livestream to talk about creating Web Components. Watch on YouTube

2022

  • An Event Apart Denver

    Presented my Log Jams talk at AEA Denver.

  • Frontend Feud: ShopTalk vs CSS Podcast

    Attempting to defend the JS Party Frontend Feud title against the formidable CSS Podcast

  • Some Antics Livestream

    I joined Ben Myers to talk about work happening in Open UI. Watch on YouTube

  • Co-Founded Luro

    Co-founded Luro with Trent Walton and Reagan Ray.

2021

  • ShopTalk YouTube

    ShopTalk goes video with a new daily video series on the CSS-Tricks YouTube channel.

    Watch Now

  • Frontend Fued: ShopTalk Show vs Syntax on JSPartyFM

    ShopTalk vs Syntax in an epic battle. Hands down one of the funnest times I’ve had on a podcast. Listen on JSParty

  • An Event Apart Spring Summit

    Talking about Web Components at the Spring Summit 2021 edition of An Event Apart.

  • axe-con

    Talking about Accessibility Backlogs at the axe-con put on by the good folks at Deque.

  • Inclusion Hub Interview

    I was asked to talk about Accessibility from a lay person’s perspective over on the Inclusion Hub.

2020

  • All Things Open 2020

    Presenting my new talk at All Things Open called “Unblocking Backlog Jams with Multi-Dimensional Accessibility Audits”. Like most things in 2020, this will be an online event.

  • Live Shop Talk at SmashingConf Austin

    Chris and I did another LIVE shoptalk at the (virtual) Austin version of SmashingConf.

  • The Bike Shed Podcast

    I was invited on the Bike Shed podcast episode 263 to talk about a myriad of topics ranging from accessibility, blogging, and design systems.

  • Live Shop Talk at SmashingConf Live

    Chris and I doing a LIVE shoptalk webinar at the online circus bonanza known as the SmashingConf Live online event.

  • An Event Apart: Front-End Focus

    Presenting a new talk at An Event Apart: Online Together called “Unblocking Backlog Jams with Multi-Dimensional Accessibility Audits”

  • The Web Platform Podcast

    Hopped on The Web Platform Podcast to talk about Modern HTML.

2019

  • 🕶 Awesome Standalones

    Made Awesome Standalones - A curated list of awesome framework-agnostic standalone web components.

  • Published on CSS-Tricks

    I was invited by CSS-Tricks to write about what has me excited about web development, and I wrote about The Kind of Development I Like.

  • Live Shop Talk at JAMstack Conf

    Chris and I will be doing a live Shop Talk Show at JAMStack Conf in San Francisco.

  • Thundernerds

    I was invited onto the Thundernerds to talk about prototypes, podcasting, and blogging.

  • Keyframers

    I crashed an episode of the Keyframers.

  • Prompts

    Prompts is an Inktober-inspired drawing app for touchscreen devices

  • Artifact

    Presenting “What’s Changed and Where It’s Going” at Artifact in Austin, TX

  • An Event Apart DC

    Presented “What’s Changed and Where It’s Going”, a new talk at An Event Apart DC in Washington DC

  • AccessU Online 2019

    A short chat with Christopher Schmitt at the AccessU Online Conference

  • Gymnasium Webinar

    A chat about prototypes over at The Gymnasium

  • CodePen Radio

    Trent Walton and I joined CodePen Radio to talk about how we do prototyping at Paravel: Prototyping with Dave and Trent

2018

  • Show Me Your Mic

    I rejoined Chris Enns’ podcast about podcasting and talked about “Can Podcasting Go Windows?”

  • An Event Apart Chicago

    Presenting a new talk called “The Four Divine Beasts of Accessibility”

  • A11Y Nutrition Cards

    A11y Nutrition Cards, a new open source project focusing on presenting accessible expectations in a consumable manner.

  • An Event Apart DC

    Presenting a new talk called “The Four Divine Beasts of Accessibility”

  • Austin JavaScript

    Spur of the moment ask to debut my new talk “The Four Divine Beasts of Accessibility”

  • ❬ASIDE❭ QUEST

    ❬ASIDE❭ QUEST is a video games podcast for people too busy to play video games with my friend Danh Hoang.

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2017

  • Refresh Austin

    Presented “Vague, but exciting 2.1” in my hometown at Refresh Austin.

  • Beyond Tellerand Berlin

    Presented “Vague, but exciting 2.0” at Beyond Tellerand in Berlin, Germany.

  • Austin on Rails

    Spoke to the local Austin on Rails meetup about building Progressive Web Apps.

  • CSSDevConf Keynote QA

    Closing Keynote QA at CSSDevConf. I was interviewed by author and conference organizer Christopher Schmitt.

  • CSSDevConf Session

    Semi-impromptu roundtable discussion called “Let’s Talk Burnout” where designers and developers shared causes, effects, and coping strategies for burnout.

  • Squares Conference

    Presented an updated version of “Vague, but exciting” at Squares Conference in Grapevine, TX (Dallas). This time focusing on the question of how large creative projects get made.

2016

  • Smashing Conference Freiburg

    Presented “Vague, but exciting” at Smashing Conference in Freiburg, Germany.

  • Austin JavaScript

    Debut of a new talk at Austin JavaScript: Progressive Web Apps (on Ruby on Rails (at a JavaScript Meetup)). Slides

  • An Event Apart DC

    Debut of a new talk at An Event Apart DC: Vague But Exciting. Discussing how we can use prototypes to quickly build out new ideas.

  • Global Defense

    DayTrip Launched my first game Global Defense. A massive multiplayer online space defender.

  • Between Players Podcast

    My good friend Zach Meyer invited me on Between Players Episode 03: Time to talk about the ideal video game length for working professionals and casual gamers.

  • Live Shop Talk Show at Web Design Day in Pittsburg

    Chris and I joined the festivities at Web Design Day in Pittsburg.

  • .net Magazine Feature

    I was featured in the March 2016 issue of .net Magazine. Read here

2015

  • CSSDevConf Keynote

    I was asked to do the closing keynote for CSSDevConf aboard the H.M.S. Queen Mary in Long Beach, CA.

  • Dave Rupert: Working from Home

    Martin Wolf invited me to share about my workspace on his blog.

  • Emi Jeanne Rupert

    My second child Emi Jeanne Rupert was born.

  • Live ShopTalk at An Event Apart Chicago

    Live ShopTalkShow

  • An Event Apart DC

    Prototypes and Play

  • DayTrip

    DayTrip Paravel launches DayTrip, an app to help you break the Netflix cycle so you can go outside and play.

  • GenerateConf New York

    Prototypes and Play

  • Styleguides Podcast

    I was invited by Anna Debenham and Brad Frost to be on the Styleguides Podcast

  • Responsive Web Design Summit 2015

    Automate Your Tools

  • An Event Apart Atlanta

    Prototypes and Play

2014

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2011

2010

  • Lettering.js

    Launched a glorified span injector!

  • Lost World's Fairs


    Paravel teamed up with Naz Hamid, Frank Chimero, Jason Santa Maria and Microsoft to celebrate the launch of IE9.

  • .net Magazine

    Co-wrote an article with Trent Walton on CSS3 Transitions.

  • The Many Faces Of...

    Paravel launches a site about our love of movies and Alan Rickman.

  • Refresh Austin

    Talk on Webkit’s CSS Transitions

2009

  • ATX Web Show

  • Moved back to Austin

Earlier

  • Married Jessica Conklin

    She was in a rock band, she stole my heart, so I married her.

  • Paravel

    Formed Paravel with good friends Trent Walton and Reagan Ray

  • JET Programme

    Lived in Sasayama, Hyogo Prefecture teaching English on the JET Programme from 2003–2006.

  • University of Texas at Austin

    Graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a degree in Japanese
    (日本語ＯＫ).