Ukraine

I am standing inside the exhibitor room of (what claims to be) Eastern Europe's largest startup event, [IT Arena](https://itarena.ua/){.markup--anchor .markup--p-anchor data-href="https://itarena.ua/" rel="noopener" target="_blank"} in Lviv, Ukraine. All around me are booths of companies looking for developers to join them, many servicing overseas clients. Upstairs are a handful of scrappy local entrepreneurs explaining their ideas, generally, they are well executed, but early stage. IT Arena has great talks happenin...

I have been to many tech conferences over the years. I have sat in so many startup pitches and talks that are barely masked marketing pitches. I have introduced myself and told people what I do and where I am from so many times that it all becomes something of a blur. Despite the repetition and occasional tedium, I still enjoy attending these events, especially after the best part of a two-year absence. There’s the opportunity to meet new people, and visit new places, and typically amongst the...

It's Cybersecurity awareness month every October and this year I thought I'd share something relevant from my recent trip to cover IT Arena in Lviv, Ukraine. While I was there I bumped into some of the team from MacPaw a macOS and iOS software company based in Kyiv, Ukraine. I have met MacPaw employees many times at conferences over the years, and even once visited their wonderful offices in Kyiv where I saw their famous Mac museum and met their equally famous office cats. They are probably b...