I speak at events, meetups and conferences on topics such as Umbraco, .NET development, web development, developer tools and web accessibility.
You can find my current talks, past speaking engagements and recordings of some of my engagements below.
If you'd like me to speak at your meetup or event, please contact me or drop by my Sessionize page.
The Bump team are Umbraco superheroes – regularly swooping in to save the day for both new and existing clients faced with live Umbraco issues, in a matter of minutes.
Hear what Bump's team of Umbraco MVPs & experts have to say about their process for handling live website issues, learn why your site might go down, what "down" can mean, and how to be prepared for getting it back online when working with an agency.
What happens when your team spends work time eating pizza and hanging out with other techies? Surprisingly, they don’t just come back with stickers. They come back with ideas, solutions to problems, and a renewed enthusiasm for the work in front of them.
Recorded at Codegarden 2026
An episode of the Backstage with Fred video podcast: During Umbraco Spark, Fred had the opportunity to discuss with Joe Glombek, Umbraco MVP & Umbraco Developer at Bump Digital. Taking advantage of the beautiful weather in Bristol to record the interview outside, Joe told us a bit more about the conference, and gave us the main take away from his talk titled “Developers, Assemble! Community is your team's superpower”. It prompts a great discussion between the two about the importance for individuals but also for companies, to give back to the tech and open source communities out there.
What happens when your team spends work time eating pizza and hanging out with other techies? Surprisingly, they don’t just come back with stickers. They come back with ideas, solutions to problems, and a renewed enthusiasm for the work in front of them.
The Bump team lifts the lid on how to get the most out of working with a technical development agency, and shares some advice on finding the right one for your needs.
Bump's team of Umbraco MVPs & experts discuss Umbraco upgrades – how to prepare, things to consider and why they're of value.
Since the dawn of forums, CodeProject and Stack Overflow - and more recently with Github, Discord, Youtube and blog posts - we've been building applications with strangers on the internet, copying and pasting other developers' code. And now with the advent of ChatGPT, GitHub CoPilot and other AI solutions, it's easier than ever to use code somebody (or something) else wrote... without necessarily understanding the code completely. We all copy and paste code, but a senior developer will often approach the task in different way to someone more junior. We'll look at how to level-up our Ctrl+V game through understanding the problem, assessing suitability and adapting code samples to meet our needs. Together, we can build something better and quicker... so long as we know what we're building.
Marcin, Joe, John, Owain and Delia discuss UmbracoTees Day, CODECABIN, LTS, the state of the Umbraco community and the usual Umbraco news and events.
Building your own integrated platforms with Umbraco (a recording at Umbraco DK Festival 2022)
"Everyone makes mistakes." We've heard it time and again. But there's always that nagging voice inside our heads telling us to hide it away somewhere. But why be ashamed?! Besides, this can lead to more mistakes in the future. We'll take a look at some of my mistakes and even look at some extreme cases where mistakes can cost lives.
As well as looking at how hiding mistakes can be damaging to our confidence as well as to our work, we'll discuss how and when to talk about our mistakes along with success stories and how highlighting past mistakes can help save time, effort, and - most importantly - shame as individuals, teams, and as a community.
Accessibility is a fairly new concept to a lot of us in the tech industry, but Ordnance Survey have been making maps since 1791. What have they done over the last two centuries to make their maps easier to read and understand for everyone? And how can our comparatively juvenile industry learn from their experience?
A recording of my extended “Why are you being such a git about it” talk from Developer! Developer! Developer! Day 2021.
My attempts at solving Advent of Code puzzles each day.
My recorded talk “Why are you being such a git about it” from GitKon is available to watch.
A recording of my talk at CodeGarden 2021. Also available in written form.
Marcin and Callum together with their guests celebrate umbraCoffee's 3rd birthday and talk about the new Community site, the Community Teams "retreat", Hacktoberfest and more.
This week's guests are Honorary & New Umbraco Community Teams members - Poornima Nayar (@PoornimaNayar) and Joe Glombek (@JoeGlombek)
Not all speaking engagements are recorded, so I have provided a list of conferences I've spoken at.
