TechNow Ep 91 | Deconstruct! ServiceNow Smart Kegerator

[Chuck Tomasi]

Learn how ServceNow's Jason McKee, Director of Developer Evangelism, and Brian Griffith, Sr. Software Engineer, connected a "smart kegerator" to the Now Platform® in order to avoid the ultimate party foul.

Originally aired: October 26, 2021 8:00 AM PT

• 00:00 Welcome and introductions
• 05:08 Agenda and announcements
• 07:49 What's a Kegerator
• 08:48 Origin story
• 09:41 How the hardware works
• 11:53 Demonstration
• 16:34 Inside the ServiceNow App
• 31:56 Demonstration
• 41:59 Lessons Learned/What's Next
• 45:28 Reference info and Closing

Featured Experts

Jason McKee is the Director of Developer Evangelism at ServiceNow. Prior to joining ServiceNow 8 years ago, Jason spent 20 years as a developer, app dev manager and enterprise architect. He was a ServiceNow customer twice, starting with the Berlin release, always focused on building custom application. Today he organizes on ServiceNow developer events & programs, the biggest of which is CreatorCon. Outside of CreatorCon, he is most (in)famous for building LiquorBot, the ServiceNow-powered bartender robot.

Brian Griffith is a Sr. Software Engineer with ServiceNow. He has 20 years of application experience at all layers of the stack and is an advocate of development best practices. He has been building on the Now Platform for three years with an expertise in solution designs, CSS, and JavaScript. He is currently working on manufacturing and operations technology products in the industries vertical at ServiceNow.

Chuck Tomasi is a Sr. Developer Advocate for ServiceNow. He is a computer science major with over 35 years of IT experience. As a former ServiceNow customer, Chuck won the first Innovation of the Year Award at Knowledge 10. Since joining ServiceNow in 2010 as a Technical Consultant, he has done many large scale ITSM implementations and custom applications, acted as an adjunct instructor for Education Services, created and lead the Technical Best Practices program, makes appearances on Live Coding Happy Hour, created dozens of fit for purpose custom applications, and co-hosts the ServiceNow series "TechNow".

Kreg Steppe is a Sr Staff Enterprise-wide Apps/Sys Developer within ServiceNow Training and Certification developing and supporting cloud training infrastructure. He specializes in developing integration solutions, automating repeatable processes and Cloud Management in ITOM. Kreg's prior experience includes operating his own ISP, developing web applications in PHP, network integration, managing network support, Application Development on cloud based networks, DNS and email server maintenance. He is a Linux enthusiast and enjoys Photography.

Jeremy Duncan is a Platform Architect on the Workflow Design Studio team at ServiceNow. Jeremy is an Enterprise Architect with over 16 years of IT and Service Management experience. His experience and certifications span across retail and manufacturing with focuses on hardware, software, and information security specialties and is a ServiceNow Certified Master Architect. He has done many implementations in both the Enterprise Federal and Commercial spaces since 2011 and brings a breadth of platform knowledge that aids him in sound architectural decisions. He achieved his B.B.A. at MTSU and majored in Information Systems. He spends his free time fighting crime as a volunteer certified police officer in North Nashville since 2012 and enjoys family time, camping, with his wife and kids!

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