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Month: August 2015

  • Canva Comma Club Cushion

    Hackathon Poster

    This past Thursday and Friday, Canva held its first ever Hackathon. At first I wasn’t quite sure what I was going to do for it. (I work with some really brilliant engineers, and my coding skills aren’t great.) But the sign-up sheet came out and it was clear that non-coding projects were encouraged. Then the organiser Chris Doble (jokingly?) suggested that “someone” could create cushions with commas on them. A-HA!

    (The Three Commas thing is a running joke from the show Silicon Valley. As a start-up, we quote that show a lot. We even threw in some references as an Easter Egg in our Canva for Work videos.)

    So I knew immediately what I would do: I’d sew up a cushion with the Canva logo and three commas, and then I’d use my LilyPad Arduino to make the commas light up. The end result turned out pretty spectacular, if I do say so myself.

    Comma Club Cushion
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  • Local colour spotted in Ultimo today.

  • The best way to recover from #canvahackathon: red velvet pancakes!

  • Shared today on Twitter

    Back at work and the clock is ticking! Final push for #canvahackathon… http://t.co/Df3pTlEaNW http://t.co/ADTYb1qtFI

    @cathjones0 Yep, but not wearing it. Sewing it into some furnishings 😀

    Me, just now when I got my Arduino program just right. http://t.co/3Hi3ycBXON #canvahackathon (Thank you @nicwinton for the gif.)

    Hard at work on the last bit of sewing… #canvahackathon http://t.co/yaLfuhLpQ7 http://t.co/MEiVW3nxcH

    Presentation is locked in. LET’S DO THIS! #canvahackathon

    Revealed – the Canva Comma Club Cushion! Video here: http://t.co/CMiAR1rMJI #canvahackat… http://t.co/49cgWcmDcD http://t.co/uoWbFXuW3m

    @randomknits Thank you!

    I’ll write up a blog post on the cushion build this weekend!

    Well, now I’ve seen everything. It’s @delitescere giving his hackathon preso over the Internet! #canvahackathon http://t.co/xaWSrIqcP1

    I’m a regular Steve Jobs. (Thanks @i386 for the awesome photos!) #canvahackathon http://t.co/cHWdOiKQnp http://t.co/1tkyPSzNic

    20 hackathon projects from an office of 40 people. THAT’S INSANE. @canva, you are the best. #canvahackathon

    @kakaCharlotte AWESOME! You’re going to love it. Hope everyone at #railsgirls has a great weekend!

    @i386 When I am up at Guy’s level, jetting across the world to speak, I will insist that you must accompany me as my photographer. 🙂

    RT @matthewrevell: As I get closer to 40, I feel ever more strongly that I can decide for myself whether to underline & make blue email add…

    RT @amesimmons: Group hug! #RailsGirls @ansarada @RailsGirls_SYD @RailsGirls_AU #womenInTech http://t.co/GuPZCAkD1q – SO MUCH AWESOMENESS!

    RT @GuardianAus: A moment that changed me – Gamergate | Brianna Wu http://t.co/0iPC7nKgRJ

    RT @DamonOehlman: To say I’m impressed at the level of capability across the board at @canva would be understating things. A very successfu…

    RT @adamliaw: No matter what you think of Stuart Broad as a person and a player, you have to admit he has an unspeakably irritating face. #…

  • Shared today on Facebook

    Back at work and the clock is ticking! Final push for #canvahackathon…

    Hard at work on the last bit of sewing… #canvahackathon

    Revealed – the Canva Comma Club Cushion! Video here: http://youtu.be/vKAiIuGA3tI #canvahackathon

    I’m a regular Steve Jobs. (Thanks @i386 for the awesome photos!) #canvahackathon

  • I’m a regular Steve Jobs. (Thanks @i386 for the awesome photos!) #canvahackathon

  • Video of My Canva Cushion

  • Revealed – the Canva Comma Club Cushion! #canvahackathon

  • Hard at work on the last bit of sewing… #canvahackathon

  • Back at work and the clock is ticking! Final push for #canvahackathon…