@NicoleADonnelly @pycon I’m so sorry Nicole. I’ve pulled out. They’re removing me from the site. Not travelling to US these days. 🙁
@NicoleADonnelly Yes, that’s the version from LinuxConf! I hope you like it.
Month: February 2017
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HANNAH! I hope Rory Mustan has a wonderful day planned for you – you deserve it!
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Talk videos!
I’ve been a bit remiss in sharing some of the talks I’ve been doing lately. Prepare to be bombarded!
This first one was “My Website Is Old Enough to Vote” from WordCamp Sydney back in September. I spoke about my twenty-year-old website (RoaldDahlFans.com), the early days of the web, and how I did a complete rebuild of the site recently on WordPress. (The slides aren’t interspersed in the video so it’s a bit hard to follow, but you can see them separately online here.)
Next up was “Knit One, Compute One” at Linux.conf.au 2017 in Hobart last month. This builds upon my “Granny was a Hacker” lightning talk and details the connections between knitting and computing and some of the interesting knitting-related projects happening in Open Source software.
Last is “Traversing the Org Chart” from last week’s Alt.net meetup in Sydney. This talk is about the skills you need to go from a hands-on individual contributor to a people manager, as well as the pros/cons of working in a flat, manager-less organisation.
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LOLOLOL https://t.co/LAyqYHjvEE
Yay, I’m so glad it finally got to you! 🙂 https://t.co/eNVk3CF8SF
@TheWonkaTonka I have a giant head so I blocked the hell out of the beret. If it’s too big, give it a gentle hand wash and lay flat to dry
@TheWonkaTonka It’ll snap back into shape 🙂
Not all my knitting lately has been pink! Sent this to my lovely cousin @justacogitating. https://t.co/WcBeUPARdp https://t.co/DaA8iNF1Bu
Cables cables cables. Pattern is Flavia and wool is from @atelier_yarn! https://t.co/MnSgbgif82 https://t.co/ZNWNTavdC0
@johnallsopp @SydTechLeaders I’m reading this now. Seems relevant. https://t.co/KSR5gFnOgN
@mark_sabbatical @Justacogitating Not if I wanted to pay myself a living wage. 😂 But thank you.
TFW your friend gives you a @MoominOfficial gift. (Thank you @azadehkhojandi!!) https://t.co/7T1LNj3RED
@snookca Let me intro you to @ButenkoMe and @NodeGirlsSydney, as well as @GPN_Sydney!
RT @REATechBlog: BREAKING: We have some discounted tickets to next week’s React training to support minorities and disadvantaged groups. DM…
Futility – a short film starring a very stupid cat. https://t.co/k08lh4wFPL https://t.co/IZsIHgJX96
And I am absolutely happy to do the same for anyone looking to migrate Down Under! https://t.co/xwSHLTApA6
RT @WordPressTV: My Website Is Old Enough To Vote @wordcampsyd #WCSYD @WordCamp @web_goddess https://t.co/QLXl756o8v
Hm. The slides aren’t interspersed, which makes it hard to follow. You can see them here if you like! https://t.co/b1NRJUghLn https://t.co/5ri1wyQ4Og
@johnallsopp Incidentally, you get namechecked about 15 minutes into this. 🙂
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Not all my knitting lately has been pink! Sent this to my lovely cousin @justacogitating.
Cables cables cables. Pattern is Flavia and wool is from @atelier_yarn!
Kristine Howard shared a link.
The talk I gave at WordCamp Sydney last year is finally online! It’s about my 20yo Roald Dahl website, the early history of the web, and how I did a complete rebuild last year on WordPress. (They didn’t intersperse the slides though and the video is randomly zoomed in on me most of the time, so it may be hard to follow without the slide deck: http://www.slideshare.net/WordCampSydney/my-website-is-old-enough-to-vote-kris-howard)
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@aussielunix @willb_photos Given that I grew up in Amish country (my Mom actually runs a quilt shop!), I am uniquely qualified to assist. 🙂
@evanderkoogh Not really a PA, but I’ve been using Cloze to manage contacts and I’m pretty happy so far.
@evanderkoogh True. I haven’t connected to Slack or telephony, just email and social.
@Gemma_Stiles I am working from your desk today! 😂 @darthted took pity on a poor office-less Kris.
@WasianFactor @SheSharp_NZ @yow_conf Doesn’t necessarily have to be technical! My entry that was selected was on leadership & management.
@WasianFactor @SheSharp_NZ @yow_conf If you look through past YOW conf schedules on the site, that will give you an idea of topics covered
@Gemma_Stiles @darthted Hehe. Sadly no. I am actually doing work! … Well, except for this.
@Gemma_Stiles @darthted PS I ❤️ your Dr. Who Funkos.
RT @yow_conf: Learnt from a mistake? Turn it into a 🎤 talk for #yowwest and submit it! https://t.co/JBUJoj3jqR https://t.co/OERjCUJNT7
@darthted @owensenior @SydTechLeaders This is the tweet thread I was telling you about! https://t.co/uefFCOQ0Je
RT @karanj: . @latikambourke and @GrogsGamut timing couldn’t be more perfect https://t.co/pHzD6sRZSE
RT @SydTechLeaders: We are considering a future meetup around this topic (or very close to it). Anyone w/ strong opinions; wants to talk in…
RT @yow_conf: Grab your tix & meet @web_goddess in Perth Feb 7. Knitting is encouraged! (even better if it’s based on code) https://t.co/Pl…
Fancy digs at @CommBank for #SydCSS! https://t.co/0ZG2S99ojy
A good design system depends at least 50% on the developer experience. – @wilkowskidom #SydCSS https://t.co/3cSomKea4r
@miko_a @conniecodes There’s a table full at the back of the room. I seeded it with quite a few! 😁 #SydCSS
@conniecodes @miko_a That’s what I seeded it with! (Though I kept the *really* good ones…)
“Who here does testing? YOU SHOULD ALL PUT YOUR HANDS UP. YOU SHOULD ALL TEST YOUR CODE.” Excellent intro rant from @sammy_lee12! 😂 #SydCSS
Damn. @sammy_lee12 is KILLING IT tonight! Doing @GGDSydney and @WWCSyd very proud! #SydCSS https://t.co/XTnNRWsIuu
RT @HarbourFrontHK: Have you RSVP’ed to our meet-up with @web_goddess yet?
https://t.co/n3mtmn44xU https://t.co/46bre4xrcF
Want an awesome @yow_conf shirt like @sammy_lee12? Submit a talk for YOW! West and join us in Perth! #sydcss https://t.co/gltyRTfaZH
Unintended lesson from #sydcss: throwing shade at other meetup groups is the best way to get a crowd reaction. (Sorry @twalve!)
@liedra gorgeous!
@msharp @Malarkey @mobywhale Honestly, this exchange has been one of the bright points of 2017 to date! #happynews #everythingsnotawful
@SydTechLeaders Hey @johnallsopp – I reckon you’ll have opinions. 🙂
@johnallsopp You mean for internal use? Or have you found a good local channel?
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In one day, 75% of the tickets are gone! Don’t delay if you want to hear from the creator of Scala @odersky. https://t.co/djV0xbD3hs
The world may be collapsing, so I figured I might as well try a Turmeric & Ginger Almond Latte. (Surprisingly good!) #selfhatinghipster
@yow_conf @KenScambler On the plus side, it’s being recorded! We also have @lynnlangit Night next week too in Melb: https://t.co/OsbTCWylf3
@gilmae Is it sexist of me to suspect that the explainers are mostly of the same gender?
@ScalaSyd @yow_conf Don’t forget it’s being recorded though! 😀
The @yow_conf Women in Tech speaking comp 2017 is now open for entries! Win a day of speaker training. 😊 https://t.co/hTKZYCqFk2 https://t.co/TcfpAr3ena
@tedneward Haha, if you ever make it over to Sydney, I’ll take you for a beer to make up for missing out. 🙂
Really thrilled for @GirlGeekAcademy, but @GGDSydney has had #SheHacks events in Syd for 3yr. Going to be confusing? https://t.co/ToSUC6626x
@chaitanyakuber I did! It was actually recorded and is already on YouTube. 😂 https://t.co/OXihCf5HnR
Anybody at @pivotallabs? Crowd in lobby trying to get up to Elixir meetup.
Really friendly group for my first #elixirsyd meetup tonight! https://t.co/a71OveHsnk
Learning about supervision, robustness, links, Erlang, Elixir and more from Nick Gunn. #elixirsyd https://t.co/JNuSLz5kwK
“Don’t ever call unlink, unless for fun, because bad things will happen and you won’t know about it.” 😂 #elixirsyd
I love it when a tech talk cites an academic paper! #elixirsyd @randommood https://t.co/nz3d0tj77B https://t.co/HcyIVxMMU8
“I’m not really a web developer… Well, I wrote a web app once. In 2001.” – @ausimian #elixirsyd 😂 https://t.co/ny320bRh6V
@stevelikesyou @mark_sabbatical So good, right? Makes me want to know your score. 😜
@stevelikesyou @mark_sabbatical Was that ambivert?
@stevelikesyou @mark_sabbatical I was in the 70′s I think.
Valiant effort from @robinhilliard to describe his drone project demo to us in spite of projector fail! #elixirsyd https://t.co/64FAlNfH9W
Neat. Using Dialyzer to do a sort of type checking on units of measure. Critical in aviation! @robinhilliard #elixirsyd https://t.co/JEDwEcNRlN
Pro tip from @robinhilliard: use git aliases for prev and next to step through your demo repo. Brilliant! #elixirsyd https://t.co/iEdGATvwWk
@tammybutow @GirlGeekAcademy @GGDSydney @GeorgiCodes I know – I was there! Just didn’t realise the event was changing this year.
@tammybutow @GirlGeekAcademy @GGDSydney @GeorgiCodes So presumably we have to call ours something else now?
@tammybutow I already had someone email me the news link going hey, is this your group @GGDSydney? So there will be confusion. 😕
@tammybutow @GGDSydney I could change it or keep it; I’m not bothered. Just need to make sure people know they’re different!
@aussielunix And set up some sort of benevolent dictator city-state? I could get behind that, El Presidenté!
@SeanDMackNYC @yow_conf Thanks for sharing!
Holy cow. @Meetup – do I really have to go into every single group I’m in to turn off email notifications? There’s not a blanket option?!
