We have levelled up in hipsterdom: Negroni with spherical ice… at home!
Month: January 2018
-
Getting Started with Public Speaking
I’m one of the organisers of the Sydney Technology Leaders group, and we held a meetup last night on building your personal brand. One of our planned panellists was a public speaking coach, but unfortunately illness caused them to drop out at the last minute. So with a few hours’ notice, I was drafted in as a replacement. (I’ve got a fair bit of experience, and my job with YOW! Conferences means I attend a lot of tech events.) I gave a short “everything I know about public speaking” lightning talk with no slides, and thankfully it went really well! A few attendees asked if I’d share my notes publicly, so I thought I’d post them on LinkedIn in case others find them useful. Just head over there to read!
-
Shared today on Twitter
Video of the cosmic ray detection. Muon strikes were converted to beautiful sounds and lights for Adelaide Splash Festival. #lca2018 @pschulz01 https://t.co/S8q0cwAdeM
New life goal for 2018: write a program with “cosmic” in the name. ✨☄️ #lca2018 @pschulz01 https://t.co/CYUQoax0cE
If you’ve always wanted to own a cosmic ray detector, this one’s for sale! And it’ll save @pschulz01 having to carry this one back on the plane. 😂 #lca2018 https://t.co/UEYhGjrtV8
Those light flashes? Cosmic rays (muons) striking the detector in the conference room at UTS. 😳… https://t.co/RbBOw7rNRU
@glasnt @freakboy3742 One of my highlights of #lca2017 was giving my knitting talk, meeting Jill, and then realising I’ve actually knitted with her beautiful alpaca! https://t.co/5Q2QpuKljA
RT @MatToddChem: Just seen *the most beautiful thing* at #lca2018 from @pschulz01 – field of detectors that chime when hit by cosmic rays.…
RT @metaeaux: My talk from @linuxconfau is up! “If I were a pixel, what would I do?” — if you’ve ever wanted to learn how to easily progra…
Big crowd for @notsolonecoder, who gets my vote for best talk title of #lca2018! 🚌 https://t.co/9BxT74ga5A
@jeamland Watch out for hidden cameras. 😂
RT @hannahcancode: .@notsolonecoder finally proves the 370 is the worst bus in Sydney. I knew it. #LCA2018
@ardrigh @yow_conf @SydTechLeaders @exercism_io I have more. I’ll bring a couple extra and keep them on me if you or anybody else wants one! They came direct from @kytrinyx herself. 🙂
RT @nickyringland: Here’s your To Do list, #LCA2018
See https://t.co/s1ddrBtZt0 for links, or come talk to me, @hogesonline or reach out t…
RT @yow_conf: We are so pleased to announce @yminsky will be joining #ylj18 as a keynote!
https://t.co/liWbKY5OOc
After sitting with @jeamland at dinner last night, I knew I had to see his presentation! Always fun when a person is speaking about their pet topic. #lca2018 https://t.co/OiACSnZE7b
My #lca2018 socks are coming along nicely! (I didn’t get much knitting done during #artandtech yesterday…) https://t.co/uCTeJePsvB https://t.co/4a0Voq1nID
@ms_mary_mac Yay, thanks! I’m over in Building 11 for the rest of the day. Can I have my partner pick it up, since he’s at the Kernel miniconf?
RT @yow_conf: Did you know we’re always looking for IT/computer engineering students to join our volunteer teams? #ylj18 and #yowdata are n…
@nickyringland @isomer @notsolonecoder True story: for the first five years after I moved to Newtown (and Australia), I referred to it as “the mythical 370.” People kept telling me it existed, but the damn thing would never reliably appear.
@stibbons I would’ve raised my hand! 😉 @dibblego
Unexpected communication issues: translating from Australian! @orieisao didn’t know what @equivalentideas meant by “I reckon…” #lca2018 https://t.co/iOy4IlmpeV
@auxesis You should submit for https://t.co/JwBKYuuCvT ! @voxxedsingapore 🙂
@ms_mary_mac THANK YOU!
@ms_mary_mac Ooh, now I’m really curious what it is!!!!
Have fun at the Penguin dinner, #lca2018! I’m off to @SydTechLeaders…
RT @proginequality: Mary Lee Berners-Lee, mother of inventor of the world wide web Sir Tim Berners-Lee, and a successful computer programm…
Big crowd waiting expectantly for @lightningdb’s talk at @SydTechLeaders! #sydtechleaders https://t.co/eM9ecunJhY
It was really hard in the past to feel part of the tech community and build a personal brand. @lightningdb’s dad ran multiple BBSes! #sydtechleaders https://t.co/Jzs70AuaAT
Uhhhhh… If being in 50 meetups is excessive… *wince* #sydtechleaders https://t.co/x9GwDnEYZw
A defence of LinkedIn is not what I expected tonight! 😂 @lightningdb #sydtechleaders https://t.co/uJ8G48vYim
@aussielunix @anthonypjshaw @lightningdb @SydTechLeaders I ruined your brand. 😂
Some great practical advice from @lightningdb on building your profile! #sydtechleaders https://t.co/jBHjv5ie0r
Engineers can find building a personal brand really awkward. It’s not always about technical excellence at your job. Great disclaimer by @rosepowell. #sydtechleaders https://t.co/Ry3KV40jnG
Tweeting during @rosepowell’s talk is difficult because I’m nodding too much. So frank and useful and practical. #sydtechleaders https://t.co/fQqmvAbhbF
@darthted @rosepowell https://t.co/ymI5s9eRhH
Are you going to be talking to the media as a technical leader? @rosepowell has given an amazing prep checklist! #sydtechleaders https://t.co/ArtGjCfaNZ
“Don’t tweet drunk.” Good advice for your brand – AND LIFE – from @rosepowell. #sydtechleaders https://t.co/uhQRJll8e2
Unofficial 5th panellist @aussielunix is crushing it! Thanks for your contributions, mate. 👏 #sydtechleaders https://t.co/2QJfEb1cA9
Massive thanks to @SiteMinderLife and @msharp for hosting #sydtechleaders tonight! Stunning venue, good food, friendly company. 😊👍
RT @yow_conf: YOW! New Female Voices in Tech is a speaker development program for women in tech and is now open till 18 May 2018!
Be one…
I’m so glad we’ve removed “competition” from the name. It’s not about pitting women against each other; it’s about giving more of us skills to raise our voices in this industry! 👏 https://t.co/7Hxe1Diwnz
@shenmaxiu @glenda_atom I. LOVE. THIS. (Let me tell you about my dream to knit the original DOCOMO emoji into a fairisle sweater…)
@TheRealBnut LOL. Is that a Canva font? (I didn’t create it.) @melissa_loh ??
@melissa_loh @TheRealBnut So really then, Andrew, it’s all *your* fault. 😛
@themaninblue We called it “Touchdown Jesus.”
You asked and I delivered, @SydTechLeaders. My notes and references from tonight’s public speaking talk! (Yep, on LinkedIn. 😉) #sydtechleaders https://t.co/Y7GO0iK84Q
RT @craigmcphee_au: My favourite takeaway from #sydtechleaders meetup was via @rosepowell – if you’re true to yourself with your brand then…
Last night I dreamt about type expressions for the second time in a week. I thought functional programming wasn’t supposed to have side effects! 😂
@chewxy You’re ruining my joke. 🙃
@craigmcphee_au @SydTechLeaders Glad you enjoyed it! I’m always surprised when stuff I think is obvious turns out not to be. That’s the Imposter Syndrome thing I mentioned in a nutshell!
RT @craigmcphee_au: The bang for your buck award from last nights @SydTechLeaders meetup went to @web_goddess, here are her notes #sydtechl…
Still thinking about @lightningdb’s mention of using GoodReads to build your profile. Such a good idea! Of course, then I’d need to actually finish a book… 🤔
@amberleyjohanna @lightningdb Yeah! He was talking about reviewing the business books that he reads on there.
I think all but one of the #artandtech videos are up, so I’ve created a playlist on YouTube! (I’ll add the last one as soon as it gets published.) https://t.co/tiKpT0wjFh #lca2018
RT @littlehelper: “Have you always wanted to become a tech conference speaker? Let 2018 be the year that you make that dream a reality!” ht…
-
Shared today on Facebook
I gave a lightning talk at the Sydney Tech Leaders meetup tonight on getting started with public speaking, and I covered a fair bit! I thought I’d record my notes here for future reference.
I attended some sessions of the Games Miniconf at LinuxConfAU on Monday, and the final slot was open for volunteer lightning talks. So I gave one about the Scratch game I built recently for Harvard’s CS50 course! It’s the first 5min of this video…
-
Shared today on Twitter
RT @The_McJones: “You don’t have worry, neural nets don’t have feelings, well, at least not yet” – @minxdragon #lca2018 #artandtech
RT @pjf: This is supposed to be captioned “Are you mad, bro?”, but the transform screwed it up so badly it looks like baby Jesus is trying…
BTW – there’s a fantastic Rembrandt exhibition happening at the Art Gallery of NSW right now. I saw it last weekend, and I thought about this project. @minxdragon #artandtech #lca2018 🖼️❤️💻 https://t.co/3b4wO3EdgF
Now we’re getting a bit more into some tech details and code with @metaeaux showing us how to think like a pixel. #artandtech #lca2018 🖼️❤️💻 https://t.co/szIP03s1QF
Learning about raymarching and distance fields from @metaeaux. Great way of showing code and immediate effects! #artandtech #lca2018 🖼️😂💻 https://t.co/hhmUQOeV3k
Oh, look a Roald Dahl reference in @maetl’s talk about writing machines! (I’m also @RoaldDahlFans.) 😊 #artandtech #lca2018 🖼️❤️💻 https://t.co/4fIp485FLb
@pjf That’s the dream! I’ve been talking to @jontv at TEDx Melbourne about this off and on. We need to make it happen. 😉
You can look at some of the problems with generating grammatically correct text in UIs as a type of generative writing. @maetl #artandtech #lca2018 🖼️❤️💻 https://t.co/7Wl8MfEmPk
RT @nickyringland: English grammar:
People: “I’ll just hack my way around it…”
Nope. Now everything is wrong.@maetl #lca2018 https://t.…
VOTE 1 FOR DEMOCRATIZENS! 😂 @maetl #artandtech #lca2018 🖼️❤️💻 https://t.co/FVBzqbFZCt
@The_McJones Ugh, of course you’d be a Fistian. 😂
RT @minxdragon: Excuse me but obviously it has to be the Aust end Farty lol https://t.co/7qqCDXyw4W
RT @The_McJones: “Computers are here to support and enhance human creativity, not to replace it” – @maetl #artandtech #lca2018
Reminder – if you want to see Miles from @AnimalLogic talking about building fractal sets for Guardians of the Galaxy 2, you *must* be at the #artandtech miniconf at 1:40. No streaming/recording on this one! #lca2018 https://t.co/Jqvf9y2N6L
RT @The_McJones: Before we start, has anyone seen Guardians of the Galaxy?
*whole rooms raises hand*#artandtech #lca2018
Absolutely thrilled to have Miles Green joining us today! Big crowd of folks to learn about creating digital sets for a Hollywood film… #artandtech #lca2018 🖼️❤️💻 @AnimalLogic https://t.co/X7LLUTZkT2
@richardbywater @mage0r @AnimalLogic @linuxconfau It’s not. Sorry about that! Limitation due to some of the work being shown. 😕
Murmured voice behind me: “My mind is *blowing*.” Miniconf organiser achievement unlocked! ☺️ #artandtech #lca2018 @AnimalLogic 🖼️❤️💻 https://t.co/Sk9lWGQnxH
It’s a rule that every knitting and programming talk has to mention punchcards. 😂 @chixors explaining knitting machines to a crowd of folks who’ve mainly never seen them! #artandtech #lca2018 https://t.co/Qsc8K3atyK
Still gutted that the Electroknit I was trying to buy fell through… 😭 @chixors #artandtech #lca2018 🖼️❤️💻 https://t.co/uXXrVR2VLD
“And now a word about four colour knitting…” – @chixors There was a loud GASP! from the audience. 😂 #artandtech #lca2018 🖼️❤️💻 https://t.co/XXKWeMwu9b
Some of the amazing @HeartOfPluto_ knitting projects. I LOVE the @HamiltonMusical blanket!! #artandtech #lca2018 🖼️❤️💻 https://t.co/MosdllrxKw
Lovely shout out to @fbz from @chixors! (I have a @KnitYak scarf.) 😊 #artandtech #lca2018 🖼️❤️💻 https://t.co/bprRuLJ6C8
@minxdragon @HeartOfPluto_ GET IN LINE.
@STEMiniSTAR @fbz @chixors @KnitYak Yes! They’re actually all streaming live now, and the videos will be up soon. (All except Miles’s talk, which we can’t share.)
I always love seeing @unixbigot present. He’s got such a way with words! (Nice shirt too. 😉) #artandtech #lca2018 @yow_conf 🖼️❤️💻 https://t.co/JBUDHT2Bo3
Reasons to own a 3d printer: to make your own accessories, fix things you’ve broken, invent new stuff. @unixbigot #artandtech #lca2018 🖼️❤️💻 https://t.co/z9aT6ZvVt1
Lovely shout out to @RealSexyCyborg in @unixbigot’s talk on 3d printing! #artandtech #lca2018 🖼️❤️💻 https://t.co/uscMgkg2qX
A lost artist in the world of technology! @currawongwhsper and the cool 3d-printed earrings she made for @GGDSydney #shehacks. #artandtech #lca2018 🖼️❤️💻 https://t.co/EQ4dps1BjO
@glasnt It wasn’t easy. 5 days and paying for a ticket were big barriers. The @linuxconfau organisers were very helpful with funding solutions to bring these folks in!
I’ve had to grapple with materials questions before for e-textiles projects. Never had to worry about people eating off it though! #artandtech #lca2018 🖼️❤️💻 @currawongwhsper https://t.co/5UQYBJHnS1
RT @glasnt: Hearing about @currawongwhsper having issues trying to get tech hardware working for her is just re-enforcing the message to me…
If you want to make more than 14 lights blink on an Arduino, you need to use LED multiplexing! Great explanation with circuit diagrams. @stibbons #artandtech #lca2018 🖼️❤️💻 https://t.co/zLjwZH3IVB
RT @thesecretlab: “You’ll need a current limiting resistor, if you’re using an LED. Otherwise, they’ll shine very brightly, very briefly.”…
It’s a good thing @the_snook isn’t here for this. Illuminated liquor cabinet would go to the top of the pool room dream list! @stibbons 😂 #artandtech #lca2018 https://t.co/zKoU8IyKmN
Paging @DrJosh9000! You going to make it?? 😂
@DrJosh9000 Phew! @glasnt, you’re off the hook. 😂
Hmm. @ADuckIsMyFiend promised us THE BEST TALK EVAR!!!1!!, and so far it’s all Euclidean geometry. 🤔 #artandtech #lca2018 🖼️❤️💻 https://t.co/PmnJ4eesOL
@glasnt @DrJosh9000 I started early to try to leave question time. We can break if need be. 😉
Crochet alert! 🚨 We snuck Crochet into a tech conference!! 👏😂 @ADuckIsMyFiend #artandtech #lca2018 🖼️❤️💻 https://t.co/Da091IeMgu
RT @The_McJones: “So crochet is different from knitting” – @ADuckIsMyFiend
* @web_goddess starts nodding*
#artandtech #lca2018
Old school! @DrJosh9000 (after literally running over from the FPGA miniconf) is showing us his project to build a mini balsa wood Mac case for a Raspberry Pi. #artandtech #lca2018 🖼️❤️💻 https://t.co/rZpJnVe1oU
Knitting, crochet, and now TAPESTRY! ❤️ @glasnt talking about how she creates her amazing needlepoint & cross stitch designs! #artandtech #lca2018 🖼️❤️💻 https://t.co/tjkMtysjfU
I’m DYING. @glasnt is talking about translating from DMC floss to wool. I have used that horrible converter. 😂 #artandtech #lca2018 🖼️❤️💻 https://t.co/NZiPLibhV2
Using math to reduce the number of colours to only those discernible by the human eye! 👏 #artandtech #lca2018 🖼️❤️💻 https://t.co/DjLErLZKvf
Nice! @glasnt’s awesome cross stitch software is available NOW. https://t.co/bxXG2j0f3v #artandtech #lca2018 🖼️❤️💻 https://t.co/wLErijsgrI
RT @thesecretlab: And with that, we’re done! Huge thanks to @web_goddess for running this miniconf! #lca2018 #artandtech https://t.co/h3nly…
@unixbigot @glasnt Are you still in the room? Rachel left her bag
Hey, there’s a Bridge! #lca2018 https://t.co/A2gEhUhpc0 https://t.co/UZie7GWzlB
@HeartOfPluto_ Thank you so much for coming and taking part! Having a knitting machine hacker speak was the icing on an already awesome cake. ❤️👏
RT @HeartOfPluto_: #lca2018 talk done and dusted! Phew time to fall into a heap 😂 thanks so much @web_goddess for organising the #artandtec…
Someone at the #artandtech miniconf today jokingly asked about animated cross stitch. I promised to show them animated knitting. Behold @videosmithery’s The Horse in Motion! https://t.co/9RefANWIJ0 #lca2018 🖼️❤️💻
RT @minxdragon: Go make something fun! The theme of #artandtech in a nutshell #lca2018
@annie_parker @Microsoft @MSAccel WHOA! Congrats. MS have made some enviable hires over the past year, and they’re smart to add you to the list!
@annie_parker @Microsoft @MSAccel You’re not leaving though, are you?!
What a beautiful yarn bowl! Thanks @quiltin_momma. ❤️ https://t.co/9cLB5WUlHt https://t.co/HujTBdx3e2
@zachsimone Walk a few blocks up York Street to Mecca!
@zachsimone There’s also Gumption in the Strand arcade, which always has a massive queue.
@KathyReid Thanks for the reminder. Grabbing my big bag of stickers as I head out. 🙂
Keynote knitting with @FCTweedie! #lca2018 https://t.co/ACZjQMzmYU
Contributed to the sticker table! @yow_conf, @SydTechLeaders, and @exercism_io. ❤️ #lca2018 https://t.co/YXdc6XwqG3
@itgrrl Over by registration!
I just realised why, despite not being a big fan of Brutalism, I find the UTS tower so comfortingly uni-like. It’s because I stared at this one every day for four years: https://t.co/66m2niKunS https://t.co/t6QIoDYu4q
Hearing about cosmic ray detection as an art installation from @pschulz01. This could’ve really been an #artandtech talk yesterday! #lca2018 🖼️❤️💻 https://t.co/iGHdQRHLWN
-
Shared today on Facebook
Hey, there’s a Bridge! #lca2018
What a beautiful yarn bowl! Thanks Susan Garberick. ❤️
