TheRain.Dev

Category: Dancing Engineer

  • Time For A New Adventure

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Fifty Seven] My time at @EquinixMetal and @Equinix is coming to an end in May; I’m looking for remote #DevRel Developer Advocate / Technical Evangelist / Program Manager opportunities, preferably within #OpenSource. My LinkedIn is up to date, but I’ll post my formal CV / writing samples / speaking…

  • Today! PRXMTY! Get Closer!

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Forty Nine] Starting this afternoon and running across the globe, Equinix Metal is running its first ever Online Technical User Conference, PRXMTY streaming LIVE on Twitch.tv/EquinixMetal. And for the EMEA time zones, I’m totally one of the co-hosts along with the dazzling Mark Coleman and the exceptional David McKay.…

  • The Carrot or The Stick

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Forty Eight] When I was nine, the teacher wanted to teach her class a lesson. She left, closed the door, and watched us from the window in the back of the room. Chaos ensued. But first the news: Coronavirus cases fall below 4,000 but more patients are in hospital…

  • The Dancing Engineer who loves #BareMetal and #Butoh

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Forty Seven] Welcome to March 2021! And when we start a new month, we dive into a new theme that combines dance with a technical focus – and March is for #BareMetal and #Butoh But first the news: Dutch vaccination programme catches up and Leiden vaccine is close to…

  • Buy All The Things!

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Forty Six] It was my absolute pleasure to coach Kelly Mahoney, the creative genius behind SoSplush at a Grace Hopper Celebration Open Source Day a few years ago. When I was playing with a new logo for myself, I totes commissioned her to experiment. So when I saw there’s…

  • This is Not the NATO Alphabet You’re Looking For

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Forty Four] The International Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet, commonly known as the NATO phonetic alphabet or the ICAO phonetic alphabet, is the most widely used radiotelephone spelling alphabet. The ITU phonetic alphabet and figure code is a variant. I’m sick of having that damn thing crammed down my throat and so in the interest of chaos, mayhem, and…

  • Is Resistance A Thing?

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Forty Three] How do you conquer it? Or embrace it? Or…? There are several books that talk about it, but one full on talks about it as a massive dragon and you are the knight and it’s time to do battle, and that’s Do The Work by Steven Pressfield…

  • Hacktoberfest Unboxing!

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Forty One] Tomorrow morning!0930 GMT+1 Central European Time!On YouTube and Twitch and Twitter and Facebook! I’mma unbox my Hacktoberfest thank you package !! ! But first the news: Coronavirus cases increased by 19% in last week, vaccines starting to work Amsterdam losing popularity in pandemic Coronavirus press conference: Some…

  • Were You Born That Way?

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Forty] Deborah Siegel, gender scholar and mother of boy/girl twins, brings to life key research about the gendering of childhood in the earliest years of life. Taking us through a personal journey peppered with blunders and epiphanies, she challenges us to move beyond pink and blue and learn something…

  • Let Me Clarify – I’ll BE Okay, I Swear

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Twenty Two] Something something something personal stuff vague posting something. But first the news: Ministers working on plans to extend the curfew, encourage more home working Coronavirus average dips below 4,000; Over 450K vaccinated Health council: Businesses can refuse entry to unvaccinated people I’m not okay right now. I’ll…

  • And Now It’s First Minion’s Turn

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Twenty] “PAPAAAA!! !” This morning. At one in the morning. I have never been so happy to be second pick. First Minion threw up in bed and called out for the one he wanted to come rescue him from all the grossness. And that person was Not Me. But…

  • Outreachy Internships Available

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Eight] Grant for Humanitarian Open Source Communities Deadline: 01 March 2021 at 1600 UTC Outreachy is a paid, remote internship program. Internships last three months. Interns and mentors work completely remotely. Outreachy’s goal is to improve diversity in open source. Past interns are 92% women, 64% people of color, and…