Category: Speaker
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Want To Talk At Tech Conferences Like Me?
[Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Eighty Eight] IF your project is open source AND you want to talk with developers, as opposed to companies, then you’re like me. Once you’ve figured out your voice and jumped down the rabbit hole of new experiences, share your adventures by speaking at technical conferences. First, check out…
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And Don’t Forget To Breathe
[Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Sixty Two] Yesterday I had three interviews, today I had three interviews, tomorrow I have three interviews, two on Thursday, and two on Friday. That’s a lot of extrovertin’. But first the news: Coronavirus cases up by 24% in last week, RIVM says situation is ‘worrying’ No events until…
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Officially Official Cover Letter
[Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Sixty One] Which, really, should reside over on https://rainleander.github.io/cv/ but I’ll get it going over here, eh? My bio paragraph that I typically use for conference talks and such is, “Rain is a systematic, creative, interdisciplinary community liaison with a Bachelor’s in dance and a Master’s in information technology.…
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I Call It An Extrovert Hangover
[Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Fifty] Yesterday it was my absolute pleasure to co-host Equinix Proximity. “And, boy, are my arms tired.” I was only on screen for about ninety minutes or so and then helped with hallway track for another couple of hours – by 1900 local, put a fork in me, I…
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No Escape Room Tonight
[Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Thirty Eight] Cause I need an escape. Or something. I know I know – most of you didn’t even know I did this – every Saturday night I do an escape room live on a stream via YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, and Twitch, but I’m just not feelin’ it. But…
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SheSharp Community Day
[Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Seven] I am super excited to tell my coding story at SheSharp’s upcoming First! Ever! Community Day!! ! By sharing my experience, I hope to inspire others to dive into and embrace their own coding adventures. BONUS! I’m also going to talk a bit about negotiating compensation. And I…
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Contributing.Today Meetup : Open Source Mental Health
[Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred] Tonight! At 2000 GMT+1! Streaming via Contributing.Today! I’m super chuffed to join a panel at the https://contributing.today meetup on mental health in open source with the amazing Tierney Cyren (@bitandbang, he/they), OSS Engineering + Developer Advocacy at Microsoft and the awesome PJ Hagerty (@aspleenic, he/him), founder DevRelate, Senior Developer…
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How Is It Only Wednesday?!?
[Dutch Lock Down Day Two Hundred Seventy Two] Yes, I’m totally writing this from the future – it’s actually THURSDAY but I forgot to write yesterday and so I’m writing TWO posts in ONE day and it’s absolutely SHITE. Well, no, not really, but it IS a LOT. But first the news: Travel organisations scrap…
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Wanna See The Skellington?
[Dutch Lock Down Day Two Hundred Twenty Five] Yesterday I spoke at Software Circus dressed as a skeleton and today, well, I’m a rock star. My hair is still floofed / spiked and that black make up around my eyes ain’t goin’ NOWHERE. Wanna see? But first the news: Dutch coronavirus app is sending out…
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I Totally Get Paid To Be A Skellington Today
[Dutch Lock Down Day Two Hundred Twenty Four] I’m ludicrously chuffed to speak at Software Circus today, although, I’ll admit, even if I weren’t speaking, I’d still dress up to watch. Cause #CostumeContest And while I already wrote about this in New Mic Who DIS I completely forgot to add an actual link to the…