Category: Speaker
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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…
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New Mic Who DIS
[Dutch Lock Down Day Two Hundred Eighteen] I’m giving a talk next week with Software Circus and I could not be more SQUEEE. I saw them back in June when they did an Alice in Wonderland theme and it was just BRILLIANT. I think every sentence in this post is going to end with all…
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Holy Hell, Today
[Dutch Lock Down Day Two Hundred Thirteen] I submitted a code for Equinix’s virtual hackathon. And spoke at Fedora Women’s Day about being non-binary and talking about mental health and my Fedora story. And then I streamed a new escape room game. It’s time for bed. But first the news: New coronavirus cases top 8141…