Dancing
Engineer
Fierce
Creature
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AND THE BIG NEWS IS (drumroll, please)
No, we’re not pregnant. No, we’re not moving. I have a shiny new job. But first, some history. I used to dance. And to pay for rehearsal space and costumes and performance venues, I taught myself HTML / CSS / javascript. Eventually I retired from dance and took web development seriously – interned in New…
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BIG NEWS
Coming soon!
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Welcome to 750 words!
Hello, K Rain Leander! You’ve just taken the first step towards becoming a daily writer! Here are a couple quick tips to help you get started:
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Zork and Adventures
This is an open field west of a white house, with a boarded front door. There is a small mailbox here. A rubber mat saying ‘Welcome to Zork!’ lies by the door. > open mailbox You open the mailbox, revealing a small leaflet. > read leaflet (first taking the small leaflet) WELCOME TO ZORK
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Hello, Hi, I am speaking at DjangoCon US
That’s right, Folks. You heard it hear first. Unless you follow me on twitter and don’t have so much in your following list that you saw my really quick announcement that… You heard it here first, folks. I am speaking at @djangocon US in September! #cantwait #omgomgomg — K Rain Leander (@rainleander) June 2, 2015 I’M TALKING AT DJANGOCON US…
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First few things learned @RailsGirls_Groningen
Quick notes about the $SUBJECT – Reset the mac’s name to mac. – Reset my username to krpl. – Figured out how to su – FINALLY:
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And also taking a FREE seven week MongoDB course
The other month I thought to myself, “Self,” I said. “You need to LEARN MORE.” “Let’s schedule all the learns at once.” Not exactly. But it seems as much, doesn’t it?
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Prepping for Rails Girls Groningen This Weekend
This Friday and Saturday I am attending Groningen’s Rails Girls workshop where I’ll learn to install and build an application using ruby on rails. I utterly love these things because there’s absolutely no pressure AND IT’S FREE. Plus learning. Learning is cool. Like bowties. Running through the Setting Up Rails tutorial – specifically, the Setup for OS X –…
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Without Further Ado, I Present
The unforgettable. The enduring. The story that made us all want to be singers. At least in the shower. The EPIC. The INCREDIBLE.
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TL;DR Summaries of Leveraging Procedural Knowledge
I know I know yesterday’s post was LONG. You can skip through the slides quickly, but they’re a bit confusing because I don’t really know how to use slides (YET!) and just post highlights there – clues to keep me informed about what comes next rather than my speech verbatim. Better yet, you can read…
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My PyGrunn 2015 Tech Talk – Leveraging Procedural Knowledge
PyGrunn 2015 Slides Leveraging Procedural Knowledge ONE Hello. I’m Rain. I encourage you to send your comments, feedback, and snide remarks to my twitter handle @rainsdance during the course of this presentation. I am a Technical Account Manager with Red Hat and I know a lot about a few specific technologies, I am a django…
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Narrowing Down the Brand Already
After sleeping on it for one night I realize I can define myself even more simply – with only “Dancing Engineer” and “Fierce Mama” – because feminist and baker and public speaker are not as much part of my soul. MY SOUL. Do you hear the angelic choir? DO YOU?!? [ appearance –> customize –>…