Tag: development
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The Project Pitch
Hello my name is Rain. Yes, like the weather. I am building The Project. It will be an online community backed by social psychology research helping people build, make, accomplish, and change the world. Imagine, if you will, that you want to accomplish a task or learn a new skill or make something incredible –…
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The Quick and Dirty Scattered Thoughts
[ disclaimer : i wrote this today while feeling quite under the weather and under the influence of cold medicine and in between bouts of long sleep. you have been warned. ] what is the project going to be about? there are some things that i would like to do just for fun or think…
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And now I’m a Software Engineer
I recently switched career paths within Red Hat, but I looked simultaneously outside and within the company for the next opportunity. The not-so-obvious sign it’s time to switch jobs resonates with how that search went and my final decision to stay.
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Looking for a Partner in Crime
Seriously Seeking Who are you? Attention all leaders, innovator, movers and shakers. I am putting together a fierce new group of inventors / makers / creative types / techies / dreamers to build / develop / change the world. Who am I? I used to dance, now I don’t. And I work at Red Hat.…
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Deal With It
Came across this gem, I can bring home the bacon; why are you so interested in the pan?, while reading one of my daily doses, Mighty Girl and, while, yes, go read the linked article, What My Uterus Can Teach You About Being a Tech Leader, this, in particular, resonated:
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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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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 –…