Tag: open source

  • 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.…

  • CV and Writing Samples and Speaking Samples, Oh MY!

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Sixty] Regarding yesterday, I woke up in less pain, but more nausea. And since I didn’t actually throw up, nor did my temperature spike, and I was actually able to press on the painful spot without screaming, I still haven’t called the emergency line back. If there’s anything going…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Three Thankful Things

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Two Hundred Eighty Seven] In the interest of brevity and going to bed within the next seven minutes, three things that I’m oh so totally thankful for in the past year. Plus the negative is, well, SO much. So fuck that shit. But first the news: Primary schools to stay shut…

  • Reminder: This Is A Safe Space

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Two Hundred Sixty Five] I haven’t streamed on Wednesday mornings in four weeks. Maybe more. And I just realized it might be because of a tweet I took rather personally even though it wasn’t meant personally or maliciously whatsoever nor even meant as a slight against me. But I totally took…

  • QnA With Rain: OpenShift

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Two Hundred Fifty Nine] Q: You do meditation things every day. How do you do this? Do you have an app that leads through it? A: Headspace. I love it. Q: Awesome. Let’s say I want an ‘openshift for complete dummies’. Got a suggestion? A: There’s no openshift for complete dummies,…

  • 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…

  • Yay For Toastmasters!! !

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Two Hundred Twelve] Just realized JUST NOW that I’m speaking tomorrow night at Fedora Women’s Day 2020. I applied when I was feeling fine, but then the acceptance and follow ups and nudges arrived when I was very sick. But first the news: Quarantine rules widely ignored, survey shows, as new…

  • Tomorrow! Morning! OpenStack! On! Packet!

    [Dutch Lock Down Day One Hundred Fifty Five] Tomorrow! Morning! At 0900 GMT! On Twitch and YouTube and Twitter!! !