Coding Grace June Newsletter & Upcoming events
Sun, sea and tech events...
Ok, maybe not all together, but one can hope. I secretly hope to organise a geek criuse in the Med someday, conference on a ship, how cool is that? :-)
Thanks for all the people who register their interest in the Python beginners workshop, the response was fantastic. And from the feedback, the two most popular days and times to run the Python beginners workshop is... /drumroll
1st: Weekend Morning (4-5h) ||| 2nd: Weeknight (2h)
We are delighted to announce that Coding Grace is partnering with Dr. Aphra Kerr on a pilot research and community project on diversity in games. We would like to bring together experts in informal and formal education, and industry representatives, to form a network that will collaborate to analyse, address and raise issues of diversity in the games industry and games culture in Ireland.
We will use this network to firstly, organise some field research to assess current informal educational offerings and secondly, follow up with a series of workshops that explicitly address issues of diversity in games.
The project began in Feb 2016 and will run, at least initially, until Autumn 2016. Our pilot is funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council in Canada via the ReFiG project.
More details: http://gamedevelopers.ie/diversity/
Also delighted to announce that Coding Grace is part of a working paper: The spaces, mobilities and soundings of coding by Sung-Yeuh Perng and Sophia Maalsen that has been developed as a pre-print for a chapter in an exciting book Experiencing Networked Urban Mobilities, edited by Katrine Hartmann-Petersen, Emmy Laura Perez Fjalland and Malene Freudendal-Pedersen. Find out more...
[This still is the same as last month] It's been a particularly quiet month due to my part-time gig at Dogpatch Labs as their Tech Community Liaison and Events Coordinator, so apologies for any delayed responses or if you are waiting for my replies. Please bump your emails and I'll respond tout suite.
Here's some links of interest that I pinned for this month. Do let me know if you want me to include a link to share with folks.
Any enquiries or if you want to help, please email contact@codinggrace.com.
Thanks,
/// Vicky
Workshops
Beginners Python Workshop
When: Mon Jun 27 (18:30 - 20:30)
A 2-hour workshop showing you the basics of Python by writing a text-based adventure game.
Upcoming Workshops
- Beginners HTML5/CSS (June)
- Beginners Unity3D (July/Aug)
- Intro to Elm (July/Aug)
- Intro to F#
Follow @CodingGrace for updates.
Special Announcement
CALL FOR AMBASSADORS, SPEAKERS & SPONSORS
Alterconf @ Sat Aug 6 Travelling conference that provides safe opportunities for marginalized people and those who support them in the tech and gaming industries Application Deadline: June 29
Family-Friendly Coding Session @ InspireFest Fringe Festival
Sat July 2nd (10:00 - 13:00) Coding Grace partnering with Coder Dojo. We are looking for mentors: Python, HTML, Scratch.
SUGGESTIONS/FEEDBACK
What workshop would you like us to run next?
Other events happening around Ireland
I'll post more on CodingGrace.com blog if I find more after this newsletter.
Startup Digest Dublin also has a great listings of events happening in Dublin.
Want me to include an event? Email me at contact@codinggrace.com.
Female-Friendly Events
What: Girls Hack Ireland - Longford Hack
When: Sat, Jun 11 (10:00 - 13:00)
Where: Longford Enterprise Office
RSVP: http://girlshackireland.org/longford-hack/
What Girls Hack Ireland - Roscommon Hack
When: Sat, Jun 11 (14:00 - 17:00)
Where: Roscommon Women's Network, The Old Mill
RSVP: http://girlshackireland.org/roscommon-hack/
Social Event at UCD
When: Weds 15th June 17:30 - 20:00
Details: http://witsireland.com/events/?event_id=25
May Meetup
When: Tue, Jun 21 (18:30 - 21:00)
Where: Intercom
RSVP: http://www.meetup.com/PyLadiesDublin/events/231172016
Fancy showing us what you do with Python? Demo, short talk... let us know by filling out this form.
Upcoming Events
TUE JUN 07
Maker Meetup
Where: Dlr LexIcon, Dun Laoghaire @ 18:00
Dublin UX: UX Strategy Talk by Jaime Levy
Where: Bank of Ireland, Grand Canal Square, D2 @ 18:00 - 20:00
WED JUN 08
Data Scientists Ireland: "Introducing flexdashboards" [Rstudio Webinar]
Where: Online @ 16:00
Introduction to Raspberry Pi and Electronics. dlr LexIcon (Adults)
Where: LexIcon LAB, dlr LexIcon Library, Dún Laoghaire @ 18:00 - 20:00
Python Ireland Meetup
Where: Workday @ 18:30
Graphic Design Dublin
Where: The Beerhouse, Capel St @ 18:00
The Limerick Open Source Meetup
Where: Absolute Hotel Limerick @ 20:00
THU JUN 09
Data & Analytics Chats (in a pub): Public Data Sets: what can you do?
Where: Upstairs in Lord Edwards, Dublin @ 18:30 - 20:00
IGA Games Night Dublin - Guided Play!
Where: Robert Reades, Dublin @ 19:00
FRI JUN 10
OpenStack Ireland Day
Where: The Marker Hotel, D2 @ 08:00
SUN JUN 12
Game Night at Fringe Lab
Where: Fringe Lab, D2 @ 17:00 - 20:00
MON JUN 13
Wishing for a Prettier Screen: The Xcake WWDC streaming event
Where: Hubspot @ 17:30
3D printing – Let’s get technical (Adult) dlr LexIcon LAB
Where: LexIcon Lab, dlr LexIcon Library, Dún Laoghaire @ 18:00 - 20:00
Hadoop User Group Ireland: Production Quality Data Science. Building Rapid Ingestion Data Pipelines
Where: BoI, Grand Canal Sq, D2 @ 18:00 - 20:00
TUE JUN 14
AWS Usergroup Dublin MeetUp #14
When: 18:00 (Location, RSVP to find out)
Knowledge Preservation in the 21st Century
Where: TechMeetup.space, Temple Bar @ 18:00
Dublin Learning Ruby-on-Rails Meetup: Set-up authentication in your Rails app with devise
Where: Digital Depot, D8 @ 18:30 - 21:30
WED JUN 15
Learning Tech Labs: The Neuroscience of Learning
Where: Learnovate Centre, D2 @ 18:00)
Data Scientists Ireland: "Distributed deep learning on Spark" [O'Reilly Webinar]
Where: Online @ 18:00
Irish Software Testing User Group - BDD with John Ferguson Smart
Where: TechMeetup.space, Temple @ 18:15 - 21:15
DublinR: June Lightning Talk Night
Where: TechMeetup.space, Temple @ 18:15 - 21:15
AngularJS Dublin: Angular EatUp Dublin 0.3
Where: Sam's Bar, Dawson St @ 20:00 (€20)
THU JUN 16
Dublin Software Craftsmanship Community
Where: TechMeetup.space, Temple Bar @ 18:15
SAT JUN 18
Data Scientists Ireland: PyData Begineers Workshop (Pandas and NumPy)
Where: TBC @ 10:00
THU JUN 18
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MON JUN 13
[Game-makers Retreat] Inis Spraoi 3: Staring At Waves
Where: Inis Boffin
MON JUN 20
CAD Night
Where: TOG, Blackpitts @ 19:00 - 21:00
3D printing – Let’s get technical (Adult) dlr LexIcon LAB
Where: LexIcon Lab, dlr LexIcon Library, Dún Laoghaire @ 18:00 - 20:00
TUE JUN 21
Dublin Cassandra Users - by DataStax: User Defined Functions and Materialized Views in Cassandra 3.0
Where: Workday @ 18:30
THU JUN 23
Cork (Ireland) R-Users Group: Learn about the dplyr, tidyr, and magrittr packages
Where: UCC @ 13:00
WED JUN 29
Dublin Julia Programming Language Meetup: Deep Learning in Julia
Where: Chaplin's, Hawkin St, D2 @ 19:00
THU JUN 30
Data Scientist Ireland: UK Data Service Webinar: What is MongoDB?
Where: Online @ 15:00
Dublin Java User Group
Where: TechMeetup.space, Temple Bar @ 18:15 - 21:15
TUE JUL 5
DublinCSS July Meetup
Where: BoI, Grand Canal Sq, D2 @ 18:00
DublinJS Meetup
Where: Intercom @ 18:30 - 21:00
WED JUL 6
Graphic Design Dublin
Where: The Beerhouse, Capal St @ 18:00
DublinR: Probabilistic Graphical Models in Insurance
Where: BoI, Grand Canal Sq, D2 @ 18:45 - 20:00
MON JUL 11
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WED JUL 13
SREcon16 Europe
Where: DoubleTree by Hilton Dublin, Burlington Road