Coding Grace March 2018 Newsletter & Upcoming events

Hi All!

Hope you survived the #Snowpocalypse and scramble for bread and milk. March is an exciting month, and International Women's Day is coming up.

Was at 404 London last month, and had so much fun. It was great to have a chat about the Irish Tech Community on stage with Robert Campion (Overstock) and John Forde (Hubspot) compered by the awesome Jess Kelly (Newstalk).

John Forde from @Overstock with @whykay at #404London talking about Irish Tech Scene pic.twitter.com/skPwbZWhJB

— Darragh Sherwin (@darraghs) February 10, 2018

Sneak peek... Anyone interested in making games, we will be officially announcing details soon about three workshops which will be held in Galway in April. We will be focusing on board-game design, narrative storytelling and coding. See below for more information.
There's lots of diversity in tech events this month, check them out in our Diversity Events listings below.

In other news

• I'll be heading to Dublin Tech Summit on April 18-19th at Convention Centre Dublin. They have a special Women in Tech tickets (75% discount), get them while you still can here >>>
• I'll be leading a "Designing Inclusive Events Workshop" as part of Dogpatch Labs Diversity in Tech Week (Mon Mar 5 to Fri Mar 9). Details >>>
• Keep an eye our for LoveLace Space events this month. I'm part of this open and inclusive collective of makers, hackers and coolest creatives, and we are open to anyone interested in what we do and joining us. Updates via @LoveLaceSpace.
• Far future: I'll be heading to CarpentryCon hosted by UCD. Details >>>

Call for guest blog posts
We are looking for guests to write a blog. Share your experiences with us! 👩‍💻👨‍💻🌈

Keep sending on your requests on what workshops/events you want us to run, and if you want to run a Coding Grace workshop, and get involved.

I want to build up a reading list each month again, if you are interested in contributing (we will credit you in the newsletter), email us at contact@codinggrace.com.

Thanks,

/// Vicky

Writing for Interactivity with Charlene Putney

When: Sat Apr 7 (11:00-17:00) @ PorterShed
The first of three Diversity in Games Workshops for anyone interested in creating games, even if you never made one before.
Prices from €10 (includes lunch)

An Introduction to Board Game Design Workshop with Robin O'Keeffe

When: Sat Apr 7 (11:00-17:00) @ PorterShed
The second of three Diversity in Games Workshops for anyone interested in creating games, even if you never made one before.
Prices from €10 (includes lunch)

Coding You Own Game with Tracey McCabe

When: Sat Apr 7 (11:00-17:00) @ PorterShed
The third and final of three Diversity in Games Workshops for anyone interested in creating games, even if you never made one before.
Prices from €10 (includes lunch)

Want us to run a specific workshop, get in touch.

• Beginners HTML5/CSS
• Intro to Elm
• Intro to F#
• More data-related workshops
• Intro to Elixir (looking for mentors)

Follow @codinggrace for up-to-date info.

World Speech Day - Volunteers

Metsitaba will be supporting and hosting a World Speech Day event in Ireland on March 15th. A global event taking place in over 80 countries worldwide on the same day celebrating the art of public speaking by hosting and supporting the voices of new speakers and young people all over the world.

Volunteers Needed! Everybody is welcome.
E: richard@metsitaba.com

Dublin Django UG CFP

PyLadies Dublin are still seeking speakers for their monthly meetups. Interested?
E: dublin@pyladies.com

PyLadies Dublin CFP

Django Dublin User Group are looking for speakers for their upcoming meetup on Feb 6th.
https://www.meetup.com/django-dublin/

What workshop would you like us to run next?
FEEDBACK

@_caitriona created this awesome Women in Tech events listings, contributions welcome.

[Women Who Code Belfast] WWCB & Bring IT On Present: Girls Can Do It Too!
When: Wed, Mar 7, 18:00 @ Belfast Met
Details: https://www.meetup.com/Women-Who-Code-Belfast/events/247748126/

Diversity in Tech Week
When: Fri Mar 2 - Fri Mar 9 @ Dogpatch Labs, Dublin
Details: http://dogpatchlabs.com/diversityintechweek2018/

Women Who Co-work (Dublin Jelly): Coworking at DoSpace
When: Fri Mar 9 @ DoSpace, Dublin
Details: https://www.meetup.com/Women-Who-Co-work-Dublin-Jelly/events/247967950/

Wikimedia Community Ireland Meetup: Art+Feminism UCC 2018
When: Sat Mar 10, 12pm @ UCC
Details: https://www.meetup.com/Wikimedia-Community-Ireland-Meetup/events/248144172/

R-Ladies Dublin: Learn to write packages in R
When: Tue Mar 13, 18:30 @ Tenable
Details: https://www.meetup.com/R-Ladies-Dublin/events/248235415/

PyLadies Dublin Mar Meetup
When: Tue, Mar 20, 18:30 - 21:00 @ Dogpatch Labs
Details: https://www.meetup.com/PyLadiesDublin/events/dclgvlyxfbbc/

Ladies that UX March Meetup
When: Wed, Mar 21, 18:00 @ Harvey Nash, Dublin
Details: https://www.meetup.com/Ladies-That-UX-Dublin/events/248058768/

[Women Who Code Belfast] Cyber Security with Simon Whittaker: An Evening of Capture The Flag!
When: Thu, Mar 22, 18:30 @ Farset Labs, Belfast
Details: https://www.meetup.com/Women-Who-Code-Belfast/events/244681400/

Women Techmakers Belfast
When: Sat, Apr 14 @ W5, SSE Arena, Belfast
Details: https://womentechmakersbelfast.com/index.html

In case your are curious, I go through meetup, eventbrite and other places each month to curate events of interest for this newsletter, it takes a lot my time. If you find that this is not useful, let me know. In the meantime, after each newsletter, I'll post more updates on CodingGrace.com blog and do feel free to share events in the comments.
BTW, 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.

MON MAR 05

March C/C++ Meetup
Where: Workday @ 18:30

TOG Coding Night
Where: TOG Hackerspace @ 19:00

TUE MAR 06

Cork (Ireland) R-Users Group: R workshop series: 4. It's the end of base R as you know it
Where: UCC @ 17:00

AWS Dublin: 'Startup Special' featuring AWS Special Guests....
Where: Button Factory @ 17:30

091Labs: Regular Tuesday Maker's Meetup
Where: 091 Labs, Galway

Graphic Design Dublin Monthly Meetup
Where: The Long Stone @ 19:00

WED MAR 07

Dublin Software Crafters: Coding Dojo: Gilded Rose refactoring Kata
Where: Ding @ 18:15

TOG Craft Night, Knitting, Sewing and Art, Open to All
Where: TOG Hackerspace @ 19:00

Drupal Limerick Meetup
Where: Absolute Hotel, Limerick @ 20:00

Cork Cryptocurrency Meetup: Nano and the Block-Lattice Network
Where: Electric, Cork @ 20:00

THU MAR 08

The Shortcode - WordPress Meetup
Where: Nova, Galway @ 18:00

Dublin Scala Users Group: March Dublin Scala Meetup
Where: Tenable @ 18:30

Limerick AI - (Applications & Games) Software Development: Angular2+ Interactive Talk Part1, AR talk , Snooker Artificial Intelligence talk
Where: Bank of Ireland (workbench), Limerick @ 18:30

Ministry of Testing Cork: March Meetup - “AppSec Awareness”
Where: Bank of Ireland Workbench, Cork @ 18:30

SAT MAR 10

Dublin R: One Day Introduction to R & Tidyverse Workshop (Ticketed)
Where: Central Hotel, Exchequer St, Dublin 2 @ 11:00

SAT MAR 10
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SUN MAR 11

Galway Game Jam
Where: Portershed, Galway

MON MAR 12

Electronics, Microcontroller and IOT Evening
Where: TOG Hackerspace @ 19:00

TUE MAR 13

Dublin Kotliners: Multiplatform Kotlin Workshop
Where: Dogpatch Labs @ 18:45

Cork|Sec 57
Where: An Spailpin Fanach, Cork @ 19:00

WED MAR 14

Python Ireland Meetup
Where: TBC @ 18:30

Learning Tech Labs: Neuroscience in Education (Eventbrite Ticket Required)
Where: Intercom @ 18:45

The Limerick Open Source Meetup
Where: Absolute Hotel Limerick @ 20:00

THU MAR 15

Cork AI: Introduction to Text Analytics and Natural Language Processing (plus hands-on)
Where: Republic of Work @ 18:00

Dublin Data Science: Matrix Factorisation for Recommender Systems
Where: Ding @ 18:30

FRI MAR 16

Cork GameCraft - Game Jam Open to Everyone
Where: St. John's Central College, Cork @ 09:30

MON MAR 19

TOG Coding Night
Where: TOG Hackerspace @ 19:00

TUE MAR 20

Cork Open Technology: Open Source - What's the fuss all about?
Where: Bank of Ireland Workbench, Cork @ 18:00

WED MAR 21

Dublin Software Craftsmanship Community
Where: TechMeetup.space @ 18:15

Dublin μServices (Microservices) User Group: Sean Farmar
Where: Gilt Groupe Dublin @ 18:30

TOG Craft Night, Knitting, Sewing and Art, Open to All
Where: TOG Hackerspace @ 19:00

SAT MAR 24

[Limerick] Statistical Modelling with R - Weekend Workshop
Where: UL @ 10:30

SAT MAR 24
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SUN MAR 25

A Maker Approach to Art & Interactivity for Artists, Makers & Educators
Where: The Digital Hub

MON MAR 26

Dublin Data Science: Workshop on the Statistical Analysis of Networks
Where: Chaplin's Bar @ 18:30

March DevOps Galway Meetup
Where: Portershed @ 18:30

TOG Electronics, Microcontroller and IOT Evening
Where: TOG Hackerspace @ 19:00

TUE MAR 27

Cork Java User Group: The Good Cop/Bad Cop guide to Java 10 With Simon Maple
Where: Bank of Ireland Workbench, Cork @ 18:15

Docker Limerick Meetup
Where: The Engine @ 18:30

Customer Analytics & PyData Workshop
Where: Zalando @ 19:00

WED MAR 28

Digital Dun Laoghaire Meetups & Lunchtime Briefings: Lunchtime Briefing - What does GDPR mean for your business?
Where: Pier Connect @ Bank of Ireland @ 13:00

Dublin Unity User Group: Lucky for DUUG!
Where: The Grand Social @ 18:00

Dublin Java User Group: Simon Maple Returns
Where: TechMeetup.space @ 18:15

Limerick Blockchain Mastermind
Where: Bank of Ireland, UL, Limerick @ 18:15

Dublin - Coder Forge: Dublin Blockchain Forge
Where: Crypto Café @ 18:30

Wikimedia Community Ireland Meetup: Wikipedia Editing and Pizza, at TOG Dublin
Where: TOG Hackerspace @ 19:00

THU MAR 29

CorkJS
Where: The Courtyard on Sober Lane, Cork @ 18:30

Serverless Cork: Introduction To Serverless
Where: BOI Workbench, Cork @ 19:00

Want me to include a conference in the coming months?
Email me at contact@codinggrace.com.

WED MAR 07

Zero Day Conference
Where: Convention Centre Dublin
URL: https://www.zerodaycon.com/

THU MAR 08
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SAT MAR 10

AllTechBrew
Where: Convention Centre Dublin
URL: http://eu.alltechbrewsandfood.com/

SAT APR 07

Hackaday Dublin Unconference
Where: Project Arts Centre, Dublin
URL: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hackaday-dublin-unconference-tickets-43179374672

WED APR 18
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THU APR 19

Dublin Tech Summit
Where: Convention Centre Dublin
URL: http://dublintechsummit.com/

THU APR 26

Agile-Lean Ireland 2018 Conference
Where: Croke Park, Dublin
URL: https://agileleanireland.org/

THU MAY 10

5th ARVR Innovate Conference
Where: RDS, Dublin
URL: http://innovatereality.com/

FRI MAY 18

TestBash Conference
Where: Smock Alley, Dublin
URL: https://dojo.ministryoftesting.com/events/testbash-dublin-2018

WED MAY 30
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FRI JUN 1

CarpentryCon 2018
Where: UCD, Dublin
URL: http://www.carpentrycon.org/

THU JUN 21
-
FRI JUN 22

Inspirefest 2018
Where: Bord Gais Energy Theatre, Dublin
URL: https://inspirefest.com/

THU JUN 28
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FRI JUN 29

Irish Conference on Game Based Learning
Where: Cork
URL: https://www.igbl-conference.com/

TUE OCT 02

PredictConf
Where: Cork
URL: https://www.predictconference.com/