By Coding Grace in Newsletter — Sep 6, 2018

Coding Grace September Newsletter

Brr...

I'm missing the sunshiney weather, but that means we can spend more time indoors learning about technologies and meeting awesome people instead of feeling guilty about missing being outside during warm sunny summer evenings. Because seemingly as kids start back to school, it looks like organisers are all back to running events this month, which is great news for us all.

I attended the launch of Diversein on Fri Aug 31st. We were welcomed by founder, Furkan Karayel followed by talks from David Pollard and Adaku Ezeudo and finally a panel discussion with Sandra Healy and Amanda O'Farrell chaired by Furkan. You should check all the amazing embassadors and let's work together to improve Diversity and Inclusion at work and in the community. 🙌❤️🌈

As per my previous newsletters, there's still lots happening although I'm still collaborating running other workshops than running Coding Grace only workshops. In the meantime, you'll find me involved in the following

Sat Sep 8 - mentoring a beginner's female-friendly Django workshop in Sligo
Sat Sep 22 - Diversity in Data Workshop @ Talent Garden
Sat Sep 29 - The Mega GameCraft Showdown @ Talent Garden
- TableTop Game Makers vs Digital Game Makers (Beginners Welcome)
Wed Oct 10 - Dublin Ada Lovelace Day
- Activities incl. Wikipedia Edithon, crafting, coding

I've also more news that I will be one of the Python instructors for CodeFirst:Girls starting at end September for 8 weeks in DIT. If you are studying in DIT, you can apply to attend the Python or HTML/CSS 8-week course via codefirstgirls.org.uk/free-community-courses.html.

This will be a great learning experience to build on top of what I've being doing with Coding Grace, so I will certainly bring what I learnt and improve our offerings with Coding Grace, especially now that we have 4 Pi-Tops and I can run smaller coding workshops.

Something exciting is happening with Coding Grace Wexford come September/October.

If you are interested, you can sign up to their newsletter via http://eepurl.com/duzDSf.

We collaborated with the 1st Dublin Pi Jam and we ran an overall successful Pi Jam with some hiccups. The Pi-Tops we lent to the Jam worked a treat, you can read a quick write-up on the day here >>>

By the way, details for 2nd Pi Jam (Sat Nov 3) is now live. Follow @DublinRaspJam for updates.

Nominations are still open for Women In Tech Awards.
Deadline: Friday 28th September
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PzlRoJGb0A
Submit your nominations: http://womenxtech.com/nominations/

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

📢 I want to build up a reading/things of interest list each month again, if you are interested in contributing (we will credit you in the newsletter), drop us an email.

NASA Langley’s Katherine Johnson Computational Research Facility Officially Opens
Time-saving CSS techniques to create responsive images
Jason Rodriguez on "Supporting Speakers"
A short game explaining how ideas spread in society
Guide to Allyship
Latest Issue of Raspberry Pi, Issue 73 (you can download PDF for free, else buy it in Easons)
[Podcast] The Recompiler
(if you are interested in public speaking)

Big shout out to allthetechthings.com where we pulled information about Diversity/Grants and Call for Papers from around Europe.

🌈 They are also one of our official partners, they sponsored a Pi-Top and it just arrived this week. So huge, huge thank you for the support. 🙌

Any enquiries (incl. CFPs, announcements, etc), you can drop me an email at contact@codinggrace.com.
Thanks,
/// Vicky

🛠 I haven't forgotten. *sorry* If there's one you really, really want me to run, drop me an email at contact@codinggrace.com.

COLLABORATION WORKSHOPS

1-day workshop collaborating with Her+Data, PyLadies Dublin, Women in Tech Africa and Women Who Code Dublin.
When: Sat Sep 22, 2018
Where: Talent Garden, Glasnevin, Dublin

DevSecCon London
Where/When: London / Tue Sep 18 - Wed Sep 19
URL: https://www.devseccon.com/london-2018

Toptal Scholarships for Women
Toptal is awarding $10,000 and a year of mentorship to five future female leaders who want to change the world.
Application Deadline: January 31, 2019
URL: https://www.toptal.com/scholarships-for-women

Female High Fliers - Application Deadline EXTENDED Application Deadline: Tuesday 11th September

🌈What workshop would you like us to run next?🌈
FEEDBACK

Where/When: Prague / Mon Oct 29 - Wed Oct 31

Discount code when registering: PyLadiesDublin

URL: https://reactiveconf.com

Call for Speakers: DevOpsDays Galway 2018
URL: https://ti.to/devopsdays-galway/2018

Call for Proposals: PyCon Ireland 2018
Deadline: Sun Sept 9

Call for Speakers: PyLadies Dublin
We are looking for lightning talk speakers/demos for our upcoming monthly meetups.

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

Stepping UP - A mentorship program to empower women
When: Thu, Sep 6 @ Fenergo
Details: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/stepping-up-a-mentorship-program-to-empower-women-tickets-46842885331

September Meetup at Stripe
When: Thu, Sep 6 @ Stripe
Details: https://www.meetup.com/Women-Who-Code-Dublin/events/251198504/

Tech Talk Thursday at Deloitte
When: Thu, Sep 6 @ Deloitte, Belfast
Details: https://www.meetup.com/Women-Who-Code-Belfast/events/253524217/

Women of Wearables Professional Networking is Rocking Again!
When: Wed, Sep 12 @ Huckletree
Details: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/women-of-wearables-professional-networking-is-rocking-again-tickets-46881421594

Meet Amazing Data Women!
When: Wed, Sep 12 @ Microsoft
Details: https://www.meetup.com/HER-Data/events/253870325/

HackAccessDublinCommunityEvent4
When: Thu, Sep 13 @ Dogpatch Labs
Details: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/hackaccessdublincommunityevent4-tickets-47918096316

Tech For Good Dublin: Using Virtual Reality to Support Mental Health
When: Thu, Sep 13 @ AIB Bank, Grafton St, D2
Details: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/tech-for-good-dublin-using-virtual-reality-to-support-mental-health-tickets-49640353634

Glitch Digital Arts Festival 2018
When: Mon, Sep 17 @ Rua Red, Tallaght
Details: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/glitch-digital-arts-festival-2018-tickets-49689473553

PyLadies Dublin Sep Meetup
When: Tue, Sep 18 @ Intercom
Details: https://www.meetup.com/PyLadiesDublin/events/253689035/

Women in Tech Belfast (Lean In): Negotiating Promotions and Payrises
When: Tue, Sep 18 @ The Hub, Belfast
Details: https://www.meetup.com/Women-In-Tech-Belfast-Lean-In/events/246383758/

Code & Coffee
When: Tue, Sep 18 @ Republic of Work, Cork
Details: https://www.meetup.com/meetup-group-KtPOQaae/events/253984867/

WWCode Go school
When: Wed, Sep 19 @ Puppet, Belfast
Details: https://www.meetup.com/Women-Who-Code-Belfast/events/dmrsdqyxmbzb/

Diversity in Data Workshop
When: Sat, Sep 22 @ Talent Garden, DCU Alpha Campus
Details: https://ti.to/coding-grace/diversity-in-data-workshop-2018

WWCode Go school
When: Wed, Sep 26 @ Puppet, Belfast
Details: https://www.meetup.com/Women-Who-Code-Belfast/events/dmrsdqyxmbjc/

WITS Stemminist Book Club
When: Thu, Sep 27 @ The Library Bar, D2
Details: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wits-stemminist-book-club-tickets-49729864363

Cyber Day for Collegiate Women, Dublin
When: Thu Oct 4 @ Talent Garden, DCU Innovation Campus
Details: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cyber-day-for-collegiate-women-dublin-tickets-48414957441

Women in IT Awards (€400+)
When: Wed Nov 21 @ Clontarf Castle Hotel, Dublin
Nominations are open: https://womeninitawards.com/ireland

Women in Tech Awards (FREE)
When: Thu Nov 22 @ RDS, Dublin
Nominations are open: http://womenxtech.com/nominations
Details: http://womenxtech.com

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.

THU SEP 06

NodeSchool Dublin Meetup: NodeSchool: let's learn together, from beginners to advanced.
Where: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt @ 18:00

DevOps: 6 Steps to Go Faster, Build Better and Avoid Disaster
Where: Portershed @ 18:00

FRI SEP 07

Silicon #Drinkabout Dublin Meetup
Where: YAMAMORI IZAKAYA @ 18:00 - 20:30

SAT SEP 08

Data Science and Engineering Club: Data Engineering Workshop
Where: Bank of Ireland, TCD @ 09:30 - 12:45

What Is Cryptocurrency/Blockchain Technology?
Where: Red Cow Moran Hotel, Dublin @ 09:30 - 16:30

MON SEP 10

AWS Dublin Meetup
Where: Button Factory, Temple Bar, D2 @ 18:00

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

WED SEP 12

Python Ireland Meetup
Where: TBC @ 18:30

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

THU SEP 13

Laura Czajkowski/ Pauline Kwasniak: Building communities & brands through events
Where: Huckletree @ 18:00