It's the most wonderful time of the year!

Thank you to everyone who came along and supported the annual techie table quiz. I am delighted to say we raised over €463 for Dublin Simon Community & L'arche Ireland. ❤️🌈
Here's a write-up from us about the event, read it here >>>

Want to keep this at the top so folks in and around Wexford can keep up to date with what they are up to.

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

Check below for info on all these events and more. As I mentioned in the last email I'm winding down for 2018, and planning for 2019.
💪🏼It's your chance to let us know what you want us to run in 2019 via this form >>>

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.

• Prototyping Empathy by Penny Marsh Collisson
• A survey of 1,500 women between 18 and 39 years old who currently work in tech by Sync NI
• Michelle Obama Shares Her Anti-Imposter Syndrome Secret: The Most Powerful Leaders in the Biggest Rooms “Are Not That Smart”
• List of women who have spoken at Ada Lovelace Day Live who would be great to follow on Twitter
• [Video] Ludum Dare 43 keynote by Christina Antoinette Neofotistou (@castpixel) - some great advice
• squoosh.app - Handy tool to reduce size of images
• The Recompiler Newsletter #70: Can Australia Ban All Working Cryptography?
• Voxgig Dec newsletter: dealing with a controversial topic
• Creativebloq: 4 visual trends for 2019
• remoteonly.org - Site on info about remote jobs

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

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

And finally I would like to wish all of you a very Happy Holidays and a Fantastic New Year! Especially the folks who attended and/or involved in events we have been running this year. ❤️🎄❤️🎄❤️🎄❤️🎄❤️🎄❤️🎄❤️🎄❤️🎄❤️🎄❤️🎄❤️🎄❤️🎄❤️🎄❤️🎄❤️🎄❤️🎄❤️🎄❤️🎄❤️🎄❤️🎄❤️🎄❤️🎄

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.

Raspberry Jam Big Birthday Event 2019
When: Sat Mar 2, 2019 (12:30-17:30)
Where: TOG Hackerspace, Dublin As part of a global event celebrating Raspberry Pi's 7th Birthday, we are delighted to have our 3rd Pi Jam as part of this official celebration.

🌈What workshop would you like us to run next?🌈
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CFP:Security BSides Dublin 2019
Conference Date: Sat March 23 2019
Application Deadline: Mon Dec 31 2018, 23:59 (GMT)

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

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

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

Girl Develop It: Code & Coffee
When: Tue, Dec 11 @ Republic of Work, Cork
Details: https://www.meetup.com/meetup-group-KtPOQaae/events/htpblqyxqbxb/

Tackling Homelessness Together
When: Tue, Dec 13 @ AIB Grafton St, D2
Details: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tech-for-good-tackling-homelessness-together-tickets-52938841500

Mentorship for Women in Tech - Empowering Women
When: Thu, Jan 31 @ The Tara Building
Details: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/mentorship-for-women-in-tech-empowering-women-tickets-50144214696

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Women in Innovation: Building Success - Belfast
When: Wed, Mar 20 @ Titanic Belfast
Details: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/women-in-innovation-building-success-belfast-registration-48687856690

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.

Here's a special festive tech events section for this month to celebrate the end of the year. Enjoy! 🎉🎉🎉

☃️WED DEC 12

Mobilize Dublin - Christmas Edition
Where: Zendesk @ 18:00 - 20:00

Python Ireland Christmas Party
Where: Against the Grain @ 18:30

Dublin MongoDB User Group: Christmas Drinks and Catch up with MongoDB
Where: MongoDB Dublin @ 18:30 - 20:30

Christmas Craft Night, Festive Knitting, Sewing and Art, Everyone is welcome!
Where: TOG Hackerspace @ 19:00

☃️THU DEC 13

#SUXmas 2018 - The Ultimate Tech Startup Xmas Party!
Where: Bar Tengu @ 18:30

☃️FRI DEC 14

The Julians and Dublinuxers celebrate Christmas together
Where: Chaplin's Bar, Hawkin St, D2 @ 20:00

☃️MON DEC 17

Dublin Kotlin User Group:Kotlin Khristmas Katas!
Where: Toast Offices @ 18:00

WED DEC 12

AWS Builders' Day
Where: Aviva Stadium @ 08:30 - 16:45

Cork (Ireland) R-Users Group: R for the Serious Beginner
Where: UCC, Cork @ 10:00 - 16:00

Dublin Data Science: Introduction to Poker AI: The science of getting paid for information
Where: Zalando @ 18:30 - 20:30

Work on 3D modeling, laser cutter, 3D Printer projects at TOG's CAD Night
Where: TOG Hackerspace @ 19:00

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

THU DEC 13

Data Scientists Ireland: bottish #10: The convergence of AI, DLT, Bots and User Experience
Where: Online @ 18:00-20:00

Irish Statistical Association: Gosset lecture 2018
Where: The Royal Irish Academy @ 18:00 - 21:00

Dublin Java User Group: Oracle DubJUG - Eclipse Collections Kata
Where: TechMeetup.space @ 18:15

NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) Belfast: How to Get Results with NLP
Where: Europa Hotel, Belfast @ 18:30 - 21:30

FRI DEC 14

Imirt Awards & Talks 2018
Where: DIT Aungier St @ 17:00 - 19:00

SAT DEC 15

End of year Finish-a-thon, a day long community hackathon in TOG!
Where: TOG Hackerspace @ 10:00 - 22:00

Electronic “Build-It” Workshop
Where: TOG Hackerspace @ 16:00 - 18:30

TOG December Open Social
Where: TOG Hackerspace @ 19:00

MON DEC 17

3D printing – Let’s get technical, with Ryan Paetzold
Where: dlr LexIcon Library, Dún Laoghaire @ 18:00 - 20:00

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

TUE DEC 18

Getting started with Raspberry Pi & Arduino with Dr Jake Rowan Byrne
Where: Where: dlr LexIcon Library, Dún Laoghaire @ 18:00 - 20:00

Coffee + Code Dublin
Where: Starbucks, Drury St @ 18:30 - 20:30

WED DEC 19

BelfastJS - December 2018 LIGHTNING ROUND
Where: Flexera, Belfast @ 18:30 - 21:00

TUE JAN 01

The Ladder - Learn Google Design Sprints while solving Real problems
Where: The Digital Depot @ 18:45 - 21:00

Dublin Coder Forge: Learn programming - Brick Alley Cafe
Where: Brick Alley Cafe @ 19:00 - 20:30

MON JAN 07

Dublin Coder Forge: Dublin CSS Meetup
Where: La Pausa Cafe @ 19:00 - 10:00

Bring Your Laptop, Work on Code, it's TOG's Open Coding Night!
Where: TOG Hackerspace @ 19:00

THU JAN 24

'The Ethics of AI'
Where: Ormeau Baths, Belfast @ 18:30-20:30