This month's eggcellent newsletter

"Humans are allergic to change. They love to say, ‘We’ve always done it this way.’ I try to fight that. That’s why I have a clock on my wall that runs counterclockwise." - Grace Hopper

🐣It's April already, I was away most of last month, but wowee, there was so much going on during International Women's Day month. I would love to hear what folks got up to. This was the first year I didn't do or attend anything, I spent Friday March 8th meeting my mom at the airport in Hong Kong and spending the day with her. 🥰

🐍Big thanks to Kevin O'Brien and grats to him and Python Ireland running their first regional PyCon outside of Dublin, and in my home town, Limerick! I was delighted to share the history of Python Ireland & PyCon Ireland which turned into a call to action for folks to get involved with the Python community.

(Photo by Leticia Portella)

@whykay call for action: how can you can contribute with the community? #PyconLim #PyconLm pic.twitter.com/hBUGu0uLNH

— Leticia Portella (@leleportella) March 23, 2019

🙌I have some news for you, I've accepted the role as Maker Advocate based in DCU as part of the MADE (Maker Advocacy in Dublin for Everyone) programme funded by SFI, and by the time you receive this newsletter, I'll have started. This would be an exciting chance for Coding Grace to be involved (as well as my other initiatives, so watch this space and our tweets). Which makes the following quote from LadyAda poignant. 💖

"We are showing people that engineering isn’t just the physics of how a transistor works. It’s using the technology, and being creative with it, and solving problems that people have or creating something beautiful with it. And I think that’s opening up engineering to a whole new group of people that maybe never would have thought that engineering was for them." - Limor Fried (Adafruit)

👾Recently I just joined a new group called Women in Games Dublin. If you are interested, come join us, we are small and they are planning friendly get togethers.

🌈I want to also give another nudge and shout out to a women in tech online community called Elpha, it was called Leap and backed by Ycombinator and now spun out on its own as an independent company, I've been a fan and user of the forum and has been very useful so far. It's free, you can join via https://elpha.com.

Want to keep this here 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.

🇮🇪This year's Dublin Tech Summit is at The RDS and is jammed packed with amazing speakers. They have diversity tickets for €60 (regular ticket is €349). Get your ticket via https://ti.to/dts/dts19/with/epy45ionkry. And I hope to see you there.

👩🏻‍💻For the techie in you, check out some of the more interactive events during Dublin Tech Summit

• Apr 10 - Jobbio’s Codefest 1-day challenge using Mastercard’s platform and Blockchain API, you’ll have five hours to follow the clues and solve a cryptographic puzzle. More info | Register
• Apr 11 - Jobbio’s Codefest 1-day challenge to Code a mobile app that can connect the community with the homeless. More info | Register
• Apr 11 - UNICEF: Tech For Humanity (an official Dublin Tech Summit event)

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.

Thanks,
/// Vicky

🛠 If there's one you really, really want me to run, drop me an email at contact@codinggrace.com.

The Mná na hÉireann, Women of Ireland Fund application The Mná na hÉireann, Women of Ireland Fund is the first fund in Ireland to support charities and social enterprises that seek to enhance the economic mobility of women. Program Date: September 2019 to June 2022
Details: http://www.socialinnovation.ie/mna-na-heireann-fund/
Application Deadline: Thu 18th April 2019

Outreachy Internship (Paid)
Program Date: May 2019 to Aug 2019
Application Deadline: April 2nd 2019

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Call for Speakers: ShipItCon Conference Date: Fri Sep 6 @ Mansion House
Application Deadline: Wed April 10 2019

Call for Speakers: JS Day Dublin/Ireland's first JS Conference are looking for speakers, and their target audience is audience skill level is intermediate to advanced. There's perks as well, check their site for more info.

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.

Develop Packages in R - workshop for R users who identify as female
When: Sat, Apr 6 @ UCD
Details: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/develop-packages-in-r-workshop-for-r-users-who-identify-as-female-tickets-59353553075

Women CyberSecurity Society - Dublin: Wireshark Basics & Threat Hunting
When: Mon, Apr 8 @ Online via Zoom
Details: https://www.meetup.com/Women-CyberSecurity-Society-Dublin-Ireland/events/260157878/

Zendesk
Women in
Engineering

The beautifully simple engineering process at Zendesk
When: Tue Apr 9 @ Zendesk
Details: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-beautifully-simple-engineering-process-at-zendesk-tickets-56430100951

BlockW Series 6: What Makes a Successful Blockchain Start-up?
When: Tue Apr 9 @ WeWork
Details: https://www.meetup.com/BlockW-Ireland/events/btwldqyzfbzb/

The Dublin Tech Summit in partnership with The WOW Dinner
When: Wed, Apr 10 @ Ballsbridge Hotel
Details: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-dublin-tech-summit-in-partnership-with-the-wow-dinner-10th-of-april-2019-tickets-51181351801

Test-Driven Development for Open-Source Software with Pivotal
When: Thu Apr 11 @ Pivotal, Dogpatch Labs
Details: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/test-driven-development-for-open-source-software-with-pivotal-tickets-55767870201

FIT & IBM

FIT & IBM Tech Taster Day: Females Wanted!
When: Thu Apr 11 @ IBM Technology Campus, D15
Details: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/fit-ibm-tech-taster-day-females-wanted-tickets-59065885654

PyLadies Dublin: History of Python Packaging & why pipenv is awesome
When: Tue, Apr 16 @ TBC
Details: https://www.meetup.com/PyLadiesDublin/events/dclgvlyzgbvb/

Wikimedia Community Ireland Meetup: Art+Feminism at NCAD
When: Tue, Apr 16 @ NCAD
Details: https://www.meetup.com/Wikimedia-Community-Ireland-Meetup/events/259531420/

Girl Develop It: Code & Coffee
When: Tue, Apr 16 @ Republic of Work @ 18:30
Details: https://www.meetup.com/meetup-group-KtPOQaae/events/lsqfnqyzgbvb/

Her Plus Data: April 2019 - Meet Amazing Data Women!
When: Tue, Apr 16 @ Facebook
Details: https://www.meetup.com/HER-Data/events/260124007/

The Chasing Grace Project @ Belfast Film Festival
When: Tue, Apr 16 @ The Black Box
Details: https://www.meetup.com/Women-Who-Code-Belfast/events/260033413/

Women Who Code X Womenfolk
When: Thu, Apr 18 @ Vault Artist Studios
Details: https://www.meetup.com/Women-Who-Code-Belfast/events/259157616/

Ireland Girl Geek Dinner
When: End of April, see meetup for updates.
Details: https://www.meetup.com/Ireland-Girl-Geek-Dinners/

Girls in Tech Hacking for Humanity (Hackathon)
When: Fri May 24 - Sun May 26 @ The Digital Hub
Details: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/come-to-our-first-global-women-in-tech-hackathon-in-ireland-tickets-55403181407

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.

TUE APR 02

TechWontBuildIt Dublin: Algorithmic Injustice & Artificial Intelligence in Peace and War
Where: O'Brien Centre, UCD @ 17:00 - 19:00

DublinJS: Lightning Talks
Where: Intercom @ 18:30

CorkJS Meetup
Where: Plus 10 Coworking @ 18:30

Cork|Sec 70
Where: An Spailpin Fanach @ 19:00

1GAM Galway Meetup!
Where: Portershed, Galway @ 19:00

WED APR 03

Mobilize Dublin Monthly Meetup
Where: Zendesk @ 18:00

Dublin Science Festival Meeting with The Bank of Ireland
Where: BoI, Grand Canal Square, D2 @ 18:00

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

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

GDG Cork: Cloud Study Jam : IoT in the Google Cloud
Where: 2a Drinan St @ 19:00

Drupal Limerick Meetup
Where: Pharmacia @ 20:00

THU APR 04

Google Cloud + SoftServe Meet-up: Internet of Things, Defogged (Dublin)
Where: Google Foundry @ 17:30 - 20:00

GDG Cloud Dublin: Let's talk Serverless with GDG Cloud Dublin
Where: Google, Gordon House @ 18:30

The Unexplainable Black Box of Deep Learning - The GDPR Paradox
Where: Talent Garden @ 19:00 - 20:00

WED APR 05

Zero Days CTF 2019
Where: Number Twenty Two @ 10:00 - 18:00

SUN APR 07

Skill Boost Dublin: Networking 101: Take Your Unity Game Online!
Where: Q House, D18 @ 10:00 - 12:00

MON APR 08

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

TUE APR 09

Ennis Makerspace: 3D Printing workshop.
Where: TBC, check event page

WED APR 10

Dublin Data Science: Graphs are Everywhere
Where: Dogpatch Labs @ 18:30

Python Ireland Monthly Meetup
Where: See python.ie

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

FRI APR 12

Tralee User Experience & Interaction Design: ⚡️Lightning Topics ⚡️
Where: HQTralee @ 18:30

FRI APR 12
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SUN APR 14

Ulster Bank Hackathon 2019
Where: Dogpatch Labs

SAT APR 13

Easter GameCraft
All levels, skills, creatives welcome to join and make fun digital or board/card games.

Where: St Laurence's Church, TU Dublin @ 09:30 - 20:30

MON APR 15

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

TUE APR 16

Cork Java User Group: Demystifying Coroutines with Eamonn Boyle
Where: Republic of Work @ 18:00

Limerick Software Testing Meetup: Testing Meetup April
Where: Fennessy's pub, Limerick @ 20:00

WED APR 17

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

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

SAT APR 20

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

MON APR 22

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

WED APR 24

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

THU APR 25

UX Network Galway #UXNG: UX and Agile
Where: Portershed @ 19:00

SAT APR 27

Dublin Linux Community: Monthly Meetup in the pub
Where: The Boar's Head @ 15:00

MON APR 29

April DevOps Galway Meetup (2019)
Where: Portershed, Galway @ 18:30

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

TUE APR 30

Opening Launch of Humans of Cyber Network - Dublin Chapter
Where: Google Docks, Dublin @ 10:00 - 13:00

Dublin Pycom #GOINVENT World Series IoT Enterprise Workshop
Where: Clontarf Castle, Dublin

WED MAY 01

Dublin DevOps Meetup: K8s, Keyboards, STS and more
Where: Zendesk @ 18:00

Mobilize Dublin
Where: Zendesk @ 18:00

CHAI May Meetup
Where: OpenJaw Technologies @ 18:30

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

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