Coding Grace Feb 2021 Newsletter
February, learnuary...
We've gotten past January, so much has happened and it can only get better. And I'm still blown away with Amanda Gorman's The Hill We Climb, here's the last few lines of the amazing poem, I hope to buy a copy of her book (somewhere, The Gutter Bookshop is still waiting on details), it's due out this spring:-
"For there is always light,
if only we’re brave enough to see it.
If only we’re brave enough to be it."
— Amanda Gorman
As we are nearing the anniversary of restricted lockdowns, as the community realisations of going virtual as in-person events were not possible, I am still continuing to maintain a list of Irish virtual tech events.
For anyone that's interested, the 100 Day Project has just started, it's a free global art project, but I am hoping to do something everyday, even if it's something small, a few lines of code each day (or bashing the keyboard) on my latest personal project (site generated with 11ty deployed on netlify) or making use of my sewing machine with my novice skills while watching (and re-watching) Youtube tutorials. I've so much on my bucket list, but I've narrowed it down to these two main things. Although I'm not registered, I'm taking that 100 Day Project idea to keep doing the small things, and not stress out about achieving and completing a huge project. And it's a good distraction from binge watching shows. 😆 Plus you get to learn something new, no matter how small it is. 🙌
"We want to give coding superpowers 🦸♀️ to girls around the world so that they can grow up to be inventors, entrepreneurs, and change-makers thriving in our digital society - using technology to shape the future and solve problems that they are passionate about."
❤️Shout out to our friends at imagiLabs and thanks for the discount to Coding Grace members and friends for their online store. Enjoy!
MONTHLY REGULARS
🛠Are you working on a project? Share it with us, I'm happy to have you as a guest blog. Drop me an email at contact@codinggrace.com.
😓BTW, I've started to notice that Irish events listings by organisers on meetup and eventbrite are getting non-Irish events mixed in, so shifting through them takes a wee bit more time. But I hope the curated list of mainly Irish Tech and Diversity in Tech events we have in our monthly newsletter (and our live blog) is of use to you until we figure out how/when we can run our own workshops.
🤔We are still interested in finding out what you are interesting in learning, especially now that we are indoors and would be a great opportunity to learn new skills.
Last year, we wanted to try and make Coding Grace sustainable, our largest expense is our accountant each year. We are happy to continue using Open Collective and we are open to donations from individuals and corporates. We are not-for-profit and it's wholly volunteer-based running it.
🆕 Did you know that we have set up a page on Github Sponsors?
You can read about it if you are curious on how this platform supports the open source community (projects, organisations like ours, etc) via github.com/sponsors.
Huge thanks to our supporters who contributed to our Open Collective fund in 2020. Every little counts as we really appreciate it. Above is the screenshot of our supporters via opencollective.com/coding-grace.
📍Where have I've been (remotely) last month?
- Tue Jan 19: Hosted PyLadies Dublin
- Thu Jan 28: Hosted info session for ASSESSMAKE21 (Erasmus+)
📍Where am I this month?
- Tue Tue 16: Hosting PyLadies Dublin
- Sat Feb 29: Speaking on PoC in Diversity Panel at SISTEM 2021
📖READ, 🎦WATCH, 🎧LISTEN
If you have something to share in our reading, podcast or video list, drop me an email.
We are also on dev.to, it's a platform for devs to post what they are up to, and we are cross-posting to it ourselves. We are open to folks share articles with us, and if you are also on the platform, please follow us. If you want to contribute, I will send you the key to join us.
- Meet The 20-Year-Old Entrepreneur Who Created A Massively Popular App To Prevent Cyberbullying (via Forbes)
- Google Has 'Shattered' Its Pipeline To Black Talent (via Motherboard)
- An Incomplete Guide to Inclusive Language for Startups and Tech (via Buffer)
- 5 web design trends that will dominate the internet in 2021(via CreativeBloq)
- To Celebrate Wikipedia’s 20th Birthday, Try Editing It (via Slate)
- Announcing the CodeNewbie Community (via DEV)
- D&I needs to be part of the business strategy – an expert’s view
- Launching the 2021 Women in Tech report with Kaspersky (via adalist)
- What you need to know before stepping into a career in data (via Silicon Republic)
- [Video] The power of quiet leadership (via BBC)
- [Video] Furkan Karayel: 2021 Diversity and Inclusion Trends
- [Video] Global Game Jam veteran and Unity Developer Evangelist Ashley Alicea joins us to talk about her experience at Global Game Jam over the years
Any enquiries (incl. CFPs, announcements, etc), you can drop me an email at contact@codinggrace.com.
Finally, I know I'm repeating myself every month, but I hope everyone stay healthy and safe.
Thanks,
/// Vicky
🛠 If you want me to run workshops, drop me an email at contact@codinggrace.com.
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📢Any organisers who want to announce their CFPs or looking for speakers, drop us an email and we will include in the next newsletter.
We are looking for lightning talk speakers/demos for our upcoming monthly meetups.
WWCode Belfast: Bytes n' Brew Online ☕️💻
When: Thu Feb 4, 08:00 - 09:00
https://www.meetup.com/Women-Who-Code-Belfast/events/lhkkvryccdbgb/
Women in Tech Belfast (Lean In): WiT Wellbeing in the Workplace
When: Tue Feb 9, 18:30 - 20:00
https://www.meetup.com/Women-In-Tech-Belfast-Lean-In/events/276014237/
WITS Ireland Strategy Information Session
When: Wed Feb 10, 19:00 - 20:00
https://witsireland.com/news/wits-strategy-information-session-10-february-2021/
Tech Women Dublin: Ask Me How I Failed
When: Thu Feb 11, 18:00 - 19:30
https://www.meetup.com/Tech-Women-Dublin/events/275909113/
PyLadies Dublin Feb'21: Automatic multiclass news classification w/ DL and NLP
When: Tue Feb 16 2021, 18:30 - 19:30
https://www.meetup.com/PyLadiesDublin/events/275124258/
BlockW & ICS Spotlight Series-How Technology Will Transform How We Bank-17th Feb
When: Wed Feb 17, 12:00 - 13:00
https://www.meetup.com/BlockW-Ireland/events/275725352/
WWCode Belfast: Bytes n' Brew Online ☕️💻
When: Thu Feb 18, 08:00 - 09:00
https://www.meetup.com/Women-Who-Code-Belfast/events/lhkkvryccdbxb/
WWCode Belfast: Bytes n' Brew Online ☕️💻
When: Thu Mar 4, 08:00 - 09:00
https://www.meetup.com/Women-Who-Code-Belfast/events/lhkkvryccfbgb/
WITS Reads - Discover Together (Book Club)
When: Tue Mar 9, 20:00
https://witsireland.com/news/wits-stemminist-book-club-may-june-2020/
Women in Privacy Kickoff Zoom with Emerald de Leeuw
When: Tue Mar 9, 18:00 - 19:30
https://www.meetup.com/women-in-privacy/events/274429654/
Women Who Code Remote Events
When: Various Dates
Details: https://www.womenwhocode.com/digital
Women Who Cowork Dublin Coffee Mornings
When: Every Mon @ 09:30
Details: http://womenwhocowork.ie/events
Women Who Cowork Dublin Virtual Cocktail Party
When: Every Fri @ 17:00
Details: http://womenwhocowork.ie/events
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.
⚠️NOTE: Due to covid-19, please check various event pages for their latest updates.
ℹ️ I've been keeping a live list of virtual tech events with focus on Irish-hosted events. You can find the live blog (as long as we need it) via https://codinggrace.com/news/jan-2021-irish-virtual-tech-events-listings-2021-1-6/
TUE FEB 02
Iconic Offices Virtual Events: Perfect your Elevator Pitch with Vibe Training
🕚11:00 - 11:40 | Details
Rust Dublin Remote February Meetup
🕡18:30 - 20:30 | Details
1GAM Galway Meetup!
🕖19:00 - 21:00 | Details
WED FEB 03
Iconic Offices Virtual Events: The Ultimate Online Marketing Strategy Blueprint with Green Umbrella Marketing
🕚11:00 - 11:40 | Details
Clojure Ireland: Real-world systems in Clojure
🕡18:30 - 19:30 | Details
TOG Hackerspace: Online Only Craft Night, Knitting, Sewing and Art, Open to All... Online
🕖19:00 - 21:00 | Details
Ministry of Test Belfast: Quality Engineering - Anne-Marie Charrett
🕗20:00 - 21:00 | Details
Drupal Limerick Meetup
🕗20:00 - 22:00 | Details
THU FEB 04
Silicon Drinkabout Belfast: Startup Community drinks - ONLINE NOW!
🕕18:00 - 20:00 | Details
FRI FEB 05
Irish Tech Society & GAA International Hackathon
🕙10:00 - 12:00 | Details
SAT FEB 06
Limerick DotNet-Azure User Group (LDNA): Azure Sentinel Presentation & Demo
🕐13:00 - 14:00 | Details
Dublin Code Mentoring: Free Code Mentoring - Q&A (online)
🕒15:00 - 17:00 | Details
MON FEB 08
Cork|Sec 92
🕖19:00 - 21:00 | Details
TUE FEB 09
Iconic Offices Virtual Events: Set 2021 Goals to Create Your Version of Success with Nicky Raby
🕧12:30 - 13:10 | Details
WED FEB 10
Iconic Offices Virtual Events: How to Sell Mindfully with Anis Qizilbash
🕚11:00 - 11:40 | Details
Python Ireland Month Meetup
🕡18:30 - 20:30 | Details
THU FEB 11
Iconic Offices Virtual Events: The Happiness Habit: Create a Routine to Cultivate Joy with The Reluctant Gurus
🕧12:30 - 13:10 | Details
Tech Tag Dublin: S01E04 - BITCOIN: EDGE OF A CLIFF OR DON’T MISS? 💸
🕔17:00 - 19:00 | Details
Why R? Webinars
🕖19:00 - 21:00 | Details
Bring Your Laptop, Work on Code, it's TOG's Open Coding Night! - Online Only
🕖19:00 - 21:00 | Details
SAT FEB 13
Dublin Code Mentoring: Q&A Online
🕒15:00 - 17:00 | Details
TUE FEB 16
Iconic Offices Virtual Events: A Beginner’s Guide to Paid Social Advertising with Green Umbrella Marketing
🕚11:00 - 11:40 | Details
DevOps Belfast Monthly Meetup
🕡18:30 - 20:30 | Details
WED FEB 17
Iconic Offices Virtual Events: Resilience & Future Readiness for Success in a Brave New World
🕛12:00 - 13:00 | Details
UX Belfast: What designers need to know about people
🕕18:00 - 19:30 | Details
UX Cork Monthly Meetup
🕡18:30 - 20:00 | Details
The Games Co-Op: Fed-up-uary
🕖19:00 - 21:00 | Details
TOG Hackerspace: Online Only Craft Night, Knitting, Sewing and Art, Open to All
🕖19:00 - 21:00 | Details
THU FEB 18
Iconic Offices Virtual Events: Writing Compelling Content for Social Media with The Speak Up Club
🕚11:00 - 11:40 | Details
Why R? Webinars
🕖19:00 - 21:00 | Details
SAT FEB 20
Dublin Code Mentoring: - Q&A (online)
🕒15:00 - 17:00 | Details
TUE FEB 23
Iconic Offices Virtual Events: Assertiveness, Stepping up, Productivity & Growth Mindset
🕚11:00 - 11:40 | Details
SQL Ireland User Group: Adventures in RLS - review some intermediate RLS patterns
🕑14:00 - 15:00 | Details
WED FEB 24
Iconic Offices Virtual Events: How to Influence Others to Get What You Want with Anis Qizilbash
🕚11:00 - 11:40 | Details
Online only Wikipedia Editing evening
🕖19:00 - 21:00 | Details
THU FEB 25
Iconic Offices Virtual Events: Validating your Value Proposition Mindset & Audience Fit with Sonya Barlow
🕚11:00 - 11:40 | Details
Why R? Webinar 029 - Paul Buerkner - brms: Bayesian Regression Models using Stan
🕖19:00 - 21:00 | Details
Bring Your Laptop, Work on Code, it's TOG's Open Coding Night! - Online Only
🕖19:00 - 21:00 | Details
SAT FEB 27
Dublin Code Mentoring: - Q&A (online)
🕒15:00 - 17:00 | Details
TOG Hackerspace: Holiday Hack Challenge redo :-)
🕔17:00 - 19:00 | Details
TUE MAR 02
Dublin Microsoft Technology Meetup: Azure Immersion Workshop: Analytics
🕙10:00 - 15:00 | Details
1GAM Galway Meetup!
🕖19:00 - 21:00 | Details