Hackathon and Conference Planning
These are my thoughts currently… The NASA Space Apps Challenge is on April 10-12. It’s now about 2 months away, and we still have no idea what the challenges are....
On Technical Paths…
Today, my apprentices had the opportunity to listen to others talk about the various paths in the technical realm. While I missed this discussion, the topic did make me reflect back on...
Mixed Messages
This is something that’s been on my mind, and I’ve just got to get it written down. When I see these combinations together, I feel like I’m getting mixed messages:...
The Plight of Conference Organizers - Conference Diversity
Throughout my time at CodeMash, I found myself retreating to the speaker room to try to hide and preserve my voice. At one point, I found myself talking with...
CodeMash 2015 Recap, Part 3 - One Last Talk…
My family arrived Thursday evening, just as I had finished my History of Women in Tech talk, so I figured I wouldn’t get to see anything on Friday. I...
CodeMash 2015 Recap, Part 2: UX, Security, Crypto, and WiT
For the first day of conference talks, I had quite a bit on my plate. I had two talks that I had to give, and I knew I had...
CodeMash 2015 Recap, Part 1: Pre-Compiler on Self-Publishing
This week, I had the joys of speaking at CodeMash I also managed to catch a few sessions while around. The next 3 posts are some of the...
Upcoming Talks at CodeMash 2015
This is the week of white death, winter storms, and snowpacolypse. Once again, someone invited an awesome snow storm to our area to join us at CodeMash, but I’m...
Sadukie’s 2015 Weekly Blogging Challenge
Let’s keep things real, simple, and really simple here… In 2014, I became a 2nd-time mom, which means that there were a lot of sleepless nights that caused all...
Question from a Software Apprentice - What blogs do you read?
For the past 8 weeks, I’ve been mentoring some up and coming Java and .NET apprentices at the Software Craftsmanship Guild, and I’m excited for this current cohort. From...