Shared today on Twitter

“I was going to call it Fun with Functors, but it turns out that’s a really popular FP talk title.” 😂 – @GeorgeTalksCode #ylj17 https://t.co/iQNnkb8mfj


Me and @leonardo_borges waving at @the_nathanjones from the other side of the country… #ylj17 https://t.co/a5fiEzeNpp


“Use Haskell! We sort things in linear time! I can’t think of a better elevator pitch than that.” #ylj17 @GeorgeTalksCode https://t.co/IiQq3XT5nx


Sharon from @REA_Group giving us the geography of her journey from OO Land through the Theory Mountains to FP Land. #ylj17 https://t.co/VAAPdd7cEJ


Ways to spread FP skills in your org: brown bags, guilds, dojos, secondments, and pairing. #ylj17 https://t.co/LFU5prrIBm


Last chance for tonight’s #yownight with @mseckington and @bodil at @OptiverAsiaPac in Sydney! https://t.co/ggPPItN94G


Some serious electronics nostalgia happening in @mootpointer’s #ylj17 hardware talk. https://t.co/yW2zQX6Glb


I’ve got so many Arduino components at home, waiting for an idea. So excited that @mootpointer is here to INSPIRE. #ylj17 https://t.co/B6NBNtxPoA


“On the Internet of Things, no one knows you’re a fridge… or that your fridge is DDoSing someone.” #ylj17 @mootpointer https://t.co/ITbf60ci8j


Another paper to read! Armstrong’s “Making reliable distributed systems in the presence of software errors” #ylj17 https://t.co/PPn6Sl9xKk https://t.co/LWhkJidNdJ


We have a device connected to the Internet… It’s time to blink some LEDs! #ylj17 @mootpointer https://t.co/VsKvdPQt7N


Embedded FizzBuzz! #ylj17 https://t.co/pFEZoO6JFj


Suddenly wondering what FizzBuzz would look like as a knitted stitch pattern…


Amazing mini pavs at #ylj17. (Cameo by @mark_sabbatical’s hand!) https://t.co/Qlj9jHRIdY https://t.co/gZAKgZu5vO


@REATechBlog @YOWLambdaJam You left out Sharon!


RT @REATechBlog: @web_goddess @YOWLambdaJam She was too busy slaying the room in her talk. 😉


@REATechBlog @j_s_n_d @YOWLambdaJam @KenScambler I was there! She kicked ass. 😀


Of course, there’s already prior art. Hm. I reckon I could still come up with something more interesting. https://t.co/morwcVjkSw https://t.co/VGA6AKX9i4


RT @KenScambler: Lambda loves you too Barry Jay #ylj17 https://t.co/x19FHNyBgy


RT @NodeGirlsSydney: The @CFA_aus Women in Tech Scholarship, for one woman per campus – Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane! Apply here: https://t.…


Four course meal as metaphor for tech talk. 👏 #ylj17 https://t.co/zpFrFwvdOf


If you told 18yo me I’d be listening to calculus lecture as a grownup in 2017, I would’ve studied a lot harder. #itsallgone #sorrymrarnold


Lambda-calculus is not complete for computation. “I can see some of you getting anxious!…” Barry says. #ylj17 https://t.co/hZjVpoy9mb


@charis Hm. Back when I was a front-ender (early 2000s), only women on my team were designers and PMs. Once there was a DBA. @ppk


Miss Geeky herself, @mseckington, speaking for a full house at #yownight! @yow_conf @OptiverAsiaPac https://t.co/I7NY45pxNl


Forget ninjas, unicorns, and rockstars. We should strive to be SUPERHERO developers and amplify the others around us. #yownight @mseckington https://t.co/So9jWHbJuL


Iron Man’s Minimum Viable Armour gets a laugh. 😂 Iterate and reflect like Tony Stark! #yownight https://t.co/a2nGmBz10R


Everyone needs a little HULK SMASH every now and then! (Tell me about it.) #yownight https://t.co/Fsx9LAbcJ8


Be like the Guardians of the Galaxy. Seek out diversity! #yownight @yow_conf https://t.co/skdutKwcQu


RT @cbetta: More common sense being presented by @mseckington #yownights https://t.co/7es3sWFqke


Like the Avengers, we are stronger together. #yownight @mseckington @yow_conf https://t.co/JAqOhasJ3t


“G’day! Did I do it right? Learning new languages is hard.” 😂 @bodil #yownight @yow_conf https://t.co/D884emtm81


So, yeah. As AV tech support, @sir_tilbrook and I are far cry from @smithcdau. 😂 (Sorry.) #yownight https://t.co/wkJMunF5iz


@smithcdau @sir_tilbrook We forgot to push the big red button, and then we forgot to wire up Bodil. 🙄🔫


@smithcdau @sir_tilbrook It’s a different talk! One that’s never been videoed. We got there in the end – just figuratively knocked our heads together a few times.


Ahhh, The Cathedral and the Bazaar. Perennially on my To Read list. #yownight #oldschool https://t.co/gpZ9OdC4No


Imagining a “Halt and Catch Fire”-style sexy dramatisation of the story of the Open Source movement. Netflix – get on that! #yownight


Open Source gives us the power to learn and create, so how we protect that knowledge is very important for the good of humanity. #yownight https://t.co/86K0tFQyTm


I can’t help but wonder if the issues @bodil is having with her new Windows tablet are a planned example of her theme. 😂 #yownight


@gilmae Awwww, your bebbeh.


Our heroes are imperfect. We shouldn’t let the clay feet of major players in the OS community stop us from contributing. #yownight https://t.co/1MKcUCerow


Did not expect a brush with celebrity when taking speakers out to dinner!! https://t.co/yBTle3ZDKG


@hjdaniel_sun Here you go! https://t.co/hTKZYCqFk2


LOL. @bodil ordered the Large Diet Coke. 😂 https://t.co/RpT4rXXdqw


RT @leonardo_borges: Big shout out to all the @YOWLambdaJam crew for delivering a hell of a conference! Had a great time! Can’t wait for 20…


@carbocommander That is ridiculous and evil. 🙁


@knitterjp @unlikelylibrary @bemaia @madelgiles @kakaCharlotte Awww, sounds like it was a great night!!


Thank you so much to @georgiecel for taking photos at @yow_conf #ylj17! Can’t wait to see how they turned out. 😃📸


RT @merseytart: IDEA: Shazam, but for weird bits of plastic that have probably fallen off something important and you don’t know what. http…


RT @TheBiasBlog: Today on the Bias: Mansplaining and the Power of Naming, by @leeflower https://t.co/3lxF8uaAHu https://t.co/Q7ZhiCHVKv


@parisba *yawn* Hey.



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