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@mmastertheone Unfortunately on me it’s more of a tunic. Too short to wear out of the house, really!


@mark_sabbatical @bigyahu @bmatt What?! You’re gonna miss me and @markc wowing the crowd? Tsk tsk.


Amazing story. Great to see how quickly the severity was recognised and how the team pulled together to address. https://t.co/1KSJVGWp2Q


Literally just typed /shrug in an email. Slack has broken my brain.


@johnallsopp @_zouhir I had to check my site to see if my vote jibes with reality. It doesn’t. I use a mix. Yes, I’m the Worst.


@Mandy_Kerr I have often imagined striking the pose of the dancing lady in a moment of victory or delight. 💃


@evanderkoogh Hey, at least on LinkedIn they’ve presumably looked at your CV rather than just spamming a 15-year-old database.


Applications for @yow_conf Diversity Scholarship close THIS FRIDAY. Don’t delay! We’ll even cover your travel and accommodation. 🛫 👩‍💻 👨‍💻 🛬 https://t.co/nmGhM1jMK1


@jnordwick @metafilter No surprise for me. Been a regular visitor for – ouch – 16+ years.


@jnordwick As someone who attended the first slashdot meetup in Sydney in *cough* 2002… I can neither confirm nor deny that information.


@metafilter @jnordwick I already schooled him. 😉


Trying to reconcile belief that feminine != non-technical with awkwardness of having tech conversations in frock covered in skulls. 😕


#Frocktober has been fun – but I’m so looking forward to #pantsvember.


QFT. Great thread. Default to kindness and giving people the benefit of the doubt. https://t.co/G0itN7pjMR


RT @zarahjutz: So be respectful. Be understanding. Be nice.


RT @ignitesydney: It’s only 1 day until #IgniteSydney. See you there tomorrow evening!

https://t.co/bg8L9zsSPY


@heathergracious @sjhfletcher Looks like Fabricabrac doesn’t have a local organiser anymore: https://t.co/7LesgP2Ykw 🙁


@the_nathanjones Define “large.”


@the_nathanjones Canva got there without any managers. They’ve since added some though.


@the_nathanjones Definitely not information silos. So in that respect, then, they don’t have any afaik!


Really excited to check out the next @indigitek event on Thursday! https://t.co/Ey271T7MAT @Eventbrite


@unixbigot Was it my #pantsvember that prompted that? 😆


@HANSwerThePhone I don’t think I ever made that joke with you. (I definitely thought it though.)


Me: I found another photo where I’m making a face.

Rodd: You look like you saw something nasty in the woodshed. 😂

https://t.co/T5LyA5LUAK https://t.co/z35CcIGYLQ


@MichelePlayfair I’m like my own New Yorker caption contest. @hannahcancode has the best one of me ever as her iPhone contact photo for me.


@MichelePlayfair @hannahcancode WAIT. Wrong @hannahyanfield. See, now I’m making the face.


@Catharz @evanderkoogh I am an inveterate optimist, which sadly means I get disappointed a lot.


@diversionary Of course he does.


@halans Oh. My. God.


Uh, yeah, so @halans just found my Best Gurn Ever, which happened to be from the last @ignitesydney I did. Timely! 😂 https://t.co/tBg2OcoefK https://t.co/lUcdfV0rng


@stephenlead 😕 My final practice runs were SMASHING though, if that cheers you up! (It cheers me up.)


@halans Are you taking photos again tomorrow?


RT @20c109: Hey, this is completely false. You can be a programmer and not overwork yourself. Don’t idealize crunch, and don’t work with pe…


@DrKateAdams All the best people do! I dropped an F-bomb in my first keynote. 😂


RT @rachelandrew: Over at @benotist I wrote about not writing a brand new talk for every event https://t.co/nn00VudmIg


RT @kylegriffin1: Justin Trudeau arrived for House duties today dressed as Clark Kent for Halloween. (via CBC News) https://t.co/iCjUxVov73


Day 31. Dangerfield dress. Happy Halloween! 🎃 And that’s #frocktober2017 finished!! https://t.co/Rcsco9tXqk https://t.co/j03nDyy1PE


Excited for #awsstartupday. @rabbieburns kicking things off with an overview of local startup ecosystem. https://t.co/FypDQOulhI


Keynote speaker @mkosut giving some impressive stats about startups launching with AWS. #AWSStartupday https://t.co/UwRxcPacZz


They call it Lex “because it’s what’s inside Alexa.” 😂 Hadn’t noticed that until now. #awsstartupday https://t.co/gIiS9lFjR5


@VitoCarrozzo There’s two more women to my left… but yeah. 😕


@mattgemmell That’s what I figured too. Maybe the joke is just bonus.


@gilmae Not the way I talk.


@VitoCarrozzo I’d like you to meet @mattallen. 😀


@mattgemmell All good. I figured. 😉


Autopilot released API without realising how many folks would use. I wish more startups would realise value of dev program! #AWSStartupday https://t.co/0Qb9eq2YRn


Good lessons for every tech company from @chrissharkey @autopilotus. “We started being successful whet we started saying no.” #AWSStartupDay https://t.co/ebs38RBD0j


Looks to be… 4 women in the tech track audience, counting me. 😕 #AWSStartupDay


“It’s nice to know, we’re going to Nice.” Surprisingly difficult problem but Amazon Polly handles text-to-speech perfectly. #AWSStartupDay https://t.co/loAIG3hB1N


Hmm. AWS Polly has nice male voices (even Aussie one called “Russell”!), so why does Alexa still only have female? #AWSStartupDay



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