I recently stumbled across this strategy to help you fall asleep. I’ve struggled with insomnia for a long time, mainly in that my brain will really fixate on a particular topic – even just a fragment of a song – and keep racing. I’m going to try this out the next time it happens and see if it helps at all.
Author: Kris
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@theRealGhammy Thank you for sharing! Iām glad it was useful. ā¤ļø
RT @theRealGhammy: If you have to interview candidates for a role, make sure you watch @web_goddess’ NDC Melbourne talk first. Completely cā¦
This thread is š„. I remember breathless āYoung people are knitting in pubs!ā articles 20 years ago, and the same nonsense is still being spewed. None of itās new. None of itās special just because people other than old women are doing it. Itās just lazy stereotypes. https://t.co/qglSVHfwyC
RT @GunnarGrosch: We’re live now! Join us to learn about AWS AppConfig! https://t.co/XLct1fNfR0
@spara HA! My husband has been obsessed with learning the different German words for types of frozen precipitation. š
2,500 naked bodies needed: Spencer Tunick announces his return to Sydney – The Snook and I are in the Opera House photo somewhere! Truly thrilling and memorable experience. Can 100% recommend. https://t.co/WXXrj6N3nw
@mattstratton The Snook has started using āBecause of the implicationā quite a bit too. Itās creepy, but at least an improvement over repeatedly explaining the DENNIS system to me.
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DACH Community Day in Dresden and the SƤchsische-Schweiz
Recently I was very honoured to be invited by some of my friends in the DACH (aka Germany, Austria, Switzerland) tech community to be the keynote speaker for AWS Community Day 2022. This was going to be their first time back in person after two years of virtual events, and I was very excited to finally meet some of them in person. Rodd was going to accompany me, of course, and he had planned out some fun touristy things for us to do as well.
We caught the Tuesday morning train from Munich. It was about a 4.5hr trip, including a short transfer in Leipzig. I mostly used the time to finish off my slides for the keynote!
On Tuesday night, the local AWS Dresden group were having a pre-Community Day meetup so we went along. Here’s my buddy Mohamed presenting about a couple serverless apps he built, as well as Martin from Groundfog sharing how they built a personalised web experience for visitors.
Wednesday was the big event, so we headed over early in the morning to the conference venue to help set up. My friends Linda (from Vienna) and Markus (from Munich) were going to be kicking things off in the morning.
Markus insisted that I wear the AWS dress. š He was also going to be introducing me on stage.
Eventually everything was ready and the hosts kicked off the morning. I was very excited to see them launch the Fƶrderverein AWS Community DACH, which brings together all the different AWS groups into a single association. (Bonus points for the pun in the logo – in German, “Dach” means “roof”.)
Markus gave me a very humorous intro in which he’d scraped some dubious photos from my social media accounts, but thankfully he ended with the nicest one. ā¤ļø
My talk started out quite personal, talking about how isolated I felt in the first ten years of my career. It wasn’t until I started going to meetups and hackathons that I finally felt like I belonged. At that point, it turned into a big soppy love letter to the folks in the room, who were my first friends when we moved to Germany. I ended by talking about how much AWS values the external community, and some of our plans to support them even more in the future.
One last photo of me with Markus and Linda, who I’m going to really really miss. š¢
We spent the rest of the day at the conference, going to sessions and meeting sponsors and attendees. It was a small but passionate crowd, and everyone was so excited to get back together in person. Thank you to the organisers for inviting me!
We were pretty tired that night but of course had to take advantage of the hotel sauna…
I worked from the hotel the next day, but Rodd got me out into the sunshine for a quick walk and lunch in the city.
We were very amused to see that there is actually an Australian restaurant in Dresden! The Snook was dubious, but hey, they serve kangaroo goulash soup. š
We walked up to BrĆ¼hl’s Terrace, a large elevated terrace overlooking the Elbe. It was a beautiful day.
Here we are with the Hofkirche (Dresden Cathedral), the most important Catholic church in the city.
We also found the Lego store, which had a “Selfie Point.” Okay, then.
Our hotel was very close to the famous Frauenkirche in Dresden. This Lutheran church was destroyed during the firebombing of the city in 1945 and left in ruins as a war memorial for 50 years. It was only rebuilt after German reunification and was completed in 2005. The darker stones you can see were salvaged from the original church and were able to be reused in the reconstruction.
We went inside to take a look as well. It was all soft pastels, trompe l’oeil, and extravagant carvings. Very pretty! The story of how they rebuilt it is truly amazing.
That night we had booked a special dinner at Genuss-Atelier, a local Michelin-starred restaurant. It was described as “rustic vaults” and it felt very cozy.
One of the coolest things was that the tables had built in drawers with all the cutlery you’d need, so the waiters didn’t need to keep bringing fresh sets. I’ve never seen that before.
We went with the six-course “Surprise” menu, and since it’s all seasonal and not printed, I tried to keep notes on my phone about what we had. We started with a couple small bites: pickled herring with potato chip, and felafel with yogurt.
The Snook enjoyed the little bread rolls and butter. (He may have also been drafting a post for We Want Plates.)
Our first proper course was beef tartar with sour cream and chives.
Next was a vegetarian course – turnip cabbage (aka kohlrabi), celery, and yuzu.
Next was the fish course – “eagle fish” (which we think is also called a “meagre“) with radicchio, celery, and capers.
For the meat course, we had lamb with pumpkin and polenta, and of course we opted for the extra shaved black truffle!
Everything was delicious and beautifully prepared. We were also having matched wines with each course, all of them from the local area. Rodd was amused when the waiter excitedly told him how one of them was matured in oak, which is something of a novelty in the region. (It’s very common in Australia!) Needless to say, we were having a wonderful evening.
And we finished with TWO desserts! First was “blueberry, butter cookie, and vanilla.”
And lastly, “banana, coconut, mango sorbet.” Yum!
Highly recommend Genuss-Atelier if you are ever in the Dresden area!
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Sure, professional accomplishments are great and all, but have you ever successfully decoded a reference in a brand new Taylor Swift song without having to look it up? š
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@jaimekristene @mathowie I think Mattās idea was to go back to blogging, which Iād love. I imagine my circle would get a lot smaller though.
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Exploring Dresden Castle with the King. š¤“š»ā¤ļø @ Residenzschloss Dresden https://t.co/DNINJ7QTtg
RT @TanjaBueltmann: š©šŖ German phrase of the day for you:
Jetzt haben wir den Salatš„¬
Literally: ‘now we have the saladā. Used when somethiā¦
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@devdevcharlie I’m sure it wasn’t nearly as bad as you think! People don’t know what you MEANT to say. I bet it was great!
RT @hoegertn: š After a very long break, the AWS UserGroup Stuttgart is back.
This evening we are meeting at ZOI to talk about video streā¦
Things you donāt expect to find in Dresden: an Australian restaurant! šš¦šŗš¦ @ Dresden, Germany https://t.co/AMvnrBOz2m
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RT @bhandari_barsha: Call for Papers for the First Ever AWS Community Day in Nepal !!!Ā
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Tech check for #AWSCommunityDayDACH with @linda_mhmd and @osterjour! Looking forward to a wonderful day. #AWSCommunity https://t.co/PvLOXzsUdu
RT @bombadil_tom: @web_goddess at #AWSCommunityDay https://t.co/uz1BcgTLt8
Thank you for not sharing any of the HORRIBLE PHOTOS @Osterjour slipped in, @mohammedradwan. šā¤ļø https://t.co/WWtkmIrM4r
My first session of the day is Fabrizio Gattuso from @NordcloudDACH talking about how everything is an event on AWS. Great to see that heās an AWS Community Builder! #AWSCommunityDay @jasondunn @AWSCommunityDE https://t.co/juK60eyI2x
RT @ghumare64: Today, @awscloud launched the AWS Parameters and Secrets Lambda Extension, a method for AWS Lambda users to retrieve parametā¦
RT @DataDuke: Finally beeing received in AUDIENCE with @web_goddess šššš¤ to learn about the @AWSCommunity, the highly passionate and drivinā¦
RT @DataDuke: CELEBRATING #AWSCommunityDay with engaging sessions by @linda_mhmd @rosenbeli @Osterjour @web_goddess & Fabrizio @NordcloudHQā¦
Really great session from @danbdo on @dynamodb single table modeling. I learned heaps, and he brought in some great best practices from @houlihan_rick and @alexbdebrie. #AWSCommunityDay @AWSCommunityDE https://t.co/GyIL0XubDc
Ha. @Lockhead warned us all that it was his first in-person talk in 4 years, but it was unnecessary. He did great! He spoke about building a serverless, event-driven platform at FICO. And heās another AWS Community Builder! š #AWSCommunityDay @AWSCommunityDE @jasondunn https://t.co/N682RpFMxq
And how do we unwind after a full day at a tech conference? 15 minutes sweating in a 90C/194F sauna followed by a cold shower and then COLLAPSE. š š https://t.co/WRbqaJh6Ba
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Fine-tuning my keynote for tomorrowās AWS Community Day DACH on the train to Dresden! Spoiler: itās a massive love letter to the German, Austrian, and Swiss developer communities. ā¤ļøšš©šŖš¦š¹šØš #AWSCommunityDayDACH https://t.co/RnHYbQrf9D
RT @Typhon666_death: Amazon Web Services announces 190 billion baht investment to drive Thailandās digital future https://t.co/UOQ3tGuVYq
Very excited to see @mohammedradwan present on serverless applications at the AWS Dresden meetup! @AWSCommunityDE https://t.co/9ymLep7Mhw
RT @DataDuke: WARM-UP for @AWSCommunityDE DAY Dresden – Talk by @mohammedradwan on his private serverless project to start/stop/schedule yoā¦
@bombadil_tom Just drove past it in a taxi!! See you tomorrow…
Great thread, and absolutely all of this applies to me at the #AWSCommunityDayDACH tomorrow. You won’t be able to miss me – I’ll be the one in the dress with the AWS logo all over it. š https://t.co/GsJHYxogTV
RT @FranklinHabit: A haunted house, but every room contains a guy who learned to knit a month ago and is now an authority who thinks he invā¦