Month: January 2018
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Shared today on Twitter
The Art + Tech exhibition is happening on the balcony behind the Great Hall! 🖼️❤️💻 #lca2018 https://t.co/83wtYZNw5b
@betsybookworm Only during lunch!
So many art appreciators! Don’t miss out – we’re only on during lunch! #lca2018 🖼️❤️💻 https://t.co/UzehiDHN6f
Many thanks to @Techman_83 for coaching me through my second ever attempt at soldering this morning! I’m getting better. ☺️ #lca2018 https://t.co/iiTAsdXVEI
RT @jaimekristene: Art & Tech! #LCA2018 https://t.co/YQvNvjR54V
RT @FCTweedie: Producing and publishing this fic (creating websites, making videos & games) takes technical skills, but many of these young…
RT @The_McJones: fan fiction with the most stigma associated with it is written by and for young women – @pjf #lcagm #lca2018
RT @The_McJones: Game developer Barbie is a big deal – @pjf #lcagm #lca2018 https://t.co/shO47sz09l
RT @unixbigot: I’m exhibiting my video-game medicine cabinets at #lca2018. They alert you if you miss a dose, and reassure you if you’re ha…
I keep finding folks at #lca2018 wearing @yow_conf shirts. 😜 @hackuador @nickzoic https://t.co/pp56WfEE4j
@maetl @gergnz @linuxconfau That’s how you know it’s Art. 😛
@sauramaia The exhibition was on at lunch time, so it’s finished. 😕
@sauramaia But the miniconf is tomorrow at Guthrie Theatre, building 6!
@The_McJones I could do a lightning talk about the Scratch game I made recently as part of CS50. 😂 My first game since school! https://t.co/thfyZf8rCB
A good speaker knows that including a 🐶 photo is a great way to get a positive response from the audience! 👏 @IngaPflaumer #lca2018 https://t.co/cZay7BO3CO
Always a pleasure to hear from @desplesda talking about games! If you want to hear more, he did a great talk at @yow_conf 2016 about game design: https://t.co/GDLWzNSTR2 #lca2018 https://t.co/xBMa6wrL9U
@IngaPflaumer That’s beautiful!
As someone who isn’t all the way through @NightInTheWoods yet, it was much appreciated. 😉 @desplesda #lca2018 https://t.co/gtaCPTa9P1
@nickyringland @mage0r LOOK AT THOSE HAPPY FACES! 😁😁😁
RT @nickyringland: So much fun assembling the LoliBot at #LCA2018 https://t.co/PqHwzwGBaO
@vaibhavsingh97 It was nice to meet you today!! 🙂
@joshsimmons Dammit. We should have @aurynn talking about contempt culture like last year. 🙁
If you want to play my James and the Giant Peach game, it’s here! https://t.co/recJa5KiSb 😁 #lca2018 #lcagm https://t.co/jJRRMy1KVL
Lightning talk from @DrJosh9000 about his fun text adventure games. Coincidentally, he’s presenting at the Art + Tech miniconf tomorrow! 🖼️❤️💻 #lca2018 #lcagm https://t.co/fGBf6kpzoF
@The_McJones @linuxconfau Well done to you and @Ducky_Tape and everyone else involved!
@johndalton @hannahcancode Come to the Art + Tech miniconf tomorrow. We’ll both be there. 😊
@betsybookworm @Ducky_Tape @adambrenecki @FCTweedie @sauramaia A lunch break is going to work best for me!
@desplesda What happened to the other place?!
@desplesda Nah, headed home to prep for tomorrow.
RT @OphelieLechat: I’ve found it really hard to explain my new career direction, but this thread helps. https://t.co/4T7rLBRoxQ
Thanks to @Lana_Montgomery for a lovely dinner with @jessfraz, @slace, @GeoffreyHuntley, @jstangroome, and many more!
@chriswithpants 🚗💨
Can I use #art+tech for the hashtag tomorrow? I wonder…
…evidently not.
@Xavier_Ho I’m leaning towards #artandtech. 🤔
Slides and notes all ready for #artandtech miniconf tomorrow! I can’t wait for you to hear from all the amazing speakers! See you in Building 6… #lca2018 🖼❤️💻 https://t.co/Orlh1KpL0e
@stibbons You’re not on until the afternoon. Plenty of time! 😂
@kmett @KenScambler Me last week to @dibblego: “So. A monad is just a functor that has bind? That’s literally all I need to know right now?” I had been so freaked out it was anticlimactic.
@unixbigot I’m going with #artandtech. Simple!
@xrobau @unixbigot I only started adding it to tweets in the last few days, just as a fun attention-grabber. I’ve tried to make sure I also use the name for context. #artandtech #lca2018
@EricaLehmann @KathyReid I think @KathyReid knows the Wool Museum folks – I remember her mentioning last year about playing with the Jacquard loom!
RT @KathyReid: @s_palm This fills me with immense joy. #artandtech peeps at #lca2018, check this awesome work by @s_palm out!
RT @kattekrab: Oh my.
I think I might cry.
I went looking for this keynote 10 years ago. Finally. Really truly happening. Open source appr…
RT @minxdragon: Ditto, I have been very impressed with #lca2018 organizer’s attention to my accessibility needs as a speaker, thankyou! htt…
Casted on my #lca2018 socks during the morning keynote. Also note the thematically appropriate dress! Now heading to #artandtech… 🖼️❤️💻 https://t.co/fMsBOTphrz
RT @glasnt: Hey everyone, I’m at #lca2018 this week, and I’m live-tweeting the #ArtAndTech miniconf today! 🖼💻
RT @minxdragon: The #artandtech miniconf is kicking off after the break! I’m first up! Come hear about the fuuuuuuuture of art #lca2018 htt…
People! Turning up for the thing I still can’t quite believe is happening! 🖼️❤️💻 #artandtech #lca2018 https://t.co/EZtvqT3FCm
@spidie All but Miles Green’s after lunch.
I would pay cash money for a lippie in Farty Red. 😂💋 @minxdragon #artandtech #lca2018 🖼️❤️💻 https://t.co/MmqfuprBFt
RT @glasnt: A note on the #artandtech miniconf: the talk at 1:40pm, “Building Detailed Fractal Sets for “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2””,…
RT @pjf: At the #lca2018 #artandtech conference just in time to see @minxdragon present on the future of art.
@minxdragon is a phenomenal…
RT @glasnt: It’s Blue Ribbon Award Winning knitter @web_goddess opening #artandtech! #LCA2018 https://t.co/IaryTkrox0
Now for the #nightmarefuel portion of @minxdragon’s talk. After this slide went up, a voice rang out, “NEWP!” 😂 #artandtech #lca2018 🖼️❤️💻 https://t.co/nsFZx41H9I
RT @freakboy3742: The fact that @MatToddChem, the keynote speaker at #lca2018 feels the need to apologize for not being a coder, and ask th…
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Shared today on Twitter
Resting for a moment among hundreds of art appreciators looking at Dutch masterpieces. https://t.co/mRYAyerjq7 https://t.co/jqDdeDlSsO
TFW Dame Quentin Bryce is sitting one table over at the cafe and you’re trying not to fangirl… https://t.co/Z79YrtSAto https://t.co/XPH8SUcWrK
@lucykbain @sundress @i386 Dammit. There’s already a long waiting list. I should’ve booked the first night. 😭 Sorry…
RT @unixbigot: I’m exhibiting two #IoT projects for the #lca2018 Art❤️Tech miniconf (exhibition Monday, miniconf Tuesday). So I’m travelin…
@AshKyd @yow_conf Not yet. Working on it. 🙂 Will let you know if/when we do!
@AshKyd @yow_conf Yeah, the Eventbrite page shows anything that has ticketing open: https://t.co/js4ADSBapL
AMAZEBALLS. Thanks @mmastertheone for the tip! https://t.co/zwq73McWCW
Hey #lca2018 folks: if you’re double-booked and can’t make the Art + Tech miniconf on Tuesday, you can still see some of the projects during the ART EXHIBITION that will run at lunchtime on the balcony behind the Great Hall! 🖼❤️💻
Also, I’m really annoyed that I only just realised that 🖼❤️💻 is great branding for the miniconf and I should’ve been using it on all the tweets. 😆
@unixbigot From 12-12:25 depending how much time you need!
RT @maetl: 🖼❤️💻 #lca2018 I’ll be there, with some generative writing projects to play with as a preview for my talk on Tuesday. Come and sa…
I should have clarified – the exhibition is on MONDAY ie TOMORROW; the 🖼️❤️💻 miniconf is on Tuesday. #lca2018 https://t.co/YUTniQfcNS
Ironically, having #lca2018 5 minutes from my house results in way less socialisation. Last year in Hobart I had nothing to do but go out with folks!
@LapTop006 Theoretically two sets of lights, but I know I can make it in 5. 🙂
@hannahcancode I’ll be soldering too, it turns out! I haven’t done it since last year’s LCA so I’ll be learning again. 😂
@hannahcancode Did you see the email? Closed toe shoes.
RT @SydTechLeaders: Our 3rd speaker has been announced for Wednesday’s meeting – local thought leader @lightningdb! Come learn why he think…
Weekly Meetup Wrap – January 21, 2018 https://t.co/GKTQx5kIxb – Only one meetup last week followed by 3 days of smashing my brain against the brick wall of functional programming… 😭
@stibbons 👏💃
@mark_sabbatical Isn’t she wonderful? Aren’t they all wonderful? 😍
Excitement as #lca2018 is about to kick off! @developerjack is warning up the crowd. https://t.co/9YNZyDrhio
I’m giving a nice plug for @simpmach on my @yow_conf shirt. 😂 https://t.co/6W5lrz6eNb
RT @chrisjrn: ‘do we have any WordPress people in the house?’
*Audience giggles*^— do not do this. Srsly. #lca2018
@betsybookworm YAY! I’ll bring mine tomorrow.
@sauramaia @betsybookworm Now I’m tempted to cast on a #lca2018 sock!
@developerjack Don’t forget to mention the 🖼️❤️💻 exhibition au lunch today!! #lca2018
@nickzoic I have faith. Surely they’ll run down what’s happening today?
@sauramaia @betsybookworm Last year I was working frantically on my pussy hat for the march. #memories
RT @kattekrab: The Pac-Man rule.
Leave space in the circle for someone to join your conversation #lca2018 https://t.co/O5Sys2gJ7D
LOL. When tweeting and SMSing doesn’t work, just yell. 😉 🖼️❤️💻 exhibition on lunchtime today! #lca2018
@slyall @voltagex Emailing nudity to the LCA organisers has been my highlight of 2018 so far. 😂
@KathyReid The miniconf is in the Guthrie Theatre, building 6. The art exhibiting is on the balcony behind the great hall.
@jaimekristene Save me a spot!!
Huge crowd in UTS’s fantastic electronics lab for the Open Hardware Miniconf! 🤖❤️ #lca2018 https://t.co/udw5NOKJgW
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Shared today on Facebook
Resting for a moment among hundreds of art appreciators looking at Dutch masterpieces.
TFW Dame Quentin Bryce is sitting one table over at the cafe and you’re trying not to fangirl…
Only one meetup last week – Sydney Android – followed by three days of smashing my brain against the brick wall of functional programming. Many thanks to CSIRO’s Data61, the Queensland Functional Programming Lab, and Tony Morris for the opportunity to challenge myself! One of the hardest things I’ve done in years.
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Weekly Meetup Wrap – January 21, 2018
On paper it seems like this was a light week… but not really. Technically I only made it to one official meetup though – the Android Australia User Group – Sydney. It was a special one too, as it was Georgina’s final meetup as organiser (after 4.5 years!). Before the 😭, we had a couple talks, both of which built on topics I had learned about from YOW! speakers last year…
The first was by Quirijn Groot Bluemink from The Iconic. Quirijn’s talk was an introduction to Flutter, a new mobile app SDK to help developers and build mobile apps for both iOS and Android. Flutter uses Dart, a programming language that Google developed and uses to run some very large apps.
I learned about Flutter and Dart last December from Kasper Lund‘s talk at YOW! 2017. Basically it saves you from having to reimplement your app’s functionality for each platform – you can literally use the same code for both! I was amused that both Quirijn and Kasper mentioned the Hamilton app as one of the most well-known apps built with Flutter.
The second talk of the night was Mitch Tilbrook giving us a peek at Kotlin “backstage.” Kotlin is a programming language that runs on the JVM but can also be compiled to JavaScript source code. While it’s been around since 2011, it got a big push this year when Google announced first class support for Kotlin on Android at I/O.
I was lucky enough to see two talks on Kotlin last year by Svetlana Isakova, one of the core developers of Kotlin at JetBrains. She gave a keynote at YOW! Connected 2017 called “You Can Do Better With Kotlin” (video here) as well as as a YOW! Night that dived deeper into features like support for coroutines.
After the two talks, there was a special presentation of thank yous and flowers to Georgina for everything she’s done for the group. Well done, G!
I had hoped to attend DevOps Sydney on Thursday night, but unfortunately it was cancelled. Frankly I was relieved, as my brain was rapidly turning to mush as I battled through the three-day functional programming course put on by Data61 and the Queensland Functional Programming Lab. I expected it to be challenging… and yeah.
I’m not gonna lie – this was hard. The instructors were great and my fellow students were all friendly, but the reality is that this is literally a semester’s worth of university-level content covered in three 8-hour days. Not just that, but FP in general is quite a mind-flip from other programming paradigms. I found that I would hit a wall every couple of hours where things would suddenly stop making sense. That would trigger a stressful fight-or-flight response, and it was really hard to push through. (Massive thanks go to assistant instructor Dave and my friend Jed for helping me as best they could.)
The fact that I returned after that first day is solely down to the Snook persuading me that I could do it. (I really, really didn’t want to go back.) I survived though, and even if I didn’t understand everything, I have a much better grasp on the concepts that I did before I started. I learned a lot of vocabulary and demystified some of the more arcane bits of FP jargon. The next time I crack open my Haskell book, things will be easier.
Other Stuff
- I’m going to India! I was honoured to be invited to speak at this year’s Agile India 2018 in Bangalore in March. I’ll be talking about Building Software That Lasts. If you’re in the area, you should definitely attend.
- LinuxConfAU kicks off tomorrow! Tomorrow I’ll be hosting an art exhibition during the lunch break, and on Tuesday the 23rd I’ll be running the Art + Tech Miniconf. (There are a limited number of miniconf-only tickets available for purchase for Tuesday, so let me know ASAP if you want one.)
- Tickets are still available for Sydney’s Global CFP Diversity Day event on February 3! If you’ve got a goal of speaking at a tech conference, you should come along to this workshop.
- Curious about what Webpack actually does? I found this excellent Reddit comment that explains it in straightforward English. If you’ve ever wanted to know why we don’t just add <script> tags to a page anymore, read that.
- The YOW! team often shares links to interesting stories in tech via our internal Slack. I especially liked this one from my boss Dave: Your Next T-Shirt Will Be Made by a Robot. I will be very curious to see if this company can pull it off. I’ve seen videos of robots trying to fold towels, and they are so flummoxed by soft fabrics that they have to move verrrrry sloooooooowly.
- And one more reminder – we have two upcoming YOW! events in Sydney with open Calls for Presentations! YOW! Data will be held on May 14-15 and is looking for speakers on data-driven technologies and applications. YOW! Lambda Jam is coming up on May 21-23 and is all about functional programming.
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Shared today on Twitter
Fifth speaker at Art + Tech miniconf is @chixors from @HeartOfPluto_ telling us how she hacked a knitting machine from the 80’s into a printer. (You knew there’d be knitting, right?!) #knittingiscode #lca2018 https://t.co/FxGLGKTxdV
Sixth speaker at Art + Tech miniconf is @unixbigot, direct from Brisbane, telling us how he solves both serious and silly problems with IoT and 3-D printing. (He’s also raising a kickass geek girl!) #lca2018 https://t.co/mCGysPQkpo
@minxdragon @art_control I think at the end of the day on Friday?
Seventh speaker at Art + Tech is @currawongwhsper talking about challenges for traditional artists and craftspeople in the world of tech. (❤️ her Etsy store! https://t.co/0Aj1RdlcmY) #lca2018 https://t.co/VZvAl70Axo
Eighth speaker of Art + Tech miniconf is @stibbons showing off some of his blinkenlight projects! #lca2018 💡🚨 https://t.co/o91MBOdVh0
Ninth speaker of Art + Tech miniconf is @ADuckIsMyFiend telling us all about the amazing hyperbolic crochet coral reef! (I know what you’re thinking: crochet *and* knitting? Best. Program. EVAR!) #lca2018 https://t.co/df6c8PayyM
@sundress @lucykbain Are you both definitely in for Feb 1? I want to call and register our team. 🙂
Tenth talk at Art + Tech miniconf will be @DrJosh9000 showing how he built his adorable Macintosh Tiny! #lca2018 https://t.co/PAxDHp7lD4 https://t.co/6smcLEHZg5
And last but not least will be @glasnt finishing off the Art + Tech miniconf by detailing her solution to generating custom embroidery charts! #lca2018 https://t.co/gqS9RZ8Za8
@stringy @ADuckIsMyFiend My concession to the fact that I was pretty hookist in my youth. 😛
My jaw literally dropped. 😲 https://t.co/vQKyhiobOz
RT @sarahboesveld: This is Eleanor. She’s 7 and she made this amazing sandwich board sign. #WomensMarch2018 #WomensMarchTO https://t.co/E9D…
RT @LJKenward: Do you want to up-skill in public speaking? In communications? Marketing? Social Media? Go-to-market strategy? Stakeholder m…
RT @noopkat: I feel like I’m publicly damning myself within the software scene every time I tweet this stuff about myself but I’m sick of n…
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@The_McJones @linuxconfau Uhhh. As a first time miniconf organiser, I have no idea what’s expected of me for that. Tips?
When you are breaking your brain trying to reconcile a test in a comment to the function you’ve written, it helps to make sure you haven’t introduced some errant goddamn parentheses in the test. 😤 #krislearnsfp
First speaker for Art + Tech miniconf is @minxdragon talking about the Future of Art. (J has been busy this week hanging their exhibition for Midsumma!) https://t.co/uNRmiIDq2J #lca2018 https://t.co/SGhC748737
Holy crap. I wrote a thing that does something semi-useful! #krislearnsfp https://t.co/z3XlJ7eHBD
We’ve just covered an entire semester of Haskell in 3 days. 😳 (From the back of the room: “So that’s why it hurts so much!”) #krislearnsfp https://t.co/UIaIrmPBhb
@drylight Haskelling.
Massive thanks to @bsimyo @dibblego @queenslandfplab @Data61news (and Dave!) for putting on this course. One of the most challenging things I’ve done in years, but I learned heaps. ☺️ #krislearnsfp https://t.co/pZ7knQAsL8
@MelissaKaulfuss They’re doing it again in Brisbane in a month, otherwise just wait and it’ll come to Melbs as soon as there’s demand!
Surviving three days of learning functional programming deserves a reward. https://t.co/rvrLzLjPXj https://t.co/HTJUmsGuXN
RT @TigNotaro: I wish men would put as much confidence in women as they do in bitcoin
@imdominating Weeping. Sheer genius.
RT @OriginalFunko: Hold on to your butts. https://t.co/AdGvvau0AG
2nd speaker at Art + Tech miniconf is @metaeaux talking about using “Code -> Music -> Art” to create procedurally generated scenery. (Your last chance to see him in Oz for a while! 😱) https://t.co/SGUAJfYdHw #lca2018 https://t.co/DWdZHlDHF3
@KathyReid @developerjack @muglifecafe @WOTSOWorkSpace is just up Harris Street in Pyrmont if you want an actual desk. Recommend them!
Ooh, apparently tickets to attend just a miniconf might be available! Let me know if you’re keen to attend Art + Tech miniconf and we’ll try to make that happen. #lca2018 https://t.co/ZNcOJeHRG8
@BonnieWildie I’m gutted I won’t be able to see your talk Tuesday!
RT @fredwilson: @jeffjarvis @ariannahuff you have to blog on your own domain. medium, facebook, linkedin, huffpo will do what are in their…
3rd Art + Tech speaker is @maetl, talking about machines that write. Come hear from the guy whose #nanogenmo book was called “totally plausible” by BoingBoing! 😂👍 https://t.co/gI9jM6CG9b #lca2018 https://t.co/wziZSkVplw
4th speaker at Art + Tech miniconf is Miles Green from @AnimalLogic talking about how the team used fractals to build digital sets of Ego’s planets in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2! #lca2018 https://t.co/QJeBbn3YFi https://t.co/Y1hF0zkx7m
It appears Horace the Horrible 🕷 met his end at the hands (or teeth) of Petey the Brave 🐱. There was much rejoicing. (All we found was two legs…) https://t.co/IlHVFQq2dM https://t.co/de4D6p3Zht
RT @womensart1: Crocheted soft sculptures by Russian textile artist Yulia Ustinova #womensart https://t.co/hQNHzHEjfw
