Holly Jolly Holiday Edition
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Ho, ho, ho... it's a wonderful time of the year...🎶
Here we are, we made it to the end of the year, what have you learnt this year, what amazing events/conferences did you go to and what were you highlights? Share with us if you are using Twitter to @CodingGrace.
And great news if you haven't heard, Dublin will be hosting EuroPython in 2020. 🙌 I'll (Vicky) certainly will try and gather PyDiversity folks together, it's a reality ever since the first PyCon Ireland I first co-organised back in 2010! Dream come true, only took nearly 10 years! 😅😂 -- if you want to help out, check out https://www.europython-society.org/workgroups.
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We've been quite busy this year, here's an overview of events we either ran, spoke or attended (I may have missed out an event here and there):-
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Jan
- Attended Gaming for Peace @ TCD
- Ran PyLadies Dublin Jan Meetup@ Dogpatch Labs
- Involved Women Who Code Dublin CV Clinic@ Huckletree
- Ran Coding Grace Python workshop@ Dogpatch
- Attended launch of Diversity in Workplace Report @ Dogpatch
- Ran Coding Grace Python workshop@ TCD
Feb
- Demoed at "Maker Workshop on Wearables" workshop at Hopper Local / Dublin
- Lightning talk at iWish on Tue @ The RDS.
Mar
- Organised Dublin's Raspberry Pi Jam @ TOG
- Involved with Global CFP Diversity Day @ Zendesk
- Spoke at Ard Scoil Le Salle as part of Bridge21's programme.
- Attended PyConLM
- Attended Designing Inclusive Events @ Dogpatch
Apr
- Attended Dublin Tech Summit
May
- Involved with Raspberry Pi Area at Coolest Projects @ RDS
- Visited State of Play @ TU Dublin
- Visited Northern Ireland Raspberry Pi Jam
- Attended Inspirefest 2019 @ Bord Gais Theatre
- Spoke as closing keynote at Technovation Regional Pitch Event @ MS
- Attended Joy of Coding (Rotterdam)
- Joined Vessy's online Diversity and Inclusion Champions network
June
- Attended Tech For Good: 3D Printing for Good @ AIB Grafton St
- Attended Dublin Maker 2019 Social Meetup
- Attended The Irish Conference on Game-Based Learning (Cork)
- Attended Creatives retreat at Lough Boora
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Jul
- Involved with Startup Week Dublin Town Hall @ WeWork (Charlemont)
- Attended Future/Island 2019 Conference
- Involved with Dublin Maker Festival @ Merrion Square
- Organised Coding Grace: Intro to Vue.js Workshop
Aug
- Organised PyLadies Dublin @ Groupon
Sep
- Attended Women in Tech Dublin Conference @ CCD
- Attended ShipItCon @ Mansion House
- Involved with Women Who Code Dublin @ Toast
- Involved with LoveLaceSpace Workshop @ The Digital Depot
- Organised PyLadies Dublin @ AON
- Involved with StartupWeek Dublin Town Hall @ City Hall
Oct
- Organised Coding Grace Python @ Blanch Library
- Attended CONFLUENCE @ Science Gallery
- Attended Women in Tech Awards @ RDS
- Zita ran Coding Grace Wexford workshop
- Attended PyConIE
- Involved with Startup Week Dublin @ DCC Civic Offices
- Attended Techfugees Ireland @ Dogpatch Labs
- Attended Selling DIY Electronic Creations @ TOG Hackerspace
- Attended StartAbility: Entrepreneurship for disabled people @The Digital Hub
- Attended Curiosity Conference @ Aviva Stadium
- Ran Python Turtle Workshops at Creative Tech Fest @ CCD
Nov
- [Partners]Vue Vixens Sligo
- Attended Hack&&Tell @ Zalando
- Organised PyLadies Dublin @ Optum
- Spoke at EventProfs (Diversity in Games) @ Dogpatch Labs
- Organised Techie Table Quiz @ Workday
- Attended WITS Ireland AGM
Dec
- Organised Dublin GameCraft @ TU Dublin Grangegorman
- Attended SCI:COM 2019
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📚Reading list this month. If you have something to share in our reading list, drop me an email.
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Well this is pretty cool, a game jam on a boat! I still have hope to have a tech event of some kind on a chartered boat this side of the waters.
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 Big shout out to allthetechthings.com where we pulled information about Diversity/Grants and Call for Papers from around Europe.
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💻Don't forget that we have a private " coding-grace" channel on IrishTechCommunity.com on Slack. You can self-join the slack group by visiting the link, and when you have joined, DM me (Vicky Twomey-Lee or whykay) and I will add you to the private group where you can ask questions, exchange knowledge in a safe space. |
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There's an open women_of_itc channel in the group also if you want to meet other female techies, there's also an lgbt_plus channel and many other cool channels that suits everyone's tastes.
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🎄🎄🎄On behalf of Coding Grace Foundation and friends, I would like to say Seasons Greetings and see you in 2020!
Thanks,
/// Vicky
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🛠 No Coding Grace workshops this month. If you want me to run, drop me an email at contact@codinggrace.com.
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DublinAI Fellowship 2020
8 week Fellowship for PhD grads and postdocs.
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Interested in joining the #GoingFar mentorship programme?
A beta programme for diverse migrant professionals living in Ireland, which will initially run for 3 months. (Limited places)
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Call for Action: Volunteers for UseR! 2021 in Dublin
If you are interested in being on the bidding team for Dublin, contact Kevin O'Brien.
Details: https://www.r-project.org/useR-2021_call.html
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🌈What workshop would you like us to run next?🌈
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Women Techmakers Belfast CFP
Deadline: Wed Jan 8 2020
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Call for Speakers: IxDA Dublin
IxDA Dublin are looking for speakers for their monthly events.
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Call for Speakers: Hack && Tell!
Dublin's Second "Hack && Tell!" meetup looking for people togive 5 minute demos on some cool hardware/software hacks they've built.
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Call for Speakers: PyCon Limerick
Limerick's 2nd Python Conference in Feb 29, 2020
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Call for Speakers: PyLadies Dublin
We are looking for lightning talk speakers/demos for our upcoming monthly meetups.
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"She Rocks!" Awards - WWCode Belfast in conjunction with Puppet & Ladies that UX
When: Tue Dec 17, 19:00 - 21:00 @ Puppet
Details: https://www.meetup.com/Women-Who-Code-Belfast/events/266349511/
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Girl Develop IT
When: Wed Dec 18, 18:30 @ Republic of Work
Details: https://www.meetup.com/meetup-group-KtPOQaae/events/bnqblryzqbxb/
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Women’s Leadership Workshop with ICS and AWS
When: Wed Jan 8 - Jan Thu 9, 2020 @ Amazon Shannon office, Burlington Road, D4
Details: https://www.ics.ie/events/aws-in-the-community-initiative-women-s-leadership-workshop-1896
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WTM Belfast 2020
When: Sat Mar 7 @ Belfast
Details: https://womentechmakersbelfast.com/index.html
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<future_> <human_>
When: Thu May 21 - Fri May 22 @ Trinity Business School
Details: https://www.futurehuman.xyz/
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In case your are curious, I go through meetup, eventbrite and other places each month to curate events of interest for this newsletter, it takes a lot my time. If you find that this is not useful, let me know. In the meantime, after each newsletter, I'll post more updates on CodingGrace.com blog and do feel free to share events in the comments.
BTW, Startup Digest Dublin also has a great listings of events happening in Dublin.
Want me to include an event? Email me at contact@codinggrace.com.
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GDG Galway: Agile for Dummies?
Where: Galway Technology Centre @ 18:00 - 19:00
BelfastJS - December 2019 LIGHTNING ROUND
Where: Bazaarvoice Belfast @ 19:00 - 21:00
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TOG December Open Social
Where: TOG Hackerspace @ 19:00
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Drupal Limerick Meetup
Where: Absolute Hotel Limerick @ 20:00 - 22:00
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