AlterConf London 2017
2017-04-01
London, United Kingdom
who it's for
diversity and inclusion practitioners, community managers, product designers, accessibility specialists, indie game developers, software engineers, engineering managers, independent consultants
topics
code of conduct enforcement; contributor onboarding improvements; GitHub issue templates and labels; moderator rotation to avoid burnout; autobiographical games with Twine; cheap bot building and etiquette; recommendation algorithm transparency; collaborative filtering and content-based recommender systems; workplace mental health practices; non-verbal communication accommodations; microaggressions mitigation and allyship tactics; tiny consultancy business model and pricing
| title | author | length |
|---|---|---|
| Open Open Source | Charlotte Spencer | 18m |
Calls for concrete changes: add a code of conduct (use weallcontribute or Conf code of conduct), publish enforcement rules that treat incidents case‑by‑case… | ||
| Started from the Margins now we here... | Qa'id Jacobs | 24m |
Claim: people pushed to the margins develop intense, actionable empathy through code switching and double consciousness, and that empathy becomes a product… | ||
| Let’s get personal! (about games) | Vaida Plankyte | 23m |
Claim: making short autobiographical games helps creators process experiences and gives players a hands‑on empathy toolkit. Tools named include Twine and… | ||
| Fantastic Bots and Where To Find Them | Aadand Prasad | 16m |
A rapid survey names specific bots, shows generated poetry and images like mothgenerator and gradient wheels, demos image processors (WordPadBot, datam0sher… | ||
| Trapped By The Trappings | Chad Phoenix Rose Gowler | 25m |
Claim: everyday processes (standups, code review, timesheets, social events) create real harm for people with anxiety and depression — example: a timesheet… | ||
| Not one of the guys... | Franziska Trabold | 27m |
Five years of industry work turn into concrete tactics and outcomes: a personal shopper moment sparks a switch to dresses and different treatment, a… | ||
| There are No Safe Spaces... | Egga Hartung | 19m |
Argues There are no safe spaces as a concrete claim and offers practices that actually change outcomes: use the implicit association test to surface bias… | ||
| Learning How To Cook... | Anna-Livia Cardin Gomart | 18m |
Argues that people need DIY recommendation algorithms so users control what shapes decisions and not just corporations; shows concrete mechanics: explicit vs… | ||
| Non-verbal Accessibility | Ariane | 18m |
Has selective mutism and autism and is non‑verbal for about 1.5 months and counting while working. Uses a phone as voice with a Bluetooth Apple keyboard… | ||
| Choose your own business adventure | Nat Buckley | 24m |
Starts a tiny consultancy, Buckley Williams, that aims for a 35-hour week and uses paid client work plus prototypes to fund projects; builds an… | ||
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