AlterConf Paris 2016
2016-07-09
Paris, France
who it's for
game developers, community organizers, ux and product designers, diversity and inclusion officers, educators and workshop coaches, tech journalists, startup founders and operators
topics
games journalism harassment; trans inclusion in tech; community-led meetup building; hacker space safety practices; algorithmic bias in products; sharing economy worker pay; ux culture hacking and policy change; teaching beginners git and tooling; LGBT+ game developer groups; burnout and self-care techniques; international grassroots tech ecosystems
| title | author | length |
|---|---|---|
| A Trans Woman's Perspective ... | Gabrielle Barboteau | 16m |
A French transgender woman describes how major French videogame media tolerate misogyny and exclusion, citing jokes about rape and GHB, calls to mobilize… | ||
| The Transatlantic Journey to Success | Claudia Hernández | 14m |
Leaves a Monterrey web dev background, moves to Paris, and reports concrete outcomes: attends 11 conferences and speaks once at JSConf Budapest after receiving… | ||
| Not just a Boy's Club - Entering the Game Industry as a Girl | Jana Stadeler | 17m |
A first‑person account of joining games after design school cites concrete moments: three classes, four girls in a cohort, an internship at a major Dutch… | ||
| Accessibility vs. Ethics in the Sharing Economy | Heather Davidson | 11m |
The sharing economy both enables and exploits: Uber drivers in Detroit report earnings under $9 an hour after expenses in 2015 and as low as $3 an hour after… | ||
| Honoring Your Struggle by Hacking Company Culture with UX | Qa'id Jacobs | 23m |
Claims a four-part UX strategy—analyze, break something, (re)design, measure and adjust—and shows concrete tactics: using a company lawyer and local government… | ||
| Creating a voice: Why starting the Scottish Rainbow... | Steven Taarland | 11m |
A grassroots Scottish LGBT+ game‑dev group forms, gains momentum and about 100 members within months; it runs casual meetups (a Dundee meetup overfilled a… | ||
| How we infuse our biases in the products... | Anna-Livia Cardin Gomart | 12m |
Claims that algorithms encode designers' values and that products reproduce social bias are illustrated with specifics: Siri omits abortion clinics for years… | ||
| Be Kind to Yourself | Shelly Coen | 17m |
The core claim is that treating yourself like a good friend actually reduces burnout and saves time; concrete tools offered include shush the negative voice… | ||
| Why I No Longer Identify as a Games Journalist | Xalavier Nelson Jr | 19m |
Lists concrete milestones and numbers: started at age 12 and after six years is 18, contributed interview segments to Ninja Pizza Girl, crunched three weeks to… | ||
| Tech Beyond Borders | Ludwine Probst | 24m |
Tech Beyond Borders reports visits to six countries — Nepal, Myanmar, Cambodia, Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia — and gives concrete findings: intermittent… | ||
| Inclusivity in the Hacker Background: Where We Are, ... | Scar Herve | 16m |
Examines inclusivity problems in hackerspaces—sexist jokes, harassment covered by male solidarity, and logistical barriers excluding caregivers and disabled… | ||
| Teaching programming to someone: do’s and don’ts | Lucie Daeye | 07m |
Clear rules and concrete hacks: don't take the keyboard is mandatory, and instead prompt the learner to run commands or show logs — for example ask them to… | ||
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