AlterConf Portland 2015
2015-06-27
Portland, United States
[AlterConf Portland 2015, AlterConf Portland 2016, AlterConf Portland 2017]
who it's for
diversity and inclusion practitioners, tech organizers, engineering managers, recruiters, community managers, product designers, software engineers
topics
HTML/CSS/JavaScript interactive fiction; D3 map projections and charts; Postgres-backed data dashboards; AWS deployment for dashboards; iPhone Flickr Instagram selfie workflows; critique of the full stack employee; interview screening and accommodations; Twitter chat organizing for WOC inclusion; tech political funding and surveillance contracting; building private social networks (Quirell.net)
| title | author | length |
|---|---|---|
| Future Perfect... | Morgane Santos | 14m |
A playable Chrome-only browser text adventure is described, built with plain HTML/CSS/JavaScript and hosted as the first chapter on Heroku; mechanics are… | ||
| Visualizing Disparity | Kamilah Jenkins | 12m |
An interactive dashboard called visualizingdisparity.com maps racial and economic gaps using D3 for map projections and charts, backed by a Postgres database… | ||
| Broken Body Beautiful... | Kyeli Smith | 15m |
A specific experiment shows results: a 30‑day selfie challenge becomes a stretch to a second month and then one selfie a day for a year, using an iPhone… | ||
| The glorification of generalization in tech | Elea Chang | 17m |
Argues that the rise of the full stack employee (coined by Chris Messina) shifts hiring from concrete skills to a personality profile, pushes learning costs… | ||
| Sniffing for Culture Smells & Interviewing Critically | Liz Abinante | 18m |
A practical screening routine lays out concrete steps before, during, and after interviews: use LinkedIn to map current and former employees, activate the… | ||
| The Road Ahead... | Stephanie Morillo | 15m |
Argues that gender-diversity work often centers white women and erases women of color then shows concrete fixes: created a Twitter chat #WOCinTech that draws… | ||
| Your Job Is Political | Kelsey Gilmore-Innis | 31m |
Argues that tech money flows into local politics with concrete outcomes: VCs fund ballot measures (Tim Draper spends about $45M on Six Californias; $23M backs… | ||
| Podcasting While Black Saved My Sanity... | Kahlief Adams | 16m |
Claim: a podcast amplifies people of color in gaming and uses that platform for social justice. It uses a regular audio show plus a social campaign called… | ||
| Riot Grrrl in the Tech Wrrrld | Marni Cohen | 12m |
Applies the Riot Grrrl manifesto to tech, arguing specific parallels: festival lineups show only 13 of 46 bands include a woman and top tech companies range… | ||
| Building a Home on the Internet | Lynn Cyrin | 16m |
Describes living 99% online using Tumblr Twitter Reddit IRC Steam and guild wars and building a social network (quirell.net) to address Twitter drama by adding… | ||
| Stand-Up Comedy that Doesn't Hurt | Sumana Harihareswara | 18m |
Stand-up delivers concrete, specific bits: an argued analogy that refusing Facebook is like being a vegan, a set of airport-security routines and jokes about… | ||
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