Liz Abinante
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where they keep going back
- AlterConf Portland2 editions2015–2017
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who talks about the same things
- Linda Liukas11 talks
- Ramón Huidobro23 talks
- Cassandra Chin8 talks
- Sarah Mei24 talks
- Felienne5 talks
- PJ Hagerty26 talks
| title | conference | date |
|---|---|---|
| The Social Responsibility of Coding | AlterConf Portland 2017 | 2017-11-04 |
Concrete examples, numbers, and outcomes appear: MaxMind IP mapping and the farm that suffers 15 years of harassment, 14% of US addresses tied to one driveway… | ||
| In Defense of Static Sites | CascadiaFest 2016 | 2016-08-03 |
Argument: most public sites need no backend or heavy JS, so choose static when content is informational, cheap, fast, and secure. Cites concrete pain: two and… | ||
| A Foolish Quest: Creating Knitting Patterns Using JavaScript | NodePDX 2016 | 2016-06-19 |
Built a customizable knitting pattern generator in JavaScript (ported from Ruby) that takes user gauge and desired circumference and emits cast-on counts, yarn… | ||
| Why I Ruby | Full Stack Fest 2015 | 2015-09-01 |
Chooses Ruby as a first language because the community supplies mentorship, tiny workshops and proposal coaching that keep beginners going, not just language… | ||
| Sniffing for Culture Smells & Interviewing Critically | AlterConf Portland 2015 | 2015-06-27 |
A practical screening routine lays out concrete steps before, during, and after interviews: use LinkedIn to map current and former employees, activate the… | ||
| Programming, Education, and the American Dream | RubyConf 2014 | 2014-11-17 |
Claim: "anyone can learn to code" is overstated. Evidence: national literacy tests show about a third of fourth graders at or below basic and ~50% of… | ||
| Unicorns Are People, Too: Re-Thinking Soft and Hard Skills | Open Source Bridge 2014 | 2014-06-24 |
Argues that labeling skills "soft" or "hard" misleads hiring and rewards, proposes concrete replacements (examples: interpersonal vs quantifiable… | ||
| JavaScript: A Gateway Language, or, Why You Should Teach Your Kids... | MountainWest JavaScript 2014 | 2014-03-21 |
Argues that JavaScript works as a gateway language by giving instant visual results and low setup cost compared with Ruby or Python, shows concrete lessons… | ||
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