Developer Avocados 🥑 Weekly - Issue 55
Developer Avocados 🥑 Weekly
📖How to remove condescending language from documentation - Carolyn spent this Hacktoberfest removing words like simple, easy or any other variation from open-source documentation, and details the process.
📖WTF is "Developer Focused"? - Adron Hall put together a list to define the ideal characteristics of a developer-focused organization.
📼Video content as a DevRel strategy - Amruta Ranade talks about how Flutter, Convertkit, and AWS do an excellent job at using video content as a Developer Relations strategy.
📖I can't speak at conferences, because... - Ben Greenberg draws from his experience speaking publicly in his professional life for about 20 years to share a little secret and encourage you to start speaking.
📖DevOps-friendly Docs Publishing for APIs - Anne Gentle dug into the story of how PubHub, Cisco’s docs-like-code solution, was developed for publishing content for DevNet, Cisco's developer program.
📖Conference Survival Kit - Ioana Chiorean was at EuroSTAR and wrote 5 tips you can try to give you some space, rest and energy while at conferences.
📖Conference Handouts! How to Maximize Their Effectiveness - Jennifer Rash wrote a series of articles about how to optimize your handouts so that you can best communicate value and cut through the overwhelming noise of a conference.
🔈The Art Of Designing Workshops - Joe Nash and Tanay Pant talk about the art of designing a workshop, setting expectations, adapting certain frameworks for increased engagement and pitfalls to look out for while running your own workshop.
📖The Year I Became a Conference Speaker - Jess Budd shared the story of her first talks and the lessons she learnt from it.
📖It’s more than jokes - Jamie Gower gave a few tips on how to use humor to connect with your audience.
📖Announcing Speak.dev - Ryan Chenkie announced speak.dev, a platform for speakers and event organizers.
📚 CFPs 📚
🧱DevFest Egypt- http://devfestegypt.org/
CFP: https://sessionize.com/devfest-egypt-2019/
Deadline: November 26, 2019
Location: Cairo, Egypt
Date: December 28, 2019
Travel & Accommodation: Maybe
Code of Conduct: http://devfestegypt.org/
🎣Micro CPH- https://microcph.dk/
CFP: https://sessionize.com/microcph-2020
Deadline: December 30, 2019
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Date: May 11-12, 2020
Travel & Accommodation: Yes
Code of Conduct: https://microcph.dk/
🍦f(by)- https://fby.dev/
CFP: https://www.papercall.io/fby2020
Deadline: November 30, 2019
Location: Minsk, Belarus
Date: January 25, 2020
Travel & Accommodation: Yes
Code of Conduct: https://fby.dev/#popup:coc
🍕VueDay Italy - https://2020.vueday.it/
CFP: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfnRUBnNUFtqxue2HX_buJNfu7wRo8rgBZNUbQtOn4xZMXopg/viewform
Deadline: November 30, 2019
Location: Verona, Italy
Date: April 3, 2020
Travel & Accommodation: Yes
Code of Conduct: https://2020.vueday.it/coc.html
🍝RubyDay Italy - https://2020.rubyday.it/
CFP: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScz4PAEltQPQXtWTCLwBHp4OTgKCcBic7ZfHGTXwDFTFO7Akw/viewform
Deadline: November 30, 2019
Location: Verona, Italy
Date: April 2, 2020
Travel & Accommodation: Yes
Code of Conduct: https://2020.rubyday.it/coc.html
🥃App.JS - https://appjs.co/
CFP: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSck40APTOMgd2hV6QV_s_DwBaONIj0eQHYYeaCoeIKyZfkF1Q/viewform
Deadline: November 30, 2019
Location: Krakow, Poland
Date: April 24, 2020
Travel & Accommodation: Yes
Code of Conduct: https://appjs.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/App.js-Conference-Code-of-Conduct.pdf
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