Developer Avocados 🥑 Weekly - Issue 8
Developer Avocados 🥑 Weekly
From Building Sets to Building Developer Communities​ - in which Chloe Condon list several posts and podcasts talking about the transition from theatre to engineering.
Creating and sustaining evergreen web content - in which Danielle Brigida​ uses the US Fish and Wildlife Service as examples for creating and maintaining evergreen content, and other ways to improve the lifespan of your digital content. All the points and tips in there apply to technical content as well.Â
My experiences organizing Global Diversity CFP Day Boston - in which Andy Haskell talks about how he was on the organising team with Anna Nagy and Eddie Kay, and as a team they managed to get a fun, informative workshop off the ground in just under a month. The Global Diversity CFP Day has announced the dates for this year, if you want to help organise a workshop in your area.
Pair presenting​ - in which Matt Jukes pledges to try and do ‘pair presenting’. "Any idea I have for a talk I will ask someone who is not a white male to partner on it with me (working it up from the initial stub of an idea — if that means it changes ¯\_(ツ)_/¯)"
My journey to Evangelism — DevRel - in which Serhat Can talks about the transition to an evangelism role from software engineering. The goal is to give some insights to the people who consider moving to a similar position.
📚 CFPs 📚
Women Techmakers Montreal 2019 - https://wtmmontreal.com/​
CFP: https://www.papercall.io/wtmmontreal2019
Deadline: January 1, 2019
Location: Montreal, Canada
Date:Â March 23, 2019
Travel & Accommodation:Â Yes, if necessary
Code of Conduct: https://wtmmontreal.com/cod/​
Forward JS Ottawa - https://forwardjs.com/ottawa​
CFP: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc-l9XDlihF2JTk5bHAzd0XCU16xg2XG-OP3a_HGInczb7CXw/viewform​
Location:Â Ottawa, Canada
Date:Â April 9 - 12, 2019
Travel & Accommodation:Â Yes
Code of Conduct: http://confcodeofconduct.com/​
The Lead Developer London -Â https://london2018.theleaddeveloper.com/
CFP:Â https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScFecn4_PGdkPnl4OF7VGb0hl2e2bln0gMe3Vc-Y7oAkni8YQ/viewform
Deadline:Â December 7, 2018
Location:Â London, UK
Date:Â June 11-12, 2019
Travel & Accommodation: Yes + 500£ honorarium
Code of Conduct: https://london2018.theleaddeveloper.com/code-of-conduct​
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