I think we might have out-nerded ourselves this Halloween. Our neighborhood does Halloween big. Almost every house has been decorated since the first week of October. A block over, they close off t ... Read more
In September of this year, in conjunction with DjangoCon 2015, I helped to organize a DjangoGirls event in Austin, TX. This isn't meant to be a comprehensive overview of the class - many other orga ... Read more
I have some bad news. I'm not a self-help guru or a motivational speaker. I don't have any magical solutions. All you're going to hear from me is plain common sense. But if you're here and you're id ... Read more
I was not born with an abundance of natural self-confidence. I barely spoke to anyone at the first few conferences I attended. Hallway track? Nah. Naturally, I was an avowed non-presenter for ye ... Read more
2015 was my third year teaching this class at PyCon, alongside Katie Cunningham. It feels like we've been doing it so much longer, doesn't it? This year, as last, Young Coders ran for two da ... Read more
The Framework: Django 1.3 (not my choice!) The Mission: Create an RSS feed that includes an extra field for full story content, plus a few additional fields for images I know. It's 2015 and we'r ... Read more
I just want to pop in here briefly and let everyone know that PyCon 2014 went well! It's a few weeks in the past already, but I've been busy with a lot of follow-up projects ever since I got back. ... Read more
A little over a month ago now, just as the new school year was about to begin, I had the privilege of attending a meeting of the local chapter of Computer Science Teachers Association here in Austin ... Read more
Make that "conference organizers who are interested in increasing diversity among your attendees, or in your community, or (hopefully), both". Take what I'm about to suggest with a grain of salt. ... Read more