Developers willing to speak at conferences:
Belén Albeza
Contact: belen.abeza -at- gmail -dot- com, @ladybenko
Location: London, UK
Topics: Front-end (HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript), Python, Ruby, Game development, Git, etc.
Previous Talks:
- Game 2012, at London Imperial College: Multi-platform app development
- IEEE SBC 2011, at Queen Mary University of London / Apps For Good (London) / Campus Party Spain 2011
- “Closet Swap” as a gamified Facebook App
- Ladies Who Code (London): Introduction to Git
Other: Spanish or English
Vid Ayer (svaksha)
Contact: svaksha -at- gmail -dot- com
Topics: Anything related to Python and programming – scientific programming, bioinformatics, image processing with numpy.
Previous Talks: MongoDB and Gene databases
Website:
- svaksha.co/pages/Svaksha
- svaksha.com
Chiu-Ki Chan
Contact: @chiuki
Location: Sunnyvale, CA
Topics: Android, Mobile
Previous Talks: www.sqisland.com/talks
Website: blog.sqisland.com
Aja Hammerly
Contact: aja.hammerly -at- gmail -dot- com
Location: Seattle, WA
Topics: Ruby, Rails, Data Visualization, Prolog
Previous Talks: www.thagomizer.com/talks
Website: www.thagomizer.com
Angela Harms
Contact: angela.harms -at- gmail -dot- com
Location: Cleveland, OH
Topics: Pair programming, collaboration, agile, geek joy, and the intersection of software and love
Previous Talks:
- Does Pair Programming Have to Suck?
- Ruby Rogues: Agile Communication with Angela Harms
Website:
- myAgileEducation.com
- AngelaHarms.com
- maitria.com
Jeanne Kramer-Smyth
Contact: jeanne -at- kramersmyth -dot- com
Location: DC Area
Topics: Digital Preservation, Electronic Records, Digitization, Digital Humanities, Visualization, Web 2.0, Online Communities
Previous Talks:
- Presenting on SEO to a high school class (volunteer)
- From a panel at the annual meeting of the Society of American Archivists
- Part 1 of 7 (my introduction to a panel)
- Part 5 of 7 (my chairing the discussion phase)
- online communities comparison chart
Website: www.spellboundblog.com
Sandi Metz
Contact: skmetz at gmail -dot- com, @sandimetz
Location: Durham, NC
Topics: Object Oriented Design
Previous Talks:
- SOLID Object-Oriented Design (video)
- Less – The Path to Better Design (video)
- Give Me A Lever: The Story of Inheritance (Slide Deck)
- Go Ahead, Make a Mess (Video)
Website: sandimetz.com
Other: Practical Object-Oriented Design in Ruby
Katrina Owen
Contact: katrina.owen -at- gmail -dot- com
Location: Oslo, Norway, but as of February 2013: Denver, Colorado, USA
Topics: Ruby, Testing, Refactoring
Previous Talks: Therapeutic Refactoring
Website: kytrinyx.com
Akkana Peck
Contact: akkana -at- shallowsky -dot- com
Topics: GIMP, Python, Arduino/Raspberry Pi, Linux, etc.
Previous Talks:
- Fun with Linux and Devices
- GIMP Demystified
- Writing GIMP scripts and plug-ins
- Featherweight Linux
- Bug Fixing for Non-Programmers
Website: www.shallowsky.com/talks
Rachel Reese
Contact: rreese -at- gmail -dot- com, @rachelreese
Location: Burlington, VT
Topics: F# mostly, or any C# & .NET
Previous Talks: Getting Started with F# Part 1
Website: rachelree.se
Lynn Root
Contact: lynn -at- lynnroot -dot- com, @roguelynn
Location: San Francisco, CA
Topics: Python, Django, Women w/i Python community (PyLadies), freeIPA project
Previous Talks: roguelynn.com/talks
Website: roguelynn.com
Bess Sadler
Contact: bess -at- stanford -dot- edu, @eosadler
Location: Silicon Valley, California
Topics: Bess is a co-founder of two highly successful open source software projects, Blacklight (projectblacklight.org) and Hydra (projecthydra.org). Both projects are written in Ruby on Rails and use agile development practices such as test driven development and continuous integration. Bess is available to speak on open source community building, digital preservation, managing big data, Blacklight, Hydra, digital libraries, museums, and designing for discovery. Popular talks she has given include “Vampires vs Werewolves: Ending the War Between Developers and Sysadmins” (a talk on puppet system configuration) and “Brain Injuries, Science Fiction, and Library Discovery,” a 2012 invited keynote at a national library technology conference.
Previous Talks: talks
- code4lib 2009
- code4lib 2010
- Other Talks
Website: www.ibiblio.org/bess
Nell Shamrell
Contact: nellshamrell -at- gmail -dot- com
Location: Seattle, WA
Topics: Ruby, Rails, Regular Expressions, Communication
Previous Talks:
- speakerrate.com/speakers/110931-nell-shamrell
- www.confreaks.com/presenters/721-nell-shamrell
Website: www.nellshamrell.com
Michele Titolo
Contact: hi -at- michele -dot- io
Location: San Francisco, CA
Topics: iOS, Objective-C, Mobile App Development, Ruby on Rails
Website: michele.io
Lauren Voswinkel
Contact: lvoswink -at- gmail -dot- com, @laurenvoswinkel
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Topics: Ruby/Rails
Joan Wolkerstorfer
Contact: joanwolk -at – gmail -dot- com
Location: Berlin, Germany
Topics: Ruby/Rails, teaching new programmers
Previous Talks:
- I am Rails (and So Can You!)
- git init…And Get In It! (How I taught myself Rails and got a programming job in under a year)
Carina C. Zona
Contact: cczona -at – gmail -dot- com
Location: San Francisco, CA
Topics: Ruby, Rails, Git, RailsBridge, diversity outreach, apps for sex/gender/relationships education
Previous Talks:
- Abstracts & Reviews
- Slides
- Lanyrd
- “Evil Overlord’s Guide to Being A Senior Developer,” FluentConf 2013
- “Schemas for Humans,” RubyConf AU 2013
- “Schemas for the Real World,” GoGaRuCo 2012
- “Full-Stack & Full Circle: What The Heck Happens in An HTTP Request,” Confident Coding III
- “Cool Git Tricks (That I Learn When Things Go Badly),” [Parts 1 & 2] Women Who Code Lightning Talks
- “Hacking for Sex Education,” SFRuby Unconference & KFASF2
Website: cczona.com
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