So, this happened yesterday: Classy Coding! It was one of Women Who Code's October events with wine, cheese, pastries and a bunch of amazing women working on their own projects, just hanging out and saying hello. This photo made my day 😀
Author: Daphne Chong
Digital Network Hackathons at the ABC
This post probably needs a bit of context before we dive in: I'm a Senior Developer at the ABC, and I've been working there almost a year. I get to work on products that people use day-to-day, which is great, but I've also had the chance to pour effort into things I believe are fantastic for a development team: … Continue reading Digital Network Hackathons at the ABC
My love of travel (and London)
For a blog that is supposed to be about coding, cake and travel, there has been zero talk of travel so far. Mostly because it's hard to distill something so complex and meaningful to me down to a series of words. I love travelling because you experience new things. You decide when you want that … Continue reading My love of travel (and London)
Running Women Who Code
I've helped to run Women Who Code Sydney for about a year (along with Lucy Bain and Peggy Kuo), and it's been a blast. We organise practical hands-on workshops for a variety of technology like Arduino, Golang, Sass, Scala and Swift. Participants spend about 1.5-2 hours working through a tutorial or problem set on their laptops, and can ask … Continue reading Running Women Who Code
Review of Coursera’s Algorithms Part I by Princeton
This is the first in a series of two posts about a study group I organised for learning Algorithms & Data Structures. This post focuses on the content of the course, which is Princeton's Algorithms I on Coursera. The course covers a variety of data structures and searching and sorting algorithms from a programmatic implementation angle (as opposed to … Continue reading Review of Coursera’s Algorithms Part I by Princeton
Study Group: Algorithms & Data Structures
Since doing a Javascript study group last year, I've been keen to organise a Data Structures & Algorithms study group (partly to brush up on interviewing). I'm pleased to announce that the study group will start January 28th. If you're interested and live in Sydney, read on. What will I learn? We will be doing the Algorithms … Continue reading Study Group: Algorithms & Data Structures
Hello, Arduino
Last September, Women Who Code Sydney ran a Learn Arduino event. I'm generally not very keen on hardware, so I hadn't bothered to investigate Arduino in depth, but this blinking green light from the workshop was one of the most exciting things I'd seen in ages. It was programming in physical form: I'd written the code, sent it to … Continue reading Hello, Arduino
Astronomy courses at Sydney Observatory
In November last year we finished our third course at Sydney Observatory run by Paul Payne - two on astronomy, and one on Einstein's Theory of Relativity. If you are interested in astronomy or relativity, they're the perfect way to learn more in-depth concepts. My personal favourite was Astronomical Concepts, but we loved all of … Continue reading Astronomy courses at Sydney Observatory
Apricot Couronne & Fraisier Cake
There's been very little baking mentions on this blog, but last weekend was the Labour Day long weekend, and we've been watching a LOT of the Great British Bake Off lately. So we allocated the entire weekend to baking some of their recipes (and a wee bit of poker). It is unpossible to watch that show without wanting to get … Continue reading Apricot Couronne & Fraisier Cake
Code Sydney – a Javascript study group
I've done quite a few random side projects using Javascript, but I've never learned it "properly", and I've always wanted to. In a nice coincidence, a fellow geek Lucy Bain started a Javascript study group a couple of months ago called Code Sydney, which uses the Odin Project's course material - so of course I signed up. Course Content I've really … Continue reading Code Sydney – a Javascript study group
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