Jakob Bradford, Jon Skeet, Chris O'Dell and I have exchanged a number of emails, Google Hangouts, and suggestions in the past few months that could be used to improve diversity at NDC conferences. I was a speaker at NDC Sydney, and it was one of the most heavily gender skewed events I had attended in years. Ultimately, NDC … Continue reading Diversity at NDC London
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Presenting at YOW! Nights in April
Following on from last night's presentation at the ABC on our new transcoding service, Metro (which went really well!) I'm excited to announce that I'll be presenting the same content in Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney, thanks to YOW! Metro currently transcodes all the content for ABC iview and has successfully processed thousands of pieces of content since launch in December … Continue reading Presenting at YOW! Nights in April
“Developer-esque” relations
It's not technically my official job, but I do some "developer-esque" relations for the ABC's Digital Network division. I started doing it because I like it, and it's been very educational. To clarify, the phrase "developer relations" could be interpreted in a couple of ways: Your company has products or services it sells, and you're trying to help people in the … Continue reading “Developer-esque” relations
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