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Building Compassion

A talk presented at Monktoberfest 2019. Full slides: PDF Video Transcript I’m really grateful to be here, thank you Steve for inviting me. I wonder if he really knows what he got himself into! Some people know part what I’ve gone through over the past six years that have led to this talk, but very few people know the impact it has had on me as a person. I’m a pretty quiet person in real life, and typically don’t volunteer a bunch, so this is really the first time I’m going to talk publicly about what the last six years have taught me about being a better technologist, a better colleague, and a better me....

2019-10-04 · 11 min · julia ferraioli · Conferences

Writing Accessible Go

A talk presented at GopherCon 2018. Full slides: PDF Transcript Hi, my name is Julia Ferraioli and this is Writing Accessible Go. First off, for those who would prefer to read a transcript alongside this talk, you can find a preliminary one here. Once the video is posted, I’ll go update that transcript to match what I’ve said here – hopefully there won’t be too many differences! I work at Google’s Open Source Office, developing tools to help people and teams with their open source projects and contributions....

Preparing a talk: presenting

I’ve given a number of talks, and over the years I’ve made the journey from completely unprepared to mostly knowing what I’m doing. After a lot of trial and error, I’ve settled into a routine that works for me. This has been the advice I’ve given to a number of folks who are looking to start speaking, or improve their existing technique. I’ll break it down into three posts: Pre-work Writing Presenting (this one) Presenting This is the fun part!...

Preparing a talk: writing your talk

I’ve given a number of talks, and over the years I’ve made the journey from completely unprepared to mostly knowing what I’m doing. After a lot of trial and error, I’ve settled into a routine that works for me. This has been the advice I’ve given to a number of folks who are looking to start speaking, or improve their existing technique. I’ll break it down into three posts: Pre-work Writing (this one) Presenting Writing Everyone’s process differs for how they craft a talk....

Preparing a talk: before you start

I’ve given a number of talks, and over the years I’ve made the journey from completely unprepared to mostly knowing what I’m doing. After a lot of trial and error, I’ve settled into a routine that works for me. This has been the advice I’ve given to a number of folks who are looking to start speaking, or improve their existing technique. Empty Auditorium, Flickr image CC-BY-2.0 I’ll break it down into three posts:...