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Wordcamp Contributor Day

It’s contributor day and we have all been preparing with projects. In Make WordPress Core we each chose a project to test (https://core.trac.wordpress.org/). Then we were assigned tutorials to improve with testing and editing. Two of the tutorials my team helped with are ‘How to build a WP Theme’ (Learn.Wordpress.org/course/develop-your-first-low-code-block-theme) and ‘Developing for Multisite’ (https://github-production-user-asset-6210df.s3.amazonaws.com/180629/241255057-e3229c9f-872a-4775-b97d-27c292de11c9.mp4).Continue reading “Wordcamp Contributor Day”

200OK Developer Conference

Introductions: Maxx Crawford, Sponsor Holberton guest Emily Harden, Executive Director Techlahoma introduced the first speaker. Preventing Diagnosing & Curing Bad Data Presenter: Shailvi Wakhlu Data Quality What is bad data? Inaccurate Incomplete or misleading data that leads to biased decisions. These are the companies she has worked with: Strava Komodo Salesforce Fitbit Phases of badContinue reading “200OK Developer Conference”

Graceful Arts Gallery

  A reception was held April 7, 2023 at the Graceful Arts Gallery (https://www.gracefulartsgallery.com) in Alva, Oklahoma. Artwork is on display and for sale during the month of April and May. This artwork can also be ordered on my website at https://www.valmedia.net/illustrations-for-sale and https://www.valmedia.net/paintings-for-sale.  You can view newspaper articles about each artist here, https://www.alvareviewcourier.com/story/2023/04/09/local/a-change-in-career-path-brings-blackburn-to-the-art-world/82353.html and https://www.alvareviewcourier.com/story/2023/04/09/local/from-skin-to-canvas-seigart-has-spent-her-life-creating-art/82354.htmlContinue reading “Graceful Arts Gallery”

OKC Lightning Talks

 Lightning Talks ⚡️ at Clevyr! Today’s lightning talk (a 5-10 minute talk about anything that the speaker finds interesting) ranged from business projects, personal projects, data science and a poetry slam. It’s a great way for the attendees (and speakers) to learn new things. The speakers today and their descriptions are listed here. Michelle TaborContinue reading “OKC Lightning Talks”

Build a portfolio or project to get you hired

This event held on January 22nd, was a repeat for me. The event was again held at Clevyr, https://clevyr.com, a company I do admire and have applied to before. The event had a Chinese New Year theme and I brought the usual green tea to share. A panel of advisors was available to answer questionsContinue reading “Build a portfolio or project to get you hired”

Adobe Max

When watching the Adobe Max Conference keynote with Shantanu Narayen, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Adobe, I became intrigued with the new announcements. Here is the synopsis. Adobe Sensei is about anticipating and solving problems. Enabling anyone, anywhere, to tell their story. Adobe Express will be provided to non-profits. Figma was acquired to advanceContinue reading “Adobe Max”