Category Archives: Events

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 Max. What started out as a small group of designers and developers is now amplifying the power of creativity, art and science. The presentation with DavidContinue reading “Adobe Max”