I rarely do D&I talks, so when I do, you know it's important I'm joining forces with Bryan Liles, Wayne Sutton, & Kerry Schaffer to discuss how to create inclusive tech environments I'd be honored if you joined us for this important topic #EngageAndEmpower bit.ly/EngageEmpowerS1

Amen to this.

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Sir Lewis Hamilton has officially received his knighthood #F1 f1.com/HAM-Knighthood

Brilliant! 😂

It’s more than language. These archaic mindsets need to change and have no place in our sport. I’ve been surrounded by these attitudes and targeted my whole life. There has been plenty of time to learn. Time has come for action.

Attending the Diversity and Inclusion sessions at #AllThingsOpen

Listening to Ruby (Sattar) Roméu discuss “BELONGING” in tech at #AllThingsOpen

Listening to Jerome J. Sanders discuss Cisco’s efforts at “inclusive innovation” #AllThingsOpen

So cool to see Veethika⚡️ speak on GitLab and its use of transparent communications

Listening to Timirah James discuss “Diversity in Swift” #AllThingsOpen

Listening to Nikema is Podcasting discuss physical safety at conferences and share her experiences at a previous conference where she felt unsafe #AllThingsOpen

Listening to Edidiong Asikpo (Didi) discuss open source #AllThingsOpen

“Technical skills define what we know, soft skills define who we are” - Arun Gupta making a case for bringing your human skills to tech #AllThingsOpen

“Soft skills are a force multiplier for technical skills” - Arun Gupta. Probably my favorite quote of the conference so far #AllThingsOpen

Great talk from Jason Lengstorf on “Seeking and wandering” #AllThingsOpen

Now getting a great history on the evolution of #javascript frameworks from Sarah Drasner #AllThingsOpen

First session of #AllThingsOpen Day 2 is Ram Vennam pinch hitting for Christian Posta with The Future of Service Mesh.

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