Speaking
Here are references to some of my talks, workshops and articles.
2019
January
Short talk (walkthrough): An example of using the Goodreads API. Dublin (Ireland), for PyLadies Dublin.
2018
February
Mini-interview, together with Victoria Martínez de la Cruz: Outreachy at OpenStack. OpenStack PTG in Dublin (Ireland).
2017
February
Mini-interview: TripleO UI work during the Ocata release. OpenStack PTG in Atlanta, GA (USA).
July
Deep-dive: TripleO: Internationalisation in the UI (online).
Material: Transcript
2014
January
Mini-interview: OpenStack/Horizon: Red Hat stands behind the code.
June
Training: Making your first contribution to OpenStack, in Tog. Dublin (Ireland).
July
Training: Making your first contribution to OpenStack, in Tog. Dublin (Ireland).
Talk: I want to help! How to make your first contribution to open-source. Berlin (Germany),
for EuroPython 2014.
Material: slides - hand-out - recording
Training: Making your first contribution to OpenStack. Berlin (Germany), for
EuroPython 2014.
Material: slides
November
Article: PyCon Ireland 2014 report on the
Red Hat Community site.
2013
January
Short talk: Making your first open-source contribution. Dublin
(Ireland), for the Ireland Girl Geek Dinner.
Material: slides
(missing minor updates) - Transcript
February
Short talk: Mentoring in Open-Source (WIP). Dublin (Ireland), for the
Irish Linux User Group's AGM.
Material: slides
March
Short talk (Walkthrough): How to contribute to Django. Dublin
(Ireland), for Tog's open-source night.
Related blog post: 1
April
Talk (Walkthrough): Testing in Horizon. Portland, OR (USA), for
OpenStack Summit Portland 2013.
Related: Talk page -
Transcript
Panelist: What everyone ought to know about OpenStack
internships. Portland, OR (USA), for OpenStack Summit Portland 2013.
Material: Recording
May
Short talk: git-review. Dublin (Ireland), for the Irish Linux User
Group Tech Talks.
June
Deep Dive: Making your first open-source contribution. Dublin
(Ireland), for theDotConf.
Material: slides
(missing minor updates) - Transcript
(from January 2013)
August
Short Interview: OpenStack - Open Mic Spotlight
November
Design Session: Integration testing for Horizon. Hong Kong (China),
for OpenStack Summit Hong-Kong 2013.
Related: Talk page
2011
January
Training: Introduction to programming. Dublin (Ireland)
Introduction to Python, to a group of 6 adults, the majority of them Political Sciences PhD students, in Trinity College. Evening lessons over 6 weeks.
Related blog posts: 1 2 3
August
Lightning talk: Making your first open-source contribution. Dublin (Ireland), for Irish Hackerspaces Week.
Material: slides - Transcript
Related blog posts: 1
October
Training: Introduction to programming. Dublin (Ireland).
Introduction to programming in Tog over 5 weeks,
to a group of 8 adults and 1 teenager. We used Python.
Related blog posts: 1
2010
February
Training: Introduction to programming. Dublin (Ireland).
Introduction to programming using Python, to a group of 6 teenagers.
Related blog posts: 1
2 3
August
Talk: Oh sweet! The Sugar learning environment. Dublin (Ireland), for Irish Hackerspaces week.
Material: slides
Related blog posts: 1 - 2
Training: Introduction to programming. Dublin (Ireland).
Introduction to programming using Python, taught over 5 weeks to a group
of 8 adults in the Tog hackerspace.
Related blog posts: 1 2 3 4
Student feedback: 1
October
Writing: Griffin, J. and Pichon, J. (2010) 'Seeing is believing: using Data
Visualisation for formative feedback in computer supported online learning
collaboration', Int. J. Electronic Business, Vol. 8,
Nos. 4/5, pp.331–341.
Full article
Related blog post: 1