Lightning talk about Coding Grace

Lightning talk about Coding Grace at Dublin R Meetup (Wed 5th June)

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1. Dublin R Meetup Wed 5th June Wednesday 5 June 13
2. Who am I? Dublin R Meetup Wed 5th June Wednesday 5 June 13
3. What is...? Dublin R Meetup Wed 5th June Wednesday 5 June 13 Language agnostic workshop Female-friendly for both participants and mentors Support network for people of all backgrounds, and outreach to those interested in code development and learning from one another
4. Dublin R Meetup Wed 5th June Wednesday 5 June 13 First Python workshop in May 10th & 11th at College of Computer Training (CCT)
5. • Why? • Who? Grace Hopper Dublin R Meetup Wed 5th June Wednesday 5 June 13 Computer Scientist and US Navy Rear Admiral - COBOL - termed “debugging” Rewarded inaugural “Computer Scientist man of the year” award in ’69 Destroyer named after her - USS Hopper (DDG-70) Image source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Hopper
6. Dublin R Meetup Wed 5th June Wednesday 5 June 13 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEpsKnWZrJ8
7. What’s next? Dublin R Meetup Wed 5th June Wednesday 5 June 13 A Taste of R workshop - Kevin - at CCT this Saturday (8th June) Working on another intro to Python workshop, and also intro to Raspberry Pi
8. whykay@python.ie (@whykay) codinggrace.com python.ie dublingamecraft.com Dublin R Meetup Wed 5th June Wednesday 5 June 13 Suggestions for other workshops welcome Sponsors, helpers, mentors also welcome