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I do a lot of talks and presentations - sometimes in boring conference centres, sometimes in pubs, and occasionally in the middle of a field. One of the things that I've learned is the audio-visual equipment is unreliable. The colours can be off, the projection can be blocked by detritus on stage, or the screen […]

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Promoting With 💩


One of the hardest things about attending conferences with multiple tracks is deciding which talk to go to. 👩🏻‍💻Karina Pencarski@kary_keyReplying to @hackferencebrum@hackferencebrum is breaking my heart, 2 amazing talks by @supersole with Servo and @etiene_d with my lovely Lua at the same time! #hf2016❤️ 2💬 1🔁 013:21 - Fri 21 October 2016 If your friends […]

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Lessons From FameLab


A couple of weeks ago, I was a finalist at FameLab Oxford. I won the "Audience Choice" award - and was placed in the "Wildcard" category for a place at the National Final :-) Terence Eden is on Mastodon@edentOMG! Just won the audience vote at the #FameLab final. Thanks guys ☺#ScienceFTW pic.x.com/bwwqgk7unc❤️ 5💬 2🔁 020:48 […]

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