Open Source Bridge

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Description

Code-n-Splode (CnS) is a women-focused group, and our goals include:

- allowing women in the Portland, OR tech community to meet each other
- supporting the participation of women in the Portland tech community
- discussing and addressing issues in F/LOSS that are hindering women’s participation and enjoyment
- Code-n-Splode welcomes both women and men who are interested in furthering our goals above.

Speaking experience

Speakers

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  Addie Beseda

  • Website: http://www.trimentation.com/
  • Blog: http://www.trimentation.com/wp
  • Twitter: demew
  • Favorites: View Addie's favorites

  Biography

  Addie is a web applications developer and hobbyist based in Portland, Oregon. This hobbyist nature means she’s currently learning anywhere from 5-20 technologies at once and never loyal to any. Right now she is balancing perilously between four languages (Java, Python, Ruby, Scala), which she loves and hates in equal measure. Things are rarely dull.

  Outside of the tech sphere, Addie is a balance-seeking, karaoke-singing, vegetable-eating cat lady.

  Sessions

  • * Code 'n' Splode
    • Title: Code 'n' Splode
    • Track: BoF
    • Room: St. Johns
    • Time: 7:00 – 8:30pm
    • Excerpt:

      Supporting the participation of women in the Portland tech community

    • Speakers: Christie Koehler, gabrielle roth, Addie Beseda
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  Christie Koehler

  Stumptown Syndicate / Mozilla
  • Website: http://www.christiekoehler.com/
  • Blog: http://www.subfictional.com/
  • Twitter: christiekoehler
  • Identi.ca: christiekoehler
  • Favorites: View Christie's favorites

  Biography

  Christie Koehler is an experienced software engineer, technical project manager, community organizer and speaker. She works at Mozilla (makers of Firefox) as a project manager on the Developer Evangelist team. Christie is co-founder and President of the non-profit Stumptown Syndicate. Additionally, Christie facilitates two monthly user groups for women in technology: Code ‘n’ Splode and Women Who Hack.

  Sessions

  • * Organizing user groups, a panel discussion
    • Title: Organizing user groups, a panel discussion
    • Track: Culture
    • Room: Morrison
    • Time: 10:00 – 11:45am
    • Excerpt:

      User groups are a vital part of the open source community. Learn more about how to start a group, keep it going, and make an existing group better from a panel of experienced user group organizers.

    • Speakers: Igal Koshevoy, Jesse Hallett, Eric Wilhelm, Christie Koehler, gabrielle roth, Audrey Eschright, Sam Keen
  • * Civic Engagement Meetup
    • Title: Civic Engagement Meetup
    • Track: BoF
    • Room: Morrison
    • Time: 7:00 – 8:30pm
    • Excerpt:

      Come talk to other Portland software developers about how to engage with each other, the city of Portland, the Portland Development Commission.

    • Speakers: Christie Koehler, Audrey Eschright
  • * Code 'n' Splode
    • Title: Code 'n' Splode
    • Track: BoF
    • Room: St. Johns
    • Time: 7:00 – 8:30pm
    • Excerpt:

      Supporting the participation of women in the Portland tech community

    • Speakers: Christie Koehler, gabrielle roth, Addie Beseda
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  gabrielle roth

  Code-n-Splode/PDXPUG
  • Twitter: gorthx
  • Favorites: View gabrielle's favorites

  Biography

  Gabrielle Roth is a Network Engineer, but is still a biology geek at heart. She lives in Portland, OR with a small but ambitious Monstera deliciosa, Mia. After OSCON 2007, she started Code-n-Splode as an effort to get more women involved in open source projects. When she’s not tinkering with networks or databases, she enjoys crashing her mountain bike & practicing parade formations with the PostgreSQL Army of Smurfs.

  Sessions

  • * Organizing user groups, a panel discussion
    • Title: Organizing user groups, a panel discussion
    • Track: Culture
    • Room: Morrison
    • Time: 10:00 – 11:45am
    • Excerpt:

      User groups are a vital part of the open source community. Learn more about how to start a group, keep it going, and make an existing group better from a panel of experienced user group organizers.

    • Speakers: Igal Koshevoy, Jesse Hallett, Eric Wilhelm, Christie Koehler, gabrielle roth, Audrey Eschright, Sam Keen
  • * PostgreSQL
    • Title: PostgreSQL
    • Track: BoF
    • Room: St. Johns
    • Time: 7:00 – 8:30pm
    • Excerpt:

      Meet up with local & not-so-local Pg users & developers.

    • Speakers: gabrielle roth
  • * Code 'n' Splode
    • Title: Code 'n' Splode
    • Track: BoF
    • Room: St. Johns
    • Time: 7:00 – 8:30pm
    • Excerpt:

      Supporting the participation of women in the Portland tech community

    • Speakers: Christie Koehler, gabrielle roth, Addie Beseda