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CSS with Rachel Andrew

FromThe Women in Tech Show: A Technical Podcast

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Oct 3, 2017

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CSS is all about how your website looks. From layout to animation, CSS has been used to make immersive web experiences. Rachel Andrew, co-founder of Perch and expert on the CSS working group of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), explains how CSS has evolved since the 90s. We talked about the types of layouts in CSS and how mobile affected its evolution.

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Oct 3, 2017

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A podcast about what we work on, not what it feels like to be a woman in tech. Hosted by Edaena Salinas, Software Engineer at Microsoft. Website: wit.fm

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Diversity Throughout the Decades with Andrea Taylor: Andrea comes from an interesting background as when she was very young witnessed Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s speech on the National Mall.This event had a positive impact in her life, and we talked about the role that having a background in civil rights has played throughout her various positions in her career including at Microsoft. Andrea gave an insight to her trajectory and the motivation for deciding to lead the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute and work preserving the history of the united states and the civil rights movement. Andrea also explained the initiatives that she worked on at Microsoft to make technology accessible to underprivileged people. We also talked about diversity and the types of activities that can help improve it in the technology field. by The Women in Tech Show: A Technical Podcast
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Finding a Path with Mentors with Marrissa Hellesen: Today’s episode is a bit more on the career development and mentorship side. I had the opportunity to speak with Marrissa Hellesen and we talked about the time when she went from being in a gifted program to taking several jobs through her teenage years while not being enrolled in a high school. As she struggled to get her life back on track for a better future, she emphasized on the importance of mentors in her life. Marrissa has been a volunteer, educator, and mentor and she’s currently a Software Engineer at Microsoft. I hope you like this episode. by The Women in Tech Show: A Technical Podcast
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Retaining Women in Tech with Rosario Robinson from The Anita Borg Institute: Rosario is a Director at The Anita Borg Institute. Our conversation explored the experiences that led her to get involved in communities that improve the careers of Women in Technology. We also talked about how she works closely with businesses to make sure they have inclusive environments to retain women in tech, and the role of men in helping with this effort. Rosario also explained the benefits of being a part of communities from The Anita Borg Institute as well as volunteering opportunities and The Grace Hopper Conference. by The Women in Tech Show: A Technical Podcast
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Microservice Architecture with Michele Titolo: Michele Titolo is a Lead Software Developer at Capital One. Michele has built microservices at Capital One which is a Bank in the United States. We talked about the increasing popularity of microservices, what they are, and the value that they add to an organization. Michele also gave an insight on her experience developing microservices and good practices. We also talked about mobile app development and how it has been evolving. by The Women in Tech Show: A Technical Podcast
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Building Products with Bri Connelly: Bri Connelly is a driven engineer, product manager and entrepreneur. While at college, she participated in the IBM Watson University competition along with other students and developed an app that makes social services more accessible to people. We talked about this, and also about entrepreneurship, software engineering, product managment and Gboard, Google's latest keyboard. by The Women in Tech Show: A Technical Podcast
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Machine Learning in the Medical Field with Evelina Gabasova: Evelina Gabasova is developing machine learning models and mathematical models for cancer research. She is currently a postdoctoral researcher at The University of Cambridge. We talked about how to apply machine learning models in the medical field and the state of AI. Evelina also gave an insight into the types of problems that are being tackled with machine learning and some of the implications on having access to medical data. by The Women in Tech Show: A Technical Podcast
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Think Fast: Web Performance and UX with Tammy Everts: Tammy Everts is Director of Research and Content at Soasta. Tammy has over 20 years of experience researching the relation between Human Behavior, User Experience, Web Performance and Business Metrics. We talked about what the panorama was like 20 years ago and how it has been changing through the decades. Tammy also talked about biological and neurological reasons that can explain how we interact with machines and how this relates to Web Performance. In addition, we explored topics around the use of machine learning to get different insights from performance metrics, areas of opportunities with third party scripts and the future of mobile web. by The Women in Tech Show: A Technical Podcast
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Data Driven Ops with Charity Majors: Charity Majors is Co-Founder of Honycomb, a tool that allows engineers to inspect and debug complex systems. Charity explained what makes a system complex and how engineers can learn about their systems with a rich data-driven approach. We also talked about pricing strategies for software and why this is challenging. Charity also talked about selling a company that was not profitable yet to Facebook. At the end we talked about when to sell a company or keep it and grow it. by The Women in Tech Show: A Technical Podcast
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A Year of Code with Jackie Luo: Jackie Luo is a Software Engineer at Nylas and Student at Columbia University. In this episode I talked to Jackie about how she, with little experience and exposure to coding, took on the challenge of writing code frequently, committing to github daily. We talked about the types of projects she worked on and what she learned with each experience, and also about putting school on hold, as she took a leave from Columbia to start a full-time Software Engineering role in the bay area. Jackie is a very driven person, and I learned a lot from talking to her and I hope you will too. by The Women in Tech Show: A Technical Podcast
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Unconscious Bias in Hiring with Stephanie Lampkin: Stephanie Lampkin is Founder and CEO of Blendoor. Stephanie was named by MIT Technology Review as one of the 35 innovators under 35 in the category of Entrepreneurs. After graduating from MIT and Stanford, Stephanie applied for an analytics job at a major tech company but was offered a job in sales instead. After this experience, Stephanie created Blendoor on her own at a Hackathon. Blendoor is a job search platform that hides candidate’s names and photos in the initial stages of the process. This is helping tackle bias issues that can occur in the hiring process. We talked about how the idea of Blendoor was formed, and how she built a team and has been growing the user base. by The Women in Tech Show: A Technical Podcast
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Grace Hopper Celebration – Part 1: The Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing is the world’s largest gathering of women technologists. It is organized every year by the Anita Borg Institute and this year there were 15,000 attendees. In this episode I talked to three attendees, Sundas Khalid, Chih-yu Chao, and John Kingsly. Sundas is a first time attendee, Chih-yu is a returning attendee, and John is one of the male attendees. by The Women in Tech Show: A Technical Podcast
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Becoming a Better Programmer with Sonali Sridhar: Sonali Sridhar is Co-Founder of The Recurse Center, a free three month educational retreat for new and experienced programmers. Sonali talks about building a successful learning organization for programmers and how to establish and maintain a diverse environment through a set of lightweight social rules. She also explained what people work on while they are at The Recurse Center and strategies to become a better programmer. The Recurse Center is a very unique experience because it is not a boot camp and there is no curriculum, programmers build their own path to learning. by The Women in Tech Show: A Technical Podcast
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Data Driven Marketing with Jessica Jobes: Jessica Jobes is the founder of OnTheGrid, a marketing agency which brings data first to decision making. Jessica brings years of experience working at Microsoft as a Program Manager at Bing. We talked about the key insights that she learned during her time and how they helped her launch a company in online marketing. While at Microsoft, Jessica also worked as Chief of Staff with Derrick Connell, CVP at Bing and Julie Larson-Green, Chief Experience Officer at Office. We talked about what a Chief of Staff does as well as the work involved in creating effective demos. by The Women in Tech Show: A Technical Podcast
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Ethics in AI with Francesca Rossi: Artificial Intelligence is changing every industry. Francesca Rossi, Distinguished Research Staff Member at IBM talks about the applications of AI and the idea of embedding an Ethics module in these systems. by The Women in Tech Show: A Technical Podcast
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Galvanize: A Tech Community with Tracy Aiken: Tracy Aiken, General Manager at Galvanize explains how Galvanize is helping entrepreneurs, aspiring technologists, as well as people that already work in technology. Galvanize has beautiful locations in the United states that nurture a community that strives to improve. Tracy talked about what people can do once they are at Galvanize and the variety of opportunities that they give their members. Given Tracy’s 20 years of experience in leadership positions, we also talked about leadership and her work in ensuring that the community at Galvanize remains inclusive. by The Women in Tech Show: A Technical Podcast
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Launching a Tech Company with Andrea Goulet: Andrea Goulet is the CEO and Co-founder at Corgibytes. When Andrea was 24 years old, she started a consultancy where she worked with some of the world’s largest brands. We talked about how she leveraged that experience to lead Corgibytes, a company focused on continuously improving codebases through software remodeling. Andrea also explained the process of working with legacy code, and the community she built around it called Legacy Code Rocks. We also explored topics on building inclusive environments in tech and her personal experiences in the field. I really enjoyed this episode because Andrea shares the path to starting Corgibytes as well as the early exposure she had to the world of computers when she was a kid. Show Notes: Legacy Code Rocks! Code: Debugging the Gender Gap Purple Cow by Seth Godin by The Women in Tech Show: A Technical Podcast
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CTO Insights with Yvette Pasqua: Yvette Pasqua is CTO at Meetup and has been in leadership roles for more than a decade. We talked about the process of growing and evolving the Engineering Organization at Meetup. Yvette explained key strategies to align the company with new technology solutions and how she involves people from different divisions at Meetup. We also talked about the experiences that prepared her to take on the role of CTO and how she stays up to date with technology trends. by The Women in Tech Show: A Technical Podcast
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Human-Centered Design with Jasmine Lawrence: At 13 years old, Jasmine Lawrence founded EDEN BodyWorks, a company that provides natural products for the hair and body. Jasmine explained the challenges of building tangible products, and how this is different than building software. Jasmine is a Program Manager at Microsoft in the HoloLens team. She has worked in robotics and designing software in the gaming space. by The Women in Tech Show: A Technical Podcast
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Getting Started with SVG with Sara Soueidan: Scott talks to web developer Sara Soueidan about the state of SVG on the web today. Is SVG mainstream and ready for you to use in your web apps today? Sara is the author of the Codrops CSS Reference, and a co-author of the Smashing Book #5 - a book that covers time-saving, practical techniques for crafting fast, maintainable, and scalable responsive websites. by Hanselminutes with Scott Hanselman
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#618 What To Look For When Selecting a Web Design Agency with Ross Davies, Managing Director of Strafe Creative: In today's episode we're joined by, Ross Davies, Co-Founder and Managing Director of Strafe Creative. Ross joins us to discuss everything you need to consider when selecting a web design agency. In this episode, you'll learn: The importance of experimentation in a web design agencyWhat are the key differences between a design agency and a development agency?Where to find a credible design agencyIs the location of a design agency important?Quality signals to look out for when reviewing a design agency websiteShould you be expected to be charged for the scoping process?What to look for in a design agency contract Referenced in this episode:https://www.thedrum.com/business-skills/website-designhttps://www.recommendedagencies.com/https://www.siteinspire.com/https://dribbble.com/https://slack.com/apps/AVBED3YTS-hallwayhttps://slack.com/apps/A5JR8MM6E-randomcoffeeshttps://storyxpr by Internet Marketing: Insider Tips and Advice for Online Marketing
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Building Accessible Squarespace Sites with Andrea Sherry by The Unofficial Squarespace Entrepreneur Podcast
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S09E13 Modern Web Podcast- Introduction to Remix with Kent C. Dodds: Curious about using the full stack web framework Remix? In this episode of the Modern Web podcast, we're talking to Kent C. Dodds, Co-founder and Director of Developer Experience at Remix. They talk about how Remix formed, what Remix's current goals are,... by Modern Web
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Dev(Sec)Ops Scanning Challenges & Tips - Nuno Loureiro, Tiago Mendo - ASW #170: There's a plenitude of ways to do Dev(Sec)Ops, and each organization or even each team uses a different approach. Questions such as how many environments you have and the frequency of deployment of those environments are important to understand how to... by Application Security Weekly (Video)
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Dev(Sec)Ops Scanning Challenges & Tips - Nuno Loureiro, Tiago Mendo - ASW #170: There's a plenitude of ways to do Dev(Sec)Ops, and each organization or even each team uses a different approach. Questions such as how many environments you have and the frequency of deployment of those environments are important to understand how to... by Security Weekly Podcast Network (Video)
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141: CSS Grid Layout With Rachel Andrew: Rachel Andrew—longtime web developer and web standards champion, co-founder of the Perch CMS, and author of Get Ready For CSS Grid Layout—is Jeffrey Zeldman’s guest. by The Big Web Show
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76 | Content Creation and Cloudinary with Colby Fayock: Colby Fayock joins the show to talk about his developer background, experience as a Content Creator, and his role as a Developer Advocate at Cloudinary. by COMPRESSEDfm
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45 | Behind the Scenes: Advent of CSS and Advent of JavaScript: This episode takes a behind-the-scenes look at Advent of CSS and Advent of JavaScript: the planning, technology, struggles, and learnings. by COMPRESSEDfm
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Inside Expression SuperPreview with developer Mike Calvo: Scott talks to Mike Calvo, a Microsoft Lead Developer based out of Minnesota (!) about Expression SuperPreview. SuperPreview helps developers and designers with cross-browser CSS and HTML issues. How'd they build it and with what? What's inside? How does the cloud fit in and how do they support Safari? by Hanselminutes with Scott Hanselman
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Ep. 8 – Content design: Resetting the conversation around content – Sarah Richards: In this episode, we talk with Sarah Richards of Content Design London, the founder of what has become an entire movement in the world of content: content design. Like all good movements, and in line with the movement's own philosophy, it is synthesis... by Omnichannel by OmnichannelX
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How to Build a Website — The Show For Beginners: In this episode of Syntax, Scott and Wes talk about the basics of building a website — how to get started for beginners! Freshbooks - Sponsor Get a 30 day free trial of Freshbooks at and put SYNTAX in the “How did you hear about us?”... by Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats
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Web Animation with Val Head: Web Animation can have personality and character, just like Disney Animation. Val Head, UI Animation Pro, talks about applying Disney Animation principles to web animations. We talked about creating effective and immersive animations by using CSS and javascript. Val also explained what aspects of web animations can lead to poor performance. At the we had an interesting discussion about the future of web animation. by The Women in Tech Show: A Technical Podcast
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