Tag Archives: Ireland

Mar15

Coderdojo Divas in Limerick

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Coderdojo Divas in Limerick

Ever heard of a CoderDojo neither had I till a few months ago, but they seem to have really taken off in Ireland and it’s brilliant to see happening.  For those unaware what they are :

CoderDojo is a global collaboration providing free and open learning to young people, especially in programming technology

There are more and more events happening each month not only in Ireland but all over the world so if you wanted to bring your child along there is an opportunity to do so. Not only that they are always looking for mentors, while that’s not me I know many of developers who are good at explaining how things are done in an easy way to understand.  It’s meant to be fun and encouraging kids to learn how to develop.

The coderdojo Divas in Limerick is a new twist to the event, wanting more girls to take part as they noticed the numbers were a bit lower with girls, they have decided to run this event at the same time.  I think it’s great and always looking to get more girls involved in technology if we need to tweak events we should do so! Best of luck to all of those involved.  I wished these events were around when I was growing up…

Feb6

Naming The Ubuntu 13.10 Release from the Irish LoCo perspective

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Naming The Ubuntu 13.10 Release from the Irish LoCo perspective

Guest post from Barry Burke:

Naming The Ubuntu 13.10 Release.

Ubuntu is code-named around 6 months in advance of every released at around the time of the previous release. Ubuntu is known for its outrages names of a Adjective followed by an animal.
Suggestions are allowed by anybody with a standard Ubuntu account.. Just submit idea
to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DevelopmentCodeNames,

I have often seen a name and it would have suggested by a group beside it (here you can also explain what the animal and the adjective are) I propose we put our minds together.Send in a few suggestions to the mailing list and decide on 1 or more for the 13.10 release. The Letter is S this time around. It would be great if we got a Irish connection to the name of ubuntu 13.10 release and would be a great boost to the loco team.

As Already talked about on the Irc Meting and the Ubuntu Ireland Mailing list
The Suggestions we have Are:

Supreme Sionnach
- pronounced shun-ach. Sionnach is an irish for a red fox or Madra Rua.
That was suggested by Tommy on the Mailing list.

He Also suggested Sublime sionnach
sublime: Of such excellence, grandeur, or beauty as to inspire great admiration or awe.

Victor9098 suggested on irc Sinuous Sionnach

If you have any more of them why not post to the mailing list or here and we can discuss it on irc

Oct12

Back to School in Limerick

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Back to School in Limerick

I’m in Ireland for 3 weeks in October due to conference and family events taking place, I thought I’d make good use of the time here.

I rang my old secondary school Laurell Hill, FCJ and spoke to the guidance counsellor, we have in Ireland a year called transition year (16/17 year olds), a year after one set of state exams called the Junior Cert and before students get ready to star a 2 year syllabus called Leaving Cert to get into University.  I wanted to talk to them about my career, open source, Ubuntu and how they could look at using Ubuntu during this year.  I know they get research projects during the year,  for those who want to use Irish more, they could look at Irish Translations.

I thought this would be a nice way to give back to my school and also at the same time show people something new they may never hear of till college, also maybe some ideas on where careers and hobbies can lead you.

So on October 24th I’ll be speaking to 3 classes, 40 students in each for 3 hours, in classrooms I use to be in. Many of the teachers I had are still there so this could be interesting to be there again!   I’m looking forward to this, and if anyone has any ideas on what to mention or how to get students involved leave me a comment! Thanks

Me in my uniform sitting outside Laurell Hill