super interesting approach to using student written tests to check for misunderstanding while learning CS

"UML finally!!!" ☠️

oh @shriramk is on fedi!

https://www.pyret.org/ looks super cool

frustration can be good, productive struggle is a well understood theory in education -- @shriramk

now Brooklyn Zelenka on the limitations of data centers and their global distribution

https://github.com/ucan-wg/spec sounds v interesting

speaker is also on fedi @expede!

now David Ogborn starting his talk acknowledging the native land McMaster is built on that enables his work, and the uncomfortable extractive reality of computing

David is leading the whole audience in a collective livecode improv session

the manifesto getting a shout-out!

now a demo of Idris, which I've never seen in person before

Michael Bernstein now on marketing for computer scientists. communicating big ideas is super hard and Michael has really cool approaches to it

now the inimitable @jenn getting back to her old hobby of "not minding her own business"

got an applause for "Yahoo! Pipes"

"how do we create a distributed mesh network that is useful/interesting to non technical people, and onboarding not just easy but delightful"

rise up nerds

damn straight