Tom Cools

@TCoolsIT
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Software Engineer | Conference speaker πŸ—£οΈ | Java Focussed | Teacher and Trainer πŸ‘¨β€πŸ« | Works @InfoSupportBV in Mechelen, Belgium
Websitehttps://www.tomcools.be/
Githubhttps://github.com/TomCools
Me while deep focussing on some difficult code. #focus #distractions
Since I prefer to spend my time helping Open Source projects which are not "a company putting (a part of) the code online to get people to work for them without pay." πŸ‘‡

This the first time in a while that all my 3 active talks are scheduled somewhere! πŸ₯³

And this doesn't even mention the new one... which is also planned in an as of yet secret location 🀐 .

Just so blessed to be able to share what I know with so many people! πŸ₯°

What a week! Jfokus was an epic experience (again 😊).

Being able to join the #speaker #unconference was a special experience. Being able to relax and talk with so many talented people was 😍. Hope to see you all again soon!

Big thank you to the Jfokus crew! You folks are πŸ†

Congratulations on a very successful first edition of fooconf Mattias Karlsson Erno Kurki Jeanne GΓΆthberg and all the hard working crew making everything sail smoothly.

See you later Helsinki! I promise I won't take 10 years before visiting again. 😊

You might have heard about having a "learning style" and how knowing it helps you to learn more efficiently.

Unfortunately, this is unproven and might even be harming your progress. πŸ˜‘

Instead, adopt a good learning strategy! 😊

#learning #career

https://www.tomcools.be/post/jan-2023-learning-style-myth/

Strategy over Style

Learning style are a myth, strategies are the real deal

Tom's Blog

Tonight @BrabantJug.

βœ…οΈ Pizza
βœ…οΈ People
βœ…οΈ Presentations

And #java! Gonna present a talk later tonight that will add another checkmark... due to my special guest. πŸ˜‡

Managed to verify my Github profile on Mastodon profile using this blog: https://jan.wildeboer.net/2022/06/Quick-Fix-Verified-Mastodon-Github/

Thanks @jwildeboer !

A Quick Fix For The Verified Status for Github on your Mastodon Profile

Mastodon has a very light-weight method of proving that you are the owner (or, at least an editor) for the links on your profile page. Technically you add a <a rel="me" href="https://link.to/YourProfile>Verification</a> to the page you want to be verified.

Jan Wildeboer's Blog

6 years of Twitter, no verification (to be fair, I wasn't close to requirements)

5 minutes after adding a bit of HTML to my website... boom, link verified. Good job Mastodon!

Anyone know how a trick to add a verify link to a github page?