Portland, 2025. Photo by Kay Smoljak.¶
Speaking¶
I have always had an interest in teaching, and I believe that conference presentations are one of the best ways to teach in a professional setting.
I believe that speakers should be part of the conference as well as presenting talks. A lot of the value in conferences comes from the hallways. If I speak at your conference, I will also attend.
If you’d rather listen than read, I keep a list of podcast interviews as well.
I am interested in speaking on the following topics:
Documentation
Read the Docs & Sphinx
Open source sustainability
Community building and events
Django & Python
Videos¶
Here are a few videos of my previous talks. Most of my recorded talks, back to 2009, are collected on PyVideo.
Documenting Django Code in 2022 - DjangoCon US 2022¶
How to document a Django project today, with Sphinx and Read the Docs. The recording is on PyVideo.
GitHub webcast: Using GitHub for documentation¶
Was featured on a GitHub webcast talking about using GitHub for documentation. You can see more information and get the video here:
https://resources.github.com/webcasts/GitHub-writing-documentation-for-your-projects/
How GitHub Uses GitHub - Writing documentation for your project from GitHub on Vimeo.
Introduction to Sphinx & Read the Docs - Djangocon 2015¶
My thoughts on why Documentation is important, how Sphinx thinks about documentation, and how to use it well.
Documentation as Empathy - Open Source & Feelings¶
My thoughts on how Documentation plays a role in the open source world.
Documentation as Empathy - Django Birthday¶
This talk tells the story of how Documentation was a large part of my entry into the tech world. I relate this to other folks who are trying to get into the tech world, and how we need to continue to improve documentation to keep them in the industry.
Past Events¶
I have spoken at the following events, on a number of topics including Read the Docs, IRC bots, Testing, and Documentation:
DjangoCon US 2022
Keynote: PyCon Colombia 2017
Keynote: PyCaribbean 2016
PyCon US 2016
ConFoo Vancouver 2016
Open Source & Feelings 2015
Django Under the Hood 2015
DjangoCon US 2015, 2011, 2010, 2009
Django Birthday 2015
Keynote: PyCon Malaysia 2014
PyCon Philippines 2014
Open Source Bridge 2014, 2012, 2011
PyCon Web Summit 2012
OSCON 2011
DjangoCon Europe 2010, 2009
Organizing & Speaking¶
Write the Docs Portland, 2013 to present
PyCascades: co-founder, organizer 2018-2020, co-chair of PyCascades 2020 in Portland
