Episode 023: Politics and Software with Lorena Mesa




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Summary: <p style="text-align: center;"><b>Panelists: </b></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://twitter.com/jessitron"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jessica Kerr</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">|</span> <a href="https://twitter.com/CoralineAda"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Coraline Ada Ehmke</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">| </span><a href="https://twitter.com/geeksam"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sam Livingston-Gray</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> | </span><a href="https://twitter.com/ianthro"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Astrid Countee</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> | </span><a href="https://twitter.com/ReinH"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rein Henrichs</span></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><b>Guest Starring:</b></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://twitter.com/loooorenanicole"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lorena Mesa</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> | </span><a href="http://lorenamesa.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">lorenamesa.com</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> | </span><a href="http://sproutsocial.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sprout Social</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> | </span><a href="https://www.python.org/psf/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Python Software Foundation</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> | </span><a href="https://www.meetup.com/Chicago-PyLadies/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">PyLadies Chicago</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> | </span><a href="http://www.writespeakcode.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Write/Speak/Code</span></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><b>Show Notes:</b></p> <p><b>00:16 </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">– Welcome to “Hey! I Made a Bong Out of This Podcast!” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!”</span></p> <p><b>01:26</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> – Origin Story</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.p2012.org/candidates/obamaorg.html"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Obama For America Campaign</span></a></p> <p><b>05:46</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> – Politics and Software; Data Collection</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWBZNxPzoUY&amp;feature=youtu.be">Danah Boyd: Be Careful What You Code For</a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><b>Support us via </b><a href="https://www.patreon.com/greaterthancode"><b>Patreon</b></a><b>!<br> </b><b>Get instant access to our Slack Channel!<br> </b><b>Thank you </b><a href="https://twitter.com/gkfox"><b>Greg Fox</b></a><b>!</b></p> <p><b>16:43 </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">– Working in Python for Data Collection</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://djangogirls.org/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Django Girls</span></a></p> <p><b>19:46 </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">– </span><a href="https://www.python.org/psf/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Python Software Foundation (PSF)</span></a></p> <p><b>23:55 </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">– Communication and Organization Within Communities</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://blog.steveklabnik.com/posts/2011-08-19-matz-is-nice-so-we-are-nice"><span style="font-weight: 400;">MINSWAN: Matz is Nice So We Are Nice</span></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Encounter_Party"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Social Encounter Party</span></a></p> <p><b>33:49 </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">–  Power Structures and Forming Relationships</span></p> <p><b>36:39 </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">– PSF Funding</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><b>Reflections:</b></p> <p><b>Jessica: </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">Each of our languages has a metalanguage that people use to talk about the language.</span></p> <p><b>Sam:</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Needs more sleep</span></p> <p><b>Astrid:</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Cod</span></p>