The Bus Plan - Junior Staff Training
Explores the impact of automation on junior staff learning, proposing strategies to balance efficiency with skill development in IT infrastructure and operations.
Through the Looking Glass - How User Testing Can Give Technical Writers Better Perspective
Explore how user testing enhances technical writing, providing insights into user experiences and improving documentation. Learn techniques to convert test results into better, more user-focused content.
Mixed Reality and Art - The Quest for the Shiny
Exploring the intersection of mixed reality and art, this talk delves into the potential and challenges of AR and VR in artistic expression, emphasizing meaningful content over technological gimmicks.
My Year on the Front Line - Cleaning Infected Sites
Insights from a year cleaning infected WordPress sites: memorable cases, favorite malware, persistent attackers, and tips to protect your site from compromise.
JIT Learning - It's Great Until It Isn't
Explore the pros and cons of just-in-time learning in software development through real-world experiences. Uncover assumptions, pitfalls, and solutions for this popular learning approach.
We Are Not Waiting - How Open Source Is Changing Healthcare
Explore how open source technology is revolutionizing healthcare, empowering patients, and driving innovation in medical devices and treatment approaches.
Noisefloor - Are Web Technologies Ready for Real Time Audio?
Explore the viability of web technologies for real-time audio processing, focusing on a module synthesizer implemented in Golang and transpiled to JavaScript, discussing challenges and solutions.
AI and AR - A Match Made in Heaven
Explore the fusion of AI and AR in art, discussing technologies, impacts, and the artist's journey in bridging digital and physical worlds through innovative artworks.
The Case for Learning Real Programming Skills
Explores the importance of teaching genuine programming and problem-solving skills, contrasting with limited approaches, and examines global strategies for better preparing future generations.
The Delightful User Experience of Security
Exploring how computer security can enhance usability, create user-friendly models, and maintain a positive experience while addressing new challenges in software development.
Personal Branding for the Security Conscious
Discover strategies for building a personal brand in infosec while maintaining security and privacy. Learn from Shannon Morse's experience as an influencer and supporter of emerging professionals.
Autopsy of a Browser
Explore the evolution of web browsers, from primitive text-based interfaces to modern features like CSS and JavaScript, uncovering historical insights and quirks along the way.
Design for Security
Explore strategies for applying design thinking to security problems, enhancing user experience while maintaining robust protection. Learn to create secure, user-friendly systems and educate users effectively.
Designing Functional Clothes with Haskell
Learn to create unique clothing patterns using Haskell's "diagrams" library. Explore composable graphics, mathematical structures, and build an open-source fashion design pipeline for functional and stylish apparel.
Optimising ID Allocation for Low-Memory Devices
Explore efficient ID allocation in Linux kernel, focusing on memory optimization, API design, and challenges in complex systems. Learn from real-world case studies and implementation details.
Desktop to Mobile - Developing for Multiple Platforms without Losing Your Mind
Strategies for developing cross-platform applications using Qt, QML, and Kirigami. Learn to share code between desktop and mobile while navigating challenges in Android and iOS support.
Firmware Security - Why It Matters and How You Can Have It
Explore firmware security's importance, vulnerabilities, and mitigation strategies. Learn about attack surfaces, System Management Mode, and ways to enhance protection in various computing environments.
FileSender - Sharing Large Files Across Research Facilities
Explore FileSender, a browser-based solution for securely sharing large files across organizations. Learn about its features, implementation, and future development prospects.
SymbiFlow - The Next Generation FOSS FPGA Toolchain
Explore open-source FPGA development with SymbiFlow, the "GCC of FPGAs". Learn about its current status, supported FPGAs, and how hobbyists are revolutionizing hardware design.
Clang Built Linux
Explore efforts to build the upstream Linux kernel using Clang, including patches to the build system, kernel code, and LLVM/Clang. Learn how to build a kernel with Clang and discover remaining challenges.
A Case Study in Incrementing a Language's Major Version - PHP
Exploring PHP 7's major version upgrade: balancing innovation with backward compatibility, encouraging adoption, and comparing approaches with other programming languages.