mental heI have this perpetual list of incomplete stuff to do in my head and it constantly makes me feel like a failure. It makes it hard to acknowledge achievements when it feels like a never ending list. When I’m going through bouts of depression this list gets overwhelming. Here’s an example of stuff that’s… Continue reading My Perpetual incomplete list of things to do
The dark side of my mind
Image Source TL:DR There is a 5 minute video of me talking about this topic. Depression. I have it. I don’t like to say I suffer from it because it is a core element of who I am. If I had never experienced depression, I wouldn’t be the person I am today. However, it’s not… Continue reading The dark side of my mind
Vandalism and street art
I look at vandalism in sydney and I wonder why is it seen as a bad thing? Instead of cleaning it up, what if we gave people the skills to turn their scrawls and tags into Street art? Give people the tools and resources to practice and perfect their style. What if we studied Street… Continue reading Vandalism and street art
“Manual Testing”
I have an issue with the word “Manual Testing”. Say we compare a “Manual Tester”, an “Automatic Tester” and a “Developer”. When a developer builds a tool that helps them program it is not called “Automatic Programming”, it might be called a “Compiler” or some other new word. Developers do manually write code with their… Continue reading “Manual Testing”
Robots Are Cool – Social Enterprise
This is an executive summary of my idea around a social enterprise, this is open for discussion and your feedback/ideas/questions will be greatly appreciated. Mission To create a social enterprise around promoting Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) through hands on Robotics workshops. This social enterprise will focus on reaching out to remote and rural… Continue reading Robots Are Cool – Social Enterprise
What makes a “good” tester?
I am talking about software testing but these ramblings could be expanded to other types of product based testing. First of all, what is a “good” tester? I think it is someone who finds issues with software and is able to make someone else understand that issue. Some people say testing is about providing quality… Continue reading What makes a “good” tester?
Workshop ideas
#TurtleRobot This robot will be a basic robot that can be built in less than 30 minutes, preferably 20 minutes the average 10-12 year olds. I haven’t come up with a design yet, this will be one of the first workshops I create next year. The robot will have a pen attached and will be… Continue reading Workshop ideas
Licencing brain dump
The content on my tutoring page, workshop ideas the tech based education tool that I want to create will all be creative commons. My brand and image belong to me (Samantha Connelly). It’s something I’m quite protective and fond of. I feel like I would need to expand my definition of content, I want to… Continue reading Licencing brain dump
Idea Evolution and for profit vs non-for profit
HELP. The website/content idea has taken over the robotics Road Trip idea. First of all let me tell you about how this idea started. It started as me wanting to take robotics workshops all around Australia so I could travel to see what was in my own backyard and I could say I was doing… Continue reading Idea Evolution and for profit vs non-for profit
GovHack 2013
GovHack sounds like people hacking the government. Which is somewhat right but it’s with governments’ approval. GovHack is about governments opening up their data and seeing what a big bunch of developers and likeminded people can do with that data over the space of a weekend. There were over 1000 participants and observers nationwide and… Continue reading GovHack 2013