Passion Projects with Selena Deckelmann
Join us on Thursday, March 13th, to welcome Selena Deckelmann to the stage for the March edition and one year anniversary of Passion Projects!  Selena Deckelmann is a major…
Join us on Thursday, March 13th, to welcome Selena Deckelmann to the stage for the March edition and one year anniversary of Passion Projects!
Selena Deckelmann is a major contributor to PostgreSQL and a data architect at Mozilla. She’s been involved with free and open source software since 1995 and began running conferences for PostgreSQL in 2007. In 2012, she founded PyLadiesPDX, a Portland, OR chapter of PyLadies. She founded Open Source Bridge, Postgres Open and speaks internationally about open source, databases and community. You can find her on twitter (@selenamarie) and on her blog. She also keeps chickens and gives a lot of technical talks.
About the event:
- When? Thursday, March 13th from 6:00-9:00pm
- Where? GitHub HQ, 88 Colin P. Kelly Junior St., San Francisco, CA
- Space is limited — you must register to attend this event.
- Food and beverages will be provided, along with a
🎶 live musical performance🎶 by Shannon and the Clams after the talk.
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