We've been talking with technology for longer than you might think, but despite increasing conversational sophistication, relatively few ways exist to help us make artificial speech sound human. Find out how to use Speech Synthesis Markup Language (SSML) with the Amazon Echo or Google Home, and the Web Speech API in the browser; how the CSS Speech module might be useful (if only it were more widely supported); and how we might be able to solve some problems by making things talk.
Presenter Bio:
Léonie is Director of TetraLogical; a member of the W3C Advisory Board;
co-Chair of the W3C Web Platform Working Group; and a member of the
Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) Advisory Committee.
Amongst other things, Léonie is co-organiser of the Inclusive Design 24 (#id24) conference; co-author of the Inclusive Design Principles; and mentor to young people interested in the fields of accessibility and inclusive design. She is also a Microsoft Most Valued Professional (MVP).
Léonie is often found at conferences, talking about web standards, accessibility mechanics, and pushing the boundaries of inclusive design (with existing technologies like SVG, HTML, ARIA, and JavaScript, as well as new technologies like AI and WebVR). She has also written about these things for Smashing magazine, SitePoint.com, and Net magazine, as well as on her own site Tink.UK.
In her spare time, Léonie likes reading, cooking, drinking tequila, and dancing (although not necessarily in that order)!
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Peter Heery - So you want to create an accessible app?
Native applications (apps) are everywhere, from your smartphone to your smartwatch. What accessibility actually means in native apps is hard to pin down – and there’s not much practical help available.
In this talk, you’ll get solid tips for approaching native app design and learn some smart ways to incorporate accessibility into your projects.
Presenter Bio:
Peter is a recovering web developer from Northern Ireland. He specialises in Accessibility, UX (User Experience) and training.
He is the founder of Universal Accessibility, an Edinburgh based consultancy and co-organiser of Accessibility Scotland.
His experience includes time well spent working on all manner of accessibility projects at both at Apple Inc. and The Paciello Group (TPG).
All around the world user groups and communities want to learn about Azure and Cloud Computing!
Mark Russinovich ready for Global Azure Bootcamp 2019
On April 27, 2019, all communities will come together once again in the sixth great Global Azure Bootcamp event! Each user group will organize their own one day deep dive class on Azure the way they see fit and how it works for their members. The result is that thousands of people get to learn about Azure and join together online under the social hashtag #GlobalAzure!
This code of conduct outlines our expectations for participants within the Glasgow Azure User Group community, as well as steps to reporting unacceptable behaviour. We are committed to providing a welcoming and inspiring community for all and expect our code of conduct to be honoured. Anyone who violates this code of conduct may be banned from the community.
We are dedicated to providing a harassment-free user group/conference experience for everyone, regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, age or religion.
Our aim is to foster a community that is open to all and strives to:
•Be friendly and patient
•Be welcoming: We strive to be a community that welcomes and supports people of all backgrounds and identities.
•Be considerate
•Be respectful: You may not agree with each other all the time but disagreement is no excuse for poor behaviour and poor manners.
Reporting Process
If you experience or witness unacceptable behaviour—or have any other concerns—please report it by contacting us via one of these methods:
•Email to conduct@gaug.co.uk
•In person while at an event - please ask to speak to a committee member.
Consequences of Unacceptable Behaviour
Unacceptable behaviour from any community member, including sponsors and those with decision-making authority, will not be tolerated. Anyone asked to stop unacceptable behaviour is expected to comply immediately.
If a community member engages in unacceptable behaviour, the community organisers may take any action they deem appropriate, up to and including a temporary ban or permanent expulsion from the community without warning.
We do not tolerate harassment of participants in any form. Sexual language and imagery is not appropriate for any conference venue, including talks.
Attendees or speakers violating these rules will be asked to leave the meeting, and will be refused entrance to future meetings.
Skyscanner is based on 155 St Vincent Street. It is a Glass / Steel building with big copper square round the entrances. There are two entrances but Skyscanner is only in 155, the one further up the hill of St Vincent Street.
#Registration
When registering on the day you will need to provide your full name & email address.
#Food & drink
Food & drink will be provided!
# How the event works
After we have decided on some challenges for the evening, we break into small groups (2-4 people) and see how far we can get. After about 90 minutes we get together and share what we have learnt, showing code and demo's of it in action. # Requirements
If you have a laptop with a working Clojure environment please bring it along. As we arrange ourselves into small groups, if you don't have a laptop you can still join in.
We are collecting all our kata solutions here, take a peek at what we've done so far (https://github.com/glasgow-clj/dojofun)
# Discussions
We’ll be discussing the meetup on the london-clojurians mailing list (http://groups.google.com/group/glasgow-clojurians-group/)
If you want to know how to run your own dojo or get an idea of what dojos are like you can read more at http://otfrom.wordpress.com/2010/10/26/faq-how-much-do-i-need-to-know-before-i-come-to-the-dojo/
# Background
Clojure is a JVM language that has syntactically similarities to Lisp, full integration with Java and its libraries and focuses on providing a solution to the issue of single machine concurrency.
Its small core makes it surprisingly easy for Java developers to pick up and it provides a powerful set of concurrency strategies and data structures designed to make immutable data easy to work with. If you went to Rich Hickey’s LJC talk about creating Clojure you’ll already know this, if not it’s well worth watching the Rich Hickey “Clojure for Java Programmers” (http://skillsmatter.com/podcast/java-jee/clojure-for-java-programmers) video or Stuart Halloway “Radical Simplicity” (http://skillsmatter.com/podcast/java-jee/radical-simplicity) video.
“test && commit || revert. If the tests fail, then the code goes back to the state where the tests last passed” - Kent Beck
For our March event, we have a workshop using an entirely new form of Test Driven Development (TDD). In this version of TDD, every time you save a file, the tests run and if they fail the code gets instantly reverted.
Poof! it’s gone.
If the tests pass, however, the change gets committed.
We will be discovering what this constraint means for our coding styles. Can we possibly work if we throw away all our mistakes seconds after making them? How do we become productive while under this design pressure? Come along and we’ll find out together.
Doors open at 6 pm, then we’ll kick off at 6:30 pm.
Since we’ll be working in pairs, you will need to bring your laptop for this session.
Optional background reading on TCR: https://medium.com/@kentbeck_7670/test-commit-revert-870bbd756864
The May meetup will be all about the new Block Editor (previously known as Gutenberg).
We are looking to do a "SHOW AND TELL" style event, so get in touch if you have done something cool with the new editor, have had a go at writing a block from scratch or have found a smart feature you'd like to share!
In the meantime, here's a couple of WordPress community posts you may find of interest:
* WordPress Editor guide from the WordPress Support team: https://wordpress.org/support/article/wordpress-editor/
* A proposal for the future from the WordPress Meta team: https://make.wordpress.org/meta/2019/03/08/the-block-directory-and-a-new-type-of-plugin/
* What's new in Gutenberg, from the WordPress Core team: https://make.wordpress.org/core/2019/03/06/whats-new-in-gutenberg-6th-march/
Doors open at 18:00, talk starts at 18:30.
There will be a snack available to keep us going!
** About the talk **
Do you want to set your website project up for success? Do you want to avoid any costly surprises along the way?
Of course, you do.
A thorough, focused web specification document will keep your web project running smoothly and, most importantly, will give you the best to chance of delivering a project that meets the goals of your visitors and your business.
In this talk, Mark will outline the key parts of an effective website specification and why they’re important.
This talk is inspired by Mark's most successful blog post: https://highrise.digital/blog/web-specification-guide/
** About the Speaker **
Mark is a developer and co-founder of Highrise Digital, a specialist WordPress agency focusing on building WordPress solutions for post-small pre-enterprise businesses.
Mark has been using WordPress since late 2005, all the way back to version 2.0. He is also an active member of the UK WordPress community, attending meet-ups and WordCamps in the UK, as well as getting involved in organising such events.
This month we're meeting up to grab a drink and a chat about all things technology, hacking and infosec. All welcome!
We'll be at the stage door area. The pub is round the corner from Sauchiehall St & Charing Cross
7.30pm Stage Door Bar, the pub is usually rammed if there's a show on at the kings over the road so FYI!
NOTE:
I'll be closing the meetup group however the meetup will still happen the first Tuesday of every month, decision to close the group is mainly because meetup are billing me $100 every 6 months for the increasing size of the group. Twitter is free and I actively tweet the meetup dates and times too https://twitter.com/DC44141
Delighted to post the final agenda for the next AWS User Group Glasgow Meet Up on Wednesday 13th March 2019.
We will have one “Spotlight Session” on the night, please RSVP if you intend to come along to help make sure we have food and drinks for everyone.
Agenda:
18:15 – 18:45 : Door Opens, Food, Refreshments and Networking
18:45 – 19:45 : AWS User Group Glasgow “Spotlight Session”
An informal discussion amongst the group to discuss individual current issues or successes, with it being an AWS User Group, we will try and keep the topics to AWS but I am sure there is enough experience in the group to look at other areas as well.
Overview: As a starter for ten, I would like to discuss the following topics, AWS Certification, AWS CLI, EC2 Sizing but please feel free to have your own topics ready for discussion as well.
19:45 – 20:00 : Break
20:00 – 20:40 : AWS User Group Glasgow “Spotlight Session”
Continuing on from the earlier “Spotlight Session”.
20:40 – 21:00 : AOB, Next Meet Up Agenda, Good Night, Pub.
Sponsors:
Thanks to Skyscanner for letting us use their office, supplying refreshments and help on the night.
We have plenty of ideas about all the fab stuff we could do at the Glasgow Wordpress meetup... But we would also love to hear what you would like it to be about.
Everyone's welcome regardless of experience. We'll always do our best to hold our events at accessible venues and maintain entry free of charge.
Come along and become part of the growing community!
We'll be posting more information about each particular event as time goes by...
Join us for a night of Python talks at the central Skyscanner office in Glasgow. We will have two talks (details soon). Skyscanner will be providing us with food and drinks.
Doors open at 17:30, please arrive by 18:30 at the latest.
Pizza will arrive at 18:00.
First talks will start at 18:30.
Talk 1: Go for Python programmers, or I remember when it was all Perl around here.
Speaker: Douglas McCallum
All dominant languages go into life support eventually, COBOL Pascal and Perl are three examples. Python won't be any different, watch Ruby to see what will happen. Unless you are one of the people who get out of programming as soon as they can, you will have to change languages at some point. I am not saying Go will be the next big deal, but it is worth having a look at.
Talk 2: What's the airspeed velocity of your Python code?
Speaker: Gabriele Tornetta
Is your Python code carrying coconuts a pound too heavy? Is there margin for squeezing those all-important nanoseconds out of your modules? After a brief general introduction to profiling, we shall have a look at some of the current tools and techniques for profiling Python applications.
Join us for a night of Python talks at the central Skyscanner office in Glasgow. We will have two talks (details soon). Skyscanner will be providing us with food and drinks.
Doors open at 17:30, please arrive by 18:30 at the latest.
Pizza will arrive at 18:00.
First talks will start at 18:30.
Talk 1: Go for Python programmers, or I remember when it was all Perl around here.
Speaker: Douglas McCallum
All dominant languages go into life support eventually, COBOL Pascal and Perl are three examples. Python won't be any different, watch Ruby to see what will happen. Unless you are one of the people who get out of programming as soon as they can, you will have to change languages at some point. I am not saying Go will be the next big deal, but it is worth having a look at.
Join us for a night of Python talks at the central Skyscanner office in Glasgow. We will have two talks (details soon). Skyscanner will be providing us with food and drinks.
Doors open at 17:30, please arrive by 18:30 at the latest.
Pizza will arrive at 18:00.
First talks will start at 18:30.
February 2019 Meetup with Paul Broadwith and Jeff Hicks
Description changed:
We start at 6.10pm, quick introduction and then onto our speakers:
6.15pm:
Click-free application deployment using the magic of PS and Chocolatey by Paul Broadwith.
Ever wished you could take all of those applications you run, install them and not have to click anything? Easily keep them up to date and not click anything? What if I told you that you could use your best scripting language EVER too?
PowerShell and Chocolatey for pain free software installation.
We break around 7.15pm for food.
7.45pm:
PowerShell Scripting and Toolmaking Tips by Jeff Hicks.
Yes that is thee Jeff Hicks. Talking to us remotely around PowerShell, scripting and how to take it further to making tools.
TechUG Glasgow Event photo - the tech community event for IT Ops, IT Infrastructure, Cloud Computing, DevOps and CyberSecurity Professionals TechUG Glasgow, Lanarkshire’s community event for IT Ops, Infrastructure, Cloud, DevOps & CyberSecurity Professionals. TechUG is completely independent and guided by a group of local committee members who help create a great community experience.
Experience an open forum for IT Ops, IT Infrastructure, Cloud, DevOps & CyberSecurity Professionals from the Glasgow IT community to come together & share ideas
Come along to network, consolidating your skills and knowledge base within the group
Develop an understanding of use cases and the architecture behind new solutions.
Hear content which has been selected for its educational value by fellow end users and customers.
Benefit from our independence which enables our events to provide impartial guidance based on the groups wisdom
De-risk your new technology investments and upgrades by utilising the community.
Events are free to attend, with complementary internet access, refreshments throughout the day and buffet lunch.
“Geek out at the bar” at the end of the day and enjoy a few post event drinks with new and old friends.
We’ve started to add some great speakers for the upcoming TechUG Glasgow Community event, check them out below and get yourself registered.
Skyscanner is based on 155 St Vincent Street. It is a Glass / Steel building with big copper square round the entrances. There are two entrances but Skyscanner is only in 155, the one further up the hill of St Vincent Street.
#Registration
When registering on the day you will need to provide your full name & email address.
#Food & drink
Food & drink will be provided!
# How the event works
After we have decided on some challenges for the evening, we break into small groups (2-4 people) and see how far we can get. After about 90 minutes we get together and share what we have learnt, showing code and demo's of it in action. # Requirements
If you have a laptop with a working Clojure environment please bring it along. As we arrange ourselves into small groups, if you don't have a laptop you can still join in.
We are collecting all our kata solutions here, take a peek at what we've done so far (https://github.com/glasgow-clj/dojofun)
# Discussions
We’ll be discussing the meetup on the london-clojurians mailing list (http://groups.google.com/group/glasgow-clojurians-group/)
If you want to know how to run your own dojo or get an idea of what dojos are like you can read more at http://otfrom.wordpress.com/2010/10/26/faq-how-much-do-i-need-to-know-before-i-come-to-the-dojo/
# Background
Clojure is a JVM language that has syntactically similarities to Lisp, full integration with Java and its libraries and focuses on providing a solution to the issue of single machine concurrency.
Its small core makes it surprisingly easy for Java developers to pick up and it provides a powerful set of concurrency strategies and data structures designed to make immutable data easy to work with. If you went to Rich Hickey’s LJC talk about creating Clojure you’ll already know this, if not it’s well worth watching the Rich Hickey “Clojure for Java Programmers” (http://skillsmatter.com/podcast/java-jee/clojure-for-java-programmers) video or Stuart Halloway “Radical Simplicity” (http://skillsmatter.com/podcast/java-jee/radical-simplicity) video.
Skyscanner is based on 155 St Vincent Street. It is a Glass / Steel building with big copper square round the entrances. There are two entrances but Skyscanner is only in 155, the one further up the hill of St Vincent Street.
#Registration
When registering on the day you will need to provide your full name & email address.
#Food & drink
Food & drink will be provided!
# How the event works
After we have decided on some challenges for the evening, we break into small groups (2-4 people) and see how far we can get. After about 90 minutes we get together and share what we have learnt, showing code and demo's of it in action. # Requirements
If you have a laptop with a working Clojure environment please bring it along. As we arrange ourselves into small groups, if you don't have a laptop you can still join in.
# Discussions
We’ll be discussing the meetup on the london-clojurians mailing list (http://groups.google.com/group/glasgow-clojurians-group/)
If you want to know how to run your own dojo or get an idea of what dojos are like you can read more at http://otfrom.wordpress.com/2010/10/26/faq-how-much-do-i-need-to-know-before-i-come-to-the-dojo/
# Background
Clojure is a JVM language that has syntactically similarities to Lisp, full integration with Java and its libraries and focuses on providing a solution to the issue of single machine concurrency.
Its small core makes it surprisingly easy for Java developers to pick up and it provides a powerful set of concurrency strategies and data structures designed to make immutable data easy to work with. If you went to Rich Hickey’s LJC talk about creating Clojure you’ll already know this, if not it’s well worth watching the Rich Hickey “Clojure for Java Programmers” (http://skillsmatter.com/podcast/java-jee/clojure-for-java-programmers) video or Stuart Halloway “Radical Simplicity” (http://skillsmatter.com/podcast/java-jee/radical-simplicity) video.
M5Stack Workshop presented by Glasgow Makers and Hardware Hackers
M5stack (https://m5stack.com/) is a modular programmable prototyping device which has the ESP32 at its core. M5stack can be programmed with the arduino IDE, esp-idf, micropython and more. In this workshop we will be focusing on using block programming to control the light, sound, images on the screen, sensors etc. To take part, the only thing you need to bring along is a laptop.
This workshop is suited for anyone, even those who are taking their first steps in coding, and maybe are put off by thinking they have to learn lots of typed commands to do even the most basic of things. The Uiflow interface for M5stack (flow.m5stack.com) is designed to lower the creative barrier so that anyone without prior knowledge can get setup making their first IoT application in minutes.
This workshop is free but there are limited spaces so please sign up for a place here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/m5stack-presented-by-glasgow-makers-and-hardware-hackers-tickets-56440681598
If there are no tickets left please add your name to the waiting list and if there is enough demand we will put on an extra workshop.
For February, we have two talks, including a very special guest! Pizza and drinks are being provided by FanDuel. Details of the talks are below:
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** "Authentic Teams" by John Le Drew**
Once upon a time, in a land not so far away, there was a team. And this team, no matter how hard they tried, just couldn’t do agile. They went on a quest to find the “Scroll of Agility”, and after many a death defying feat, stood atop mount Lean under the shade of the great old Scrum-fall tree, they opened the scroll…
Sometimes, we spend so much time as individuals and teams on a quest for change, for transformation. But maybe, we can’t be changed? Maybe, no one can change us. Any maybe, that’s exactly how it should be.
In this session we will take a journey to authenticity, and discover why it matters not only to individuals, but to truly effective teams.
* Why authenticity matters for both individuals and teams.
* Understand how to guide teams towards discovering what is authentic for them.
* Understand context-structural alignment and why it’s at the core of authentic teams.
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** "Beyond Frameworks: Thinking and Tools" by Gary Fleming **
“Someone sold them the training wheels, but they don’t have the bike yet” - Kyle Bremner.
Frameworks. Methodologies. Ceremonies. Manifestos. Some would say they represent the collective wisdom of our community. Others would say we often buy things wholesale to avoid having to engage our brains. The truth is messier.
From the idea of cadence to the ceremonies of Scrum, let's examine the value of the scaffolding of Agile and try to think more clearly about what we need. What we __really__ need. We'll find alternatives to the common solutions we see, and figure out how to look for our own contextual answers, rather than just copying what Spotify did again.
We'll separate the Why from the What, the Wheat from the Chaff, the Agile from the marketing.
If you would like to build a website using WordPress, or if you already have a WP site which is having issues, or if you are looking to share your WP knowledge, then this is the gathering to come along to. The idea is that people of all levels of ability can come along, collaborate, and discuss and/or show those aspects of WordPress that are of interest.
This informal get-together is also ideal for anyone who is new to WordPress and looking to find out more. Hear other people share their knowledge and experience, such as:
- how to know if my WP site is successful?
- does security really affect my site?
- tips on making my content (more) engaging
- making my site work for mobile
- recommendations on plugins , SEO, accessability
- and much more ...
Please note that whilst this meetup is free to attend, it cannot provide consultancy or tailored training. Despite saying that, we would hope to at least give you a 'steer' in the right direction or an independent opinion on approaches for your WP site. Remember to please bring a laptop or tablet for best results.
So do you want us to help you get more out of your WordPress site? Then come along and make your WordPress site (even) better!
Sean is looking forward to you seeing you there :-)
This month we're meeting up to grab a drink and a chat about all things technology, hacking and infosec. All welcome!
We'll be at the stage door area. The pub is round the corner from Sauchiehall St & Charing Cross
7.30pm Stage Door Bar, the pub is usually rammed if there's a show on at the kings over the road so FYI!
NOTE:
I'll be closing the meetup group however the meetup will still happen the first Tuesday of every month, decision to close the group is mainly because meetup are billing me $100 every 6 months for the increasing size of the group. Twitter is free and I actively tweet the meetup dates and times too https://twitter.com/DC44141
