This year has felt like we fell into a strange land, full of new rules, new dangers, things the wrong size. But unlike Alice on her trip through the looking glass, we have company, and we have community.
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This talk is for anyone who feels alone, sitting in front of a monitor, with a mask hung on the door to the outside. Technology can't solve all our problems, and we shouldn't try, but the collective action of aligned communities can change the world. What has our community done, and what can we work on doing next? Where should we spend our resources, and how should we agree on priorities? What is investing in our present and what is for our future?
We have to remember that we cannot stand still — not technologically, not emotionally, not politically. The world will keep moving. Feeling like our lives are on pause because of chaos in the world is an illusion — things keep happening even if we’re not outside to see them.
You're going to leave with some ideas of where to start organizing, what to start doing, how to break your doomscrolling into something that improves the world.
Bio
Heidi is a transformation advocate with LaunchDarkly. She delights in working at the intersection of usability, risk reduction, and cutting-edge technology. One of her favorite hobbies is talking to developers about things they already knew but had never thought of that way before. She sews all her conference dresses so that she's sure there is a pocket for the mic.
Abstract
This year has felt like we fell into a strange land, full of new rules, new dangers, things the wrong size. But unlike Alice on her trip through the looking glass, we have company, and we have community.
Details
This talk is for anyone who feels alone, sitting in front of a monitor, with a mask hung on the door to the outside. Technology can't solve all our problems, and we shouldn't try, but the collective action of aligned communities can change the world. What has our community done, and what can we work on doing next? Where should we spend our resources, and how should we agree on priorities? What is investing in our present and what is for our future?
We have to remember that we cannot stand still — not technologically, not emotionally, not politically. The world will keep moving. Feeling like our lives are on pause because of chaos in the world is an illusion — things keep happening even if we’re not outside to see them.
You're going to leave with some ideas of where to start organizing, what to start doing, how to break your doomscrolling into something that improves the world.
Bio
Heidi is a transformation advocate with LaunchDarkly. She delights in working at the intersection of usability, risk reduction, and cutting-edge technology. One of her favorite hobbies is talking to developers about things they already knew but had never thought of that way before. She sews all her conference dresses so that she's sure there is a pocket for the mic.