Carole Rennie Logan

Principal Engineer, speaker, tech community organiser, baker, runner.

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28/01/2018 developerBookClub books

Developer Book club: The Introvert Advantage

Next up in “developer book club” theme is The Introvert Advantage by Marti Olsen Laney. Not necessary something that will be relevant for all developers but it has helped me understand myself both personally and professionally so thought I would include it.
21/12/2017 developerBookClub books

Developer book club: Reset by Ellen Pao

You may have heard of Ellen Pao, at least as “that women who sued the VC company” or “The CEO that censored reddit”. I had heard of these stories and followed her on Twitter before I got the book. Listening to all these things that happened, you wouldn’t actually believe it all happened to one person.
20/12/2017 developerBookClub books leanIn

Developer Book club: Lean In

As mentioned in my recent blog post, I have decided to: #1: read more #2: blog about it! So here we go with the first book: Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg.
08/12/2017 ladiesofcode christmas meetups

Ladies of Code Glasgow: Christmas Hacks

On Thursday 7th December, Ladies of Code Glasgow celebrated Christmas with our tradition (2 years makes a tradition, right?) of mulled wine and coding.
02/12/2017 developerBookClub books

Developer Bookclub: Hello World

A few weeks ago I mentioned on Twitter I am making an effort to read more and I was looking for some techy book recommendations. I am not great at reading fiction books unless on holiday when I can totally switch off and enjoy a good thriller or murder mystery, finishing the book in a few days. In “real life”, I only manage to get a wee bits of time here and there to read and this doesn’t really work with fiction.
07/11/2017 umbraco umbracoukfest conference

Developer Diary: Umbraco UK Fest 2017

On November 2nd I packed my overnight bag (my favourite flowery Cath Kidtson, of course) and headed to London for the UK Umbraco festival. Here is a wee recap of a very busy couple of days.
16/09/2017 conference codecraft

Developer Diary: CodeCraftConf 2017

Recently I have been attending Code Craft, a local meetup in Glasgow where people talk about… well, code craftmanship, of course!
02/08/2017 lifx api smarthome

Getting Started with LIFX API

I thought I would explain how I created a wee sample app to learn the restrictions of the API and have a play with the LIFX bulb.
30/07/2017 weAreTheCity womenintech

We Are The City Rising Star Event

I mentioned back in May that I had been nominated for the We Are The City rising star award. Well… I won! There are 100 rising stars over 20 categories, mainly industries that are male dominated, including tech.
18/06/2017 umbraco alexa iot headless

Controlling Content for Alexa Skill Cards using Umbraco

On Saturday 8th July, myself and fellow Umbricians interested in IOT decided to spend our Saturday together learning Alexa skill development.

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