Samson Ootoovak

@ootoovak

I like computers AND people, think about programming as communication, like inclusive spaces. Indigenous Canadian, New Zealand immigrant.

Wellington
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Joined August 2008
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  1. Pinned Tweet
    May 14

    Sigh, I'm just going to have to accept most of my Tweets will have spelling or spelling related grammatical errors. 😫

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  2. Jun 7

    Winter colours. ?

    1 reply
  3. Jun 7

    For the daytime crowd. 👇🏽

    Help! Who are our Wgtn female technical leaders, ideally leading technical teams (or in CTO positions). Why can't I think of anyone :-(
  4. Retweeted
    Jun 6
    Replying to

    Using Uber b/c it's cheap? Fares are artificially low. Temporarily. Massively subsidized, to kill competition. Monopoly fares will skyrocket

    3 replies 79 retweets 55 likes
  5. Retweeted
    May 19

    There’s never a shortage of white men on twitter telling me what I’m allowed to be offended by 😂

    Replying to @notwaldorf @jaffathecake @thesephist
    That is an offensive word only if you want it to be. I'm fine with woman calling us boys and man calling them girls.
    5 replies 7 retweets 73 likes
  6. Jun 6

    👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽

    Dear app developers: stop naming your personal assistants after women. Stop thinking women’s jobs is to help you out. It’s not.
    6 retweets 14 likes
  7. Retweeted
    Jun 6

    🚨 iOS 11 *FORCES* option for GPS access “Only While Using the App” even when apps don’t offer it! Suck it Uber.

    60 replies 1,543 retweets 3,992 likes
  8. Jun 5
    Replying to

    But I have stuff to do today, so will have to wait to trial on side-projects I guess. :)

  9. Jun 5
    Replying to

    Also, easy plugin system. Will see how well Vim mode plays with plugins or if like they fall back to Emacs style key combos.

    1 reply
  10. Jun 5

    Every once in a while I try to leave Vim. Taking a look at again and it might be ready for a trial.🤔 Has Vim mode, has terminal, fast

    2 replies
  11. Retweeted
    May 28

    I wrote about how a toxic job continues to impact you and your work once you’ve left, and about healing from it.

    44 replies 346 retweets 540 likes
  12. Retweeted
    Jun 5
    Replying to

    The ones who haven't reported yet are watching you. If you suggest there is no iceberg ("a bad apple!") then they won't tell you more.

    2 replies 12 retweets 23 likes
  13. Retweeted
    Jun 2

    Semi-regular reminder that we collect donations of old feature and smart phones, iPads, laptops, gaming devices for women's refuge families.

    2 replies 22 retweets 23 likes
  14. Jun 2

    Only part way through so far (sent to Kindle)but seems to be a good article re and why

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  15. May 31

    So often this!

    Replying to @sarahmei
    "I didn't MEAN to perpetuate a structural power dynamic!" welp. but you did. soooooo ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
    1 reply
  16. Retweeted
    May 31

    10 year old me: "I love computers!" Magic genie: "what if everything you owned was a computer?" 10yo me: "Amazing!" Adult me: "Welp."

    4 replies 68 retweets 154 likes
  17. Retweeted
    May 31

    Extremely true. "Senior" devs search all the time. Searching for info is inevitable with the complexity of our field.

    “A lot of beginners under-appreciate the degree to which googling things is part of a programmer’s job,” says
    13 replies 120 retweets 212 likes
  18. Retweeted
    May 30

    Last week, literally heard a chap splutter "but what if there's more than 50% women? That'll be unfair..."

    12 replies 17 retweets 91 likes
  19. Retweeted
    May 30
    Replying to

    For diversification to be successful, the organization needs to _expect_ and _desire_ that the organization will change as it happens.

    1 reply 21 retweets 42 likes
  20. Retweeted
    May 30

    Yes! This!

    The next time you try and use the word "serverless" just remember it's like calling takeout "kitchenless".
    1 reply 2 retweets 4 likes

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