Lightning Talks

These are the lightning talks I have given over the years. Since they’re shorter talks, I’ve put them all on this page instead of their own individual pages.

Easily Building Web Crawlers for Data Gathering (and Fun)

December 20, 2021

Slides

How a Pinball Machine Works

January 8, 2020, Code Mash, Sandusky, OH September 13, 2019, Strange Loop, St. Louis, MO

Slides

YouTube (Code Mash 2020)

Building an Open Source Artificial Pancreas

This talk has been given so many times it now has its own page: Building an Open Source Artificial Pancreas

How to Start a Podcast

May 19, 2017, Self.Conference, Detroit, MI

5 minute lightning talk created within 30 minutes of presenting

Slides

Why Self Care is Harder For Me

August 12, 2016, AndConf, Camp Meeker, CA (near San Francisco)

90 second lightning talk

Blog Post

Encouraging Kids Through Robotics

May 20, 2016, Self.Conference, Detroit, MI

5 minute lightning talk created within 30 minutes of presenting

Slides

Why You Should Participate in a Hackathon

October 19, 2013, Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas Celebration of Women in Computing, Kansas City, MO

5 minute lightning talk submitted and accepted as an undergraduate student

Slides

Becoming an Undergraduate Teaching Assistant

October 19, 2013, Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas Celebration of Women in Computing, Kansas City, MO

5 minute lightning talk submitted and accepted as an undergraduate student

Slides