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Rackspace goals for 2015

##Conference talks/workshops accepted goal: give three conference talks/workshops/posters in 2015

  • Teach Python 101 (lead teacher) workshop at Pycon 2015
  • Teach Python for Data Analysis (TA) workshop at Pycon 2015
  • Teach Cloudpipe (TA/co-teach) workshop at Pycon 2015
  • Keynote at PyData Dallas, April 24-26, 2015
  • Talk at GeoRodeo, May 22
  • Deploying apps on OpenStack at QCon NYC on June 8-9
  • Hack for Humanity at Grace Hopper Conferece (leading an OpenStack team with Egle Sigler), October 2015

##Conference talk/workshop/poster proposals goal: submit ten conference talk/workshop/poster proposals in 2015

##Meetups goal: three meetup talks/demos in 2015

  • Prepare a 15-minute "deploying civic apps on Rackspace" (with a focus on using dev+) talk Q2
  • Prepare and deliver a talk on using tmpnb Q2/Q3
  • Give two talks/workshops at Austin data/python/geo meetups Q2/Q3/Q4

##Community Contributions goal: maintain presence within communities of interest

##Blog posts and tutorials goal: three to four posts/tutorials per quarter

  • DevEx team's community contributions (event sponsorships, OSS sponsorships) Q2
  • Setting up tmpnb for a meetup Q2
  • Three ways to deploy a Flask app (Ansible, Heat/Chef, Fabric) Q2
  • Tutorial about deploying different types of mapping apps (roll your own and host your own mapbox tiles, geodjango, shareabouts, or something like that) Q3
  • Using cloudpipe in your data workflows Q2/Q3
  • Walking through lvh's Crypto 101 course. Why all devs need to level-up when it comes to security. Written at the beginner level. Q3
  • Setting up search for nbviewer Q3

##Dex Ex tools and products goal: 3-4 PRs per month

  • Launch, document, test jiffy-ticketing Q1
  • Implement search for nbviewer Q1/Q2
  • Contribute to cloudpipe Q1/Q2/Q3/Q4
  • Work on d.r.c./Nexus development and maintenance Q1/Q2/Q3/Q4
  • New community engagement "showcase" and calendar Q2/Q3/Q4

##Data BHAG: launch an open data initiative (with a social-good bent) at Rackspace by the beginning of 2016

  • Evaluate AWS and Google open data initiatives and write memo with findings Q3
  • Gather stories and information about Rackspace clients that already work in this space: Ushahidi, Pro Publica, Code for America Brigade Q3
  • Draft a plan for what an open data initiative (and support for open data technologists) could look like at Rackspace Q3
  • Deliver an "Open Data Initiatives at Rackspace" talk to internal technical audience Q3
  • Deliver an "Open Data at Rackspace" talk to external technical audience Q4

##OSS program community management goal: gather data and stories from participants and highlight those stories

  • Set up mailgun/mongo to handle and track comms with participants Q1
  • Dig into data on OSS program participant usage of cloud platform Q2
  • Design and deliver survey for all OSS program participants Q2
  • Select and interview four program participants Q3
  • Transition OSS program management to another team member or to a separate account manager who will handle OSS/dev+ Q4

##Event sponsorship program goal: support inclusive, well run developer events; plan delightful experiences for technologists at events we're sponsoring; track Racker activity in the field

  • Mentor and lead when needed ongoing
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