diff --git a/example/README.md b/example/README.md deleted file mode 100644 index 2b18a49..0000000 --- a/example/README.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,16 +0,0 @@ -# My talk title - -My talk description - - -## My name - -My bio - -![Profile picture](https://github.com/euruko2012/call-for-proposals/raw/master/example/profile_picture.jpg) - -- [My website](http://www.example.org) -- [My twitter](https://twitter.com/#!/twitter_handle) -- [Past talk slides](http://www.example.org) -- [Past talk video](http://www.example.org) - diff --git a/example/profile_picture.jpg b/example/profile_picture.jpg deleted file mode 100644 index e2e5b50..0000000 Binary files a/example/profile_picture.jpg and /dev/null differ diff --git a/how_we_learn_a_langugae/README.md b/how_we_learn_a_langugae/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..105aba5 --- /dev/null +++ b/how_we_learn_a_langugae/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,61 @@ +# How we learn a language + +We all use language in fun and interesting ways, even when we don’t +think about it. Our industry brings us together with people from all +over the world, even some of the folks attending this conference will +speak English as a second or even third language. + +In a past life I was a teacher of english as a foreign language, and +these days I’ve kept that passion for languages alive by becoming +multilingual myself. + +I’ll speak about how we pick up a programming language in much the same +way as we learn to speak a natural language and then integrate ourselves +in the culture surrounding that programming language in much the same +way. + +I’m not going to talk at boring lengths about language theory, but +instead evaluate how we learn a language as humans – regardless of its +origin. I hope to make it clear that you can apply some of – if not all +– the same skills you use to easily pick up a new programming language +to give you a real leg-up in learning a foreign language. + +You’ll never think about abstraction or obfuscation in exactly the same +way again, and hopefully leave with a desire to test my assertion and +learn another language, and that would be just great. 
Why would I want +to do this? Well, I’m biased but I truly believe that the world would be +a better place if people understood each other better – and that means +more people becoming multilingual. + + +## Ryan Stenhouse + +Ryan's a Ruby fanatic with a love of languages, programming and +otherwise. He's well travelled and has worked on projects of varying +complexity for companies you've probably heard of. He’s also a little +bit nuts when it comes to communication and has a burning passion for +getting groups of people together to solve their problems. He also +really hates describing himself in the third person and has only +recently gotten over his aversion to tofu. + +## Past talks + +I spoke at the Scottish Ruby Conference about PCI DSS compliance, +[the slides are on slideshare][1] and the [viedeo is on ConFreaks][2]. + +I also gave a talk at the Scottish Ruby User Group about the importance +of culture informing your localisation efforts. [video is here][3] and +the [slides are here][4]. + +[1]: http://www.slideshare.net/ryanstenhouse/these-are-not-the-credit-cards-youre-looking-for +[2]: http://www.confreaks.com/videos/568-scotlandruby2011-these-are-not-the-credit-cards-you-are-looking-for +[3]: http://scotrug.org/2012/02/11/video-culture-of-internationalisation.html +[4]: http://www.slideshare.net/ryanstenhouse/the-culture-of-localiszation + +![Profile picture](https://github.com/HHRy/call-for-proposals/raw/master/my_picture.jpg) + +- [My website](http://ryanstenhouse.eu) +- [My work](http://www.freeagent.com) +- [My company](http://www.thehappygeek.co.uk) +- [My twitter](https://twitter.com/#!/ryanstenhouse) + diff --git a/my_picture.jpg b/my_picture.jpg new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ca30668 Binary files /dev/null and b/my_picture.jpg differ