Jack Skinner

Hey kiwi friends - it’s not too late! #kiwipycon Is the most wonderful conference, and you really should be there this weekend! 🎫

PyCon AU 2026 conference roadmap Sofitel Brisbane Central, 26-30 August 2026

We're excited to share the PyCon AU 2026 conference roadmap!

Yes, you could say this is just an announcement of upcoming announcements. In reality, we're just so excited about #pyconau that we wanted to share what we're cooking up for the year ahead.

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I’m so sorry for your loss 😔

Happy developer snow day!

Oh I love that booth design! 😍

authors you have the chance to do the funniest thing right now

The Art of Being Difficult I want to talk about change, about people, about systems, what it takes to make progress, and why being difficult is so important. From fire alarms to hospital beds. From music apps to cars. From c…

This is about people, about systems, what it takes to make progress, and why being difficult is so important. From fire alarms to hospital beds. From music apps to cars. From climate change to education. Our systems are not serving us well, and it's time to push back.

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What a thought provoking example of the state of individual vs corporate contributions to open source in the current “state of things”

Individuals are funding significantly more than the companies that profit from FOSS are. 🤔

*coughs* 50c contactless payment public transport fares in Brisbane for PyCon AU next year, plus a direct train line from airport to underneath conference venue 🎉

I haven’t been on here much over the last couple of weeks, but it has once again been my enormous honour, pleasure, and privilege to host you all in Brisbane for @laracon.au

May you all take small steps, make big shifts, and find that little extra as you #LevelUp

Safe travels!

Get on it friends! @kiwipycon.nz is the most delightful conference I’ve been to… ever?! A genuinely wonderful community!

Aussies you can still grab flights for Friday night and be back in time for the week after too! ✈️ 👕

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Generally you’d require them submit a risk/mitigation plan. In AU it’s an “environmental impact statement” of sorts. They’re responsible for mitigation + remediation costs… but you can approach it all very positively. Sounds like a great way to piggy back on their marketing to promote Protect Earth

Last meetup if the year - @sydtechleaders.bsky.social lightening talks tonight ⚡️Thanks atlassian for hosting along with food and drinks 🥂

It's *REALLY IMPORTANT* that you show this to your comms teams, marketing teams and leadership teams, because many of them are still using Twitter.

The only way to stop it progressing further (and with that stupid pet Nazi robot) is to ditch it. Starve it of oxygen.

People / orgs need to leave it.

This was roughly the brief I gave my PT 10 months ago… and so far so mostly good!

This is spectacular! I made a piece like this *years* ago… nothing compared to your craft to out 😍

“Do you promise?!”

She had the absolute best of doggo lives. As her human she was so lucky to have you too 💙

I wrote a post going behind the scenes on selecting our city, venue and dates for @pyconau.bsky.social 2026.
It's the first in what I hope will be a series of more informal, long form essays sharing how we think about certain problems, tasks and challenges.
2026.pycon.org.au/posts/behind... #pyconau

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Haven't bought tickets to my Pre-@laracon.au Security Workshop yet?! 😲

I'll be locking in numbers early next week, so get your ticket TODAY or reach out to me directly. ⌛

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🐍 Want to help run Kiwi PyCon 2025 — or maybe lead in 2026?

Join the volunteer crew this November 21–23 in Wellington!

It’s a great way to give back, meet amazing people, and see how all the moving parts come together 💛

Sign up → kiwipycon.nz/attend/become-a-volunteer

Kiwi PyCon 2025 — Schedule’s Out & It’s Epic! 🐍
45 days till we gather in Wellington!
🎤 2 keynotes
🗣️ 22 talks across 2 tracks
⚡ Lightning Talks & Bottlenecks
🧰 Hands-on training Friday

See the full lineup 👉 kiwipycon.nz/schedule
Volunteer 👉 kiwipycon.nz/attend/become-a-volunteer

A crowd of tech folks watching a woman speaking at a lectern

A woman speaking at a tech meetup. The slide behind her says: "Leading with Kindness: Creating Space for meaningful mental health conversations"

A man speaking into a microphone at a tech meetup. The slide behind him says: "Beat burnout Find flourishing"

A man and a woman seated in front of an audience with microphones

SydTechLeaders and mental health - October is Mental Health Month (https://wayahead.org.au/mentalhealthmonth/) in NSW, and as tradition, Sydney Tech Leaders (https://luma.com/sydtechleaders?period=past) dedicated their most recent meetup to talking about ... https://www.web-goddess.org/archive/87560

An African woman speaking in front of a lectern with a slide that says: Leading with Kindness: Creating Space for Meaningful mental health Conversations

Our first speaker is Saliya Kutungu-Moran talking about leading with kindness and creating space for mental health conversations. She’s an RUOK ambassador with lots of experience in tech, and we’re so glad she’s here. #sydtechleaders

A man speaking at a lectern at a tech meetup with a slide that says: Beat burnout Find Alourishing

A man speaking at a lectern in front of a tech meetup with a slide with a parody of the “This is fine” meme. A man in a burning room sits in front of a laptop and says “This is fine,” and someone on the laptop says “You’re on mute.”

Our second speaker for the night is Navin Keswani talking about burnout - a topic really important to most of us in the room. The pandemic hit many in tech hard. #sydtechleaders

A woman speaking at a lectern at a meetup

A selfie of a crowd at a tech meetup

Tonight’s STL is kicking off at Atlassian! Nice big crowd for an important topic - mental health. Thanks as always to Atlassian for hosting! #sydtechleaders

two cats are playing with each other on a couch . ALT: two cats are playing with each other on a couch .

No. Bad, cursed JB!

After reading this… Maybe Twitter is the better place after all…