This post compiles a list of resources I use and like to find open conference CFPs.

The key to a good headshot is a high resolution, square, color photo with a plain background.

Think of your speaker bio as your own personal abstract.

After you have an idea, the next step is to create an abstract that succinctly explains the talk and grabs the audience's (and conference organizers’) attention.

You are 110% qualified to be a conference speaker because everyone has a perspective to share. Whether you have decades of experience or you’re just getting started in your field, your unique perspective is valuable to an audience.

Last weekend I tried to publish a blog post and embarked on a 2 and a half hour troubleshooting journey. What should have been a single button click ate my whole morning.

There are multiple different crafts, such as knitting, weaving, or crocheting, in which you could create a fabric. Regardless of which craft you choose, you want to do the same thing: create fabric. If we were to model that programmatically, we would take advantage of polymorphism.

Inheritance supports reusability in programming. To write an application that prints a plant's care instruction cards for the garden center, we can use inheritance to share the code that prints the instructions.

Using a remote control for your TV is an abstraction. You push a button and a thing happens. And you only have a few buttons to choose from.

The first principle of object-oriented programming is encapsulation. Encapsulation is when you "hide" an object's state from other objects.