She/her. Talks about tech, bikes, trains and trans rights. Engineer (@npmjs, @monzo, @canonical). Speaker and co-organiser Front End North. General dogsbody for Greens for HS2. 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈💚
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Last Notes npub1d34cr5ra0hr6zsmtpt50ych6j99vhjgkzgcpklf2emjj7g0kvf7qsfdlcx Katie Fenn Yep - thankfully the cabbie took me all the way to my house from Kings Cross Station. Were four of us going to Yorkshire, he took all of us home npub1d34cr5ra0hr6zsmtpt50ych6j99vhjgkzgcpklf2emjj7g0kvf7qsfdlcx Katie Fenn There were four of us in a Black Cab driving up the M1. I was the first drop off in South Sheffield, then another in the North, then one in Huddersfield, and then another in Leeds. npub1d34cr5ra0hr6zsmtpt50ych6j99vhjgkzgcpklf2emjj7g0kvf7qsfdlcx Katie Fenn I got to episode 10 last night. Oh my god, it’s so good. npub1d34cr5ra0hr6zsmtpt50ych6j99vhjgkzgcpklf2emjj7g0kvf7qsfdlcx Katie Fenn Seconding Black Books. 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Really annoying when it’s unreliable, but hopefully the Marathon Plus will fix it! npub1d34cr5ra0hr6zsmtpt50ych6j99vhjgkzgcpklf2emjj7g0kvf7qsfdlcx Katie Fenn Two punctures in the space of three weeks on my Brompton 😔 npub1d34cr5ra0hr6zsmtpt50ych6j99vhjgkzgcpklf2emjj7g0kvf7qsfdlcx Katie Fenn This is my origin story with the rapids as well! I visited Sherwood Forest in 1988 when the Summer Olympics were in Seoul. npub1d34cr5ra0hr6zsmtpt50ych6j99vhjgkzgcpklf2emjj7g0kvf7qsfdlcx Katie Fenn When I was a kid, I used to ride water slides and then immediately run around to ride them again. I was obsessed. npub1d34cr5ra0hr6zsmtpt50ych6j99vhjgkzgcpklf2emjj7g0kvf7qsfdlcx Katie Fenn Here’s the letter which I have sent to my MP, and patron of LGBT+ Labour, Clive Betts. npub1d34cr5ra0hr6zsmtpt50ych6j99vhjgkzgcpklf2emjj7g0kvf7qsfdlcx Katie Fenn An incredible turnout in Sheffield today to protest the historic miscarriage of justice in the UK Supreme Court. npub1d34cr5ra0hr6zsmtpt50ych6j99vhjgkzgcpklf2emjj7g0kvf7qsfdlcx Katie Fenn I can hear that picture npub1d34cr5ra0hr6zsmtpt50ych6j99vhjgkzgcpklf2emjj7g0kvf7qsfdlcx Katie Fenn It’s time for another @npub143g…na2r call for proposals update! As of April 9th (I’ve been a bit busy): npub1d34cr5ra0hr6zsmtpt50ych6j99vhjgkzgcpklf2emjj7g0kvf7qsfdlcx Katie Fenn Update on @npub143g…na2r’s CFP process: npub1d34cr5ra0hr6zsmtpt50ych6j99vhjgkzgcpklf2emjj7g0kvf7qsfdlcx Katie Fenn This was my assumption too! npub1d34cr5ra0hr6zsmtpt50ych6j99vhjgkzgcpklf2emjj7g0kvf7qsfdlcx Katie Fenn This is utterly fascinating, and something I’ve felt for years. If I listen to a piece of music that I’m very familiar with after a bike ride or a swim, the tempo definitely feels really slow. It’s downright weird. npub1d34cr5ra0hr6zsmtpt50ych6j99vhjgkzgcpklf2emjj7g0kvf7qsfdlcx Katie Fenn You bet 🙂 npub1d34cr5ra0hr6zsmtpt50ych6j99vhjgkzgcpklf2emjj7g0kvf7qsfdlcx Katie Fenn I’ll be there! Come say hi. I’ll be the tall awkward looking one. npub1d34cr5ra0hr6zsmtpt50ych6j99vhjgkzgcpklf2emjj7g0kvf7qsfdlcx Katie Fenn It’s happening in the UK as well. npub1d34cr5ra0hr6zsmtpt50ych6j99vhjgkzgcpklf2emjj7g0kvf7qsfdlcx Katie Fenn Want to know how we select our talks? We wrote a comprehensive blog post talking about how we ran our call for proposals process for Front End North 2020. npub1d34cr5ra0hr6zsmtpt50ych6j99vhjgkzgcpklf2emjj7g0kvf7qsfdlcx Katie Fenn Today we're launching the call for proposals process for @npub143g…na2r 2025! npub1d34cr5ra0hr6zsmtpt50ych6j99vhjgkzgcpklf2emjj7g0kvf7qsfdlcx Katie Fenn The only verifiable thing that Brexit has ever changed. Other than economic stagnation and painful passport control queues. npub1d34cr5ra0hr6zsmtpt50ych6j99vhjgkzgcpklf2emjj7g0kvf7qsfdlcx Katie Fenn Feels like a smart strategy to focus efforts on Musk. Seems like a likelihood of him doing something wrong that would incriminate Trump, and nobody voted for him. npub1d34cr5ra0hr6zsmtpt50ych6j99vhjgkzgcpklf2emjj7g0kvf7qsfdlcx Katie Fenn It was my first time, and it was rehearsed and optimised to within an inch of its life 🙂 npub1d34cr5ra0hr6zsmtpt50ych6j99vhjgkzgcpklf2emjj7g0kvf7qsfdlcx Katie Fenn Thank you Sara, this means a lot 💜🙏 npub1d34cr5ra0hr6zsmtpt50ych6j99vhjgkzgcpklf2emjj7g0kvf7qsfdlcx Katie Fenn And yes, I go through making an oscillator using the Web Audio API from scratch 🙂 npub1d34cr5ra0hr6zsmtpt50ych6j99vhjgkzgcpklf2emjj7g0kvf7qsfdlcx Katie Fenn I can’t wait to find out what you think 💜 npub1d34cr5ra0hr6zsmtpt50ych6j99vhjgkzgcpklf2emjj7g0kvf7qsfdlcx Katie Fenn Yeah, that’s a very big part of it for me too 💜 npub1d34cr5ra0hr6zsmtpt50ych6j99vhjgkzgcpklf2emjj7g0kvf7qsfdlcx Katie Fenn As someone who very much loves Christmas, I’ve found it incredibly hard to find that feeling this year. I’ve had to constantly remind myself that it’s coming. I’m sure it’ll come back one day, but today has been incredibly hard. npub1d34cr5ra0hr6zsmtpt50ych6j99vhjgkzgcpklf2emjj7g0kvf7qsfdlcx Katie Fenn Not this one? npub1d34cr5ra0hr6zsmtpt50ych6j99vhjgkzgcpklf2emjj7g0kvf7qsfdlcx Katie Fenn Happy birthday! npub1d34cr5ra0hr6zsmtpt50ych6j99vhjgkzgcpklf2emjj7g0kvf7qsfdlcx Katie Fenn I want to try and fit two dates in the second part of their UK tour, but I don’t think I can. npub1d34cr5ra0hr6zsmtpt50ych6j99vhjgkzgcpklf2emjj7g0kvf7qsfdlcx Katie Fenn Trump has relentlessly attacked trans people throughout his campaign. Will Vercel and Next.js distance themselves from his repugnant comments? npub1d34cr5ra0hr6zsmtpt50ych6j99vhjgkzgcpklf2emjj7g0kvf7qsfdlcx Katie Fenn Completely agreed. npub1d34cr5ra0hr6zsmtpt50ych6j99vhjgkzgcpklf2emjj7g0kvf7qsfdlcx Katie Fenn To be honest, I’m so glad that e-bikes are a thing now for this very reason. npub1d34cr5ra0hr6zsmtpt50ych6j99vhjgkzgcpklf2emjj7g0kvf7qsfdlcx Katie Fenn Feeling a boatload of *oof* watching this video. npub1d34cr5ra0hr6zsmtpt50ych6j99vhjgkzgcpklf2emjj7g0kvf7qsfdlcx Katie Fenn I live in a house that’s ten years newer than the one I grew up in, and 40 years newer than the last house I lived in, and it has much better thermal efficiency than both of them. npub1d34cr5ra0hr6zsmtpt50ych6j99vhjgkzgcpklf2emjj7g0kvf7qsfdlcx Katie Fenn Ah the glory of double-digit tog season. So many people out there will never know the wonder of a hot water bottle. npub1d34cr5ra0hr6zsmtpt50ych6j99vhjgkzgcpklf2emjj7g0kvf7qsfdlcx Katie Fenn Coool, where is this? npub1d34cr5ra0hr6zsmtpt50ych6j99vhjgkzgcpklf2emjj7g0kvf7qsfdlcx Katie Fenn Corp’s was always Bohemian Rhapsody or Zorba the Greek npub1d34cr5ra0hr6zsmtpt50ych6j99vhjgkzgcpklf2emjj7g0kvf7qsfdlcx Katie Fenn Ain’t that the truth! It’s like the “We are the Champions” or “Don’t Stop me Now” for kids born in the late 90s. npub1d34cr5ra0hr6zsmtpt50ych6j99vhjgkzgcpklf2emjj7g0kvf7qsfdlcx Katie Fenn This would make a fun research project. What is it about tracks which make the dance floor so rowdy? npub1d34cr5ra0hr6zsmtpt50ych6j99vhjgkzgcpklf2emjj7g0kvf7qsfdlcx Katie Fenn The video of my talk from #sotb2024 is up. npub1d34cr5ra0hr6zsmtpt50ych6j99vhjgkzgcpklf2emjj7g0kvf7qsfdlcx Katie Fenn So many school discos npub1d34cr5ra0hr6zsmtpt50ych6j99vhjgkzgcpklf2emjj7g0kvf7qsfdlcx Katie Fenn Oops! My birthday was earlier in the year but I totally see why you’d see that. npub1d34cr5ra0hr6zsmtpt50ych6j99vhjgkzgcpklf2emjj7g0kvf7qsfdlcx Katie Fenn New profile photo and background photo. npub1d34cr5ra0hr6zsmtpt50ych6j99vhjgkzgcpklf2emjj7g0kvf7qsfdlcx Katie Fenn Hey #sotb2024 👋 npub1d34cr5ra0hr6zsmtpt50ych6j99vhjgkzgcpklf2emjj7g0kvf7qsfdlcx Katie Fenn Ran into no fewer than four different groups of men on off-road motorbikes, electric and petrol, who were ripping up footpaths and bridleways. The area around south east Sheffield is like Mad Max this evening 😔 npub1d34cr5ra0hr6zsmtpt50ych6j99vhjgkzgcpklf2emjj7g0kvf7qsfdlcx Katie Fenn “Duology”, I believe. The Lord of the Rings was originally going to be two films, but it was lengthened to three by request of the producers, though probably it made sense because the source material came in three books. npub1d34cr5ra0hr6zsmtpt50ych6j99vhjgkzgcpklf2emjj7g0kvf7qsfdlcx Katie Fenn On Monday, the Scottish NHS are going to revoke the right of trans people in Scotland to self-refer to their gender identity service. They will have to convince a GP to refer them.
