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Events
Bookmarks
MEV Day — Flashbots Conference
MEV Day was a Flashbots-organized conference bringing together MEV researchers, searchers, and protocol designers to share work on maximal extractable value. A snapshot of the state of MEV research and practice in 2022.
PyData Happy Hour at Zipfian Academy
Eventbrite page for the PyData Happy Hour co-hosted by Zipfian Academy and Speakeasy Beer at the Zipfian space. A community mixer during the PyData SV 2014 conference period.
Zipfian Academy Info Session
Zipfian Academy info session for prospective students — a Monday evening event with alumni and staff. Typical recruiting pipeline event for the data science bootcamp.
Ryan @ FutureStack13
Ryan attending FutureStack13, New Relic's developer conference in San Francisco, October 2013. A touchpoint during the Zipfian Academy period — monitoring and observability were becoming mainstream DevOps concerns.
Ryan @ Dataweek SF
Ryan attending Dataweek SF in October 2013, just as the Zipfian Academy cohort was beginning. A week-long festival of data science events in San Francisco reflecting the field's growing community.
Evening of Design, Typography, and Tech
Personal photo from a design and typography meetup in San Francisco with @shashashasha (Sasha Greif), @somerandomdude (Chris Bowler/Nick Disabato?), and @stewf (Stephen Coles). Ryan received a book.
The Business of Conferences
A critical look at the economics and incentives behind tech conferences — who they actually serve, why speaker lineups get repetitive, and how the conference business model shapes what content gets produced. Written in 2012 when tech conference culture was at its peak.
Dalai Lama at UC Berkeley, 2009
A Twitpic from 2009 showing UC Berkeley students camping overnight for tickets to see the Dalai Lama speak on campus. An ephemeral bookmark from the early Twitter/Twitpic era.