Podcast Episodes featuring Linda Liukas

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Hello Ruby with Linda Liukas

KidsLab - a podcast for parents and educators passionate about STEAM education - December 23, 2019 18:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
In this episode, we’re talking to Linda Liukas - Linda is the author and illustrator of Hello Ruby, a children’s picture book series about the whimsical world of computers, as well as the founder of Rails Girls, a global movement to teach young women programming in over 300 cities. Linda is a t...

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15: Linda Liukas

Parallel Passion - September 27, 2018 14:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Show Notes Hello Ruby (https://www.helloruby.com/) Rails Girls (http://railsgirls.com/) Karri Saarinen (https://karrisaarinen.com/) Ruby Heroes 2013 (https://rubyheroes.com/heroes/2013) Rails Girls Summer of Code (https://railsgirlssummerofcode.org/) Codecademy (https://www.codecademy...

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Linda Liukas – Electricity That Loves

Media Evolution - September 07, 2018 14:04 - 47 minutes - Video
“Code is the new lingua franca.” Linda Liukas, author of the popular “Hello Ruby” book series, started writing because she thought storytelling was missing from computer science education. Although coding is an overarching theme in the books, her writing is not exclusively about coding. Linda ...

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Episode 1: Linda Liukas, programmer, programming coach, speaker and author of Hello Ruby

Helsinki Design Week Podcast - August 23, 2017 12:51 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Linda Liukas is a programmer, programming instructor, a children’s book author and an entrepreneur. She’s the founder of the international Rails Girls community for girls and women who want to learn coding. She’s also the author of best-selling children’s book Hello Ruby, which she financed thro...

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Back to Six {Linda Liukas}

Heroine - March 09, 2017 13:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 468 ratings
On the heroine’s journey, a lot of our speakers find that they return to the magic, playfulness, and confidence they had as little girls. Linda Liukas is a beautiful example of this cycle. A computer programmer and children’s book author, she hopes to create a more diverse and colorful perspectiv...

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Linda Liukas on teaching children how to program by sparking their curiosity

DN FM - November 12, 2016 16:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
This is episode nine of DN FM. Through interviews, news and community segments, DN FM aims to spark a meaningful conversation on design.

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Hello Ruby with Linda Liukas

Hanselminutes with Scott Hanselman - September 30, 2016 04:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 320 ratings
Linda Liukas is a Finnish computer programmer, children's writer and programming instructor. In 2014, her Hello Ruby coding book for children raised $380,000 on Kickstarter becoming the platform's most highly funded children's book. She talks to Scott about how it all started and where teaching ...

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Linda Liukas and her whimsical way with technology

Boss Level Podcast - March 14, 2016 04:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★ - 6 ratings
The first guest for the second season of Boss Level is Linda Liukas. She’s changing the world by helping kids learn technology. Her TEDx talk is just about to reach a million views. We discuss learning, education, writing and technology. A word of warning though, her enthusiasm is pretty infecti...

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Ep. 62 - Hello Ruby (Linda Liukas)

CodeNewbie - November 16, 2015 05:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 567 ratings
Linda Liukas identifies more with being a children’s author than a developer. That might be because she’s spent a good amount of time helping others learn to code than actually coding herself. She used to work for Codecademy, started Rails Girls, and most recently launched a Kickstarter campaign ...