Isabel Costa

Speaking (conference/usergroups) / 11-01-2021

Make the most out of your GitHub Profile @ Devoxx UK

I spoke at Devoxx UK about how to make the most of a GitHub profile. I shared tips and tricks on how to customize the user profile and project settings in a way that enhances the profile, thinking from a job-hunting perspective and using GitHub as portfolio.

Speaking (conference/usergroups) / 10-21-2021

The Hacktoberfest maintainer wishlist

In this webinar me and Joshua discussed what are meaningful ways new contributors can participate in an open source project, with a specific focus on Hacktoberfest.

Blogpost / 09-04-2021

Sync fork with the original repository using git

Blog post where I explained step by step how to sync fork repository with upstream one, using git along with mention of GitHub option to do it from the user interface.

Blogpost / 08-20-2021

3 steps for managing a beginner-friendly open source community

Post written for opensource.com about 3 steps for managing a beginner-friendly open source community as a follow up to Upstream talk on the same topic

Speaking (conference/usergroups) / 07-27-2021

How to Get into Open Source @ Women Who Code London

I spoke at Women Who Code London community on how to get involved with open source. I demonstrated how people can contribute in many ways other than coding on GitHub.

Speaking (conference/usergroups) / 06-16-2021

Como contribuir para Open Source

I spoke at GeekGirlsPortugal meetup in portuguese <3 about how to contribute to Open Source, including many ways how to contribute, where to start, how to fork a repository and create a Pull Request to make a first contribution on GitHub.

Speaking (conference/usergroups) / 06-11-2021

Make the most out of your GitHub Profile @ Women Who Code conference

I presented at Women Who Code CONNECT REIMAGINE conference about how to make the most out of GitHub profile. I showed case GitHub profile features and how to present a repository that can make a profile attractive to potential recruiters or engineers looking to hire.

Speaking (conference/usergroups) / 06-07-2021

Managing a beginner friendly open source community

Presented at Upstream, the experience of managing a beginner-friendly open source community.

Event organization / 04-04-2021

Instructor and mentor @ As Raparigas de Codigo

As Raparigas do Código is a portuguese community that offers free workshops to young girls and women who are new to tech. As an instructor and mentor, I have been focusing on: presenting workshops about using Git and GitHub, helping set up the GitHub organization account, and mentoring students on how to use their GitHub profiles for working in the tech industry.

Blogpost / 03-21-2021

Contributing to Open Source in Quality Assurance

I wrote about multiple ways people can contribute to Open Source via Quality Assurance (QA), where to learn more about this topic, and what are the QA processes we have at AnitaB.org Open Source.

Speaking (conference/usergroups) / 03-10-2021

Make the most out of your GitHub Profile @ CBF meetup

I did a lightning talk at Coding Black Females community to show attendees some features GitHub has that can make them stand out and make their profile look nice and attractive to potential recruiters/engineers looking to hire. I will also share some tips on appealing READMEs for their side projects.

Speaking (conference/usergroups) / 02-13-2021

Why, Where and How to contribute to Open Source

This talk was giver at Talk A Bit conference (https://talkabit.org/), where I talked about reasons people might want to contribute to open source, where they can contribute (projects and communities) and how, in terms of types of contributions (coding, testing, design, outreach, content, etc...) and the usual workflow.

Speaking (conference/usergroups) / 12-16-2020

Como e porquê começar a contribuir para OSS?

I talk about how and why contribute to Open Source (in Portuguese). I explain how people can start contributing to Open Source, the multiple ways one can contribute, and how they can start. In the end, I made a simple contribution by fixing a typo to one of Android Training Program class GitHub repositories. This talk was made in Portuguese language.

Blogpost / 11-07-2020

Ficheiros base num projeto Open Source

I wrote about the files (README, code of conduct, license, etc) an open source project should have to help contributors understand the project and how they can contribute to it. This is written in Portuguese.

Speaking (conference/usergroups) / 10-24-2020

Dicas para manutenção de projetos open source

I spoke about tips on how to maintain an open source project. Tips included how to promote a project and get people involved, how to make it beginner-friendly, and 7 lessons from being a maintainer. This talk was given in portuguese.

Speaking (conference/usergroups) / 10-17-2020

Contribuir para Open Source como colaborador e maintainer

I spoke about contributing to Open Source as a contributor and maintainer at DevFest Portugal 2020. I talked about 7 lessons for each role I contributed as. This talk was given in portuguese.

Speaking (conference/usergroups) / 10-15-2020

Contributing to open source as a contributor and maintainer

I spoke at vJUG meetup (EN) about my experience and perspective from contributing to Open Source projects as a contributor and a maintainer, while sharing tips on how to start contributing to a new project and keeping a project appealing to new contributors.

Blogpost / 07-27-2020

My First Open Source Contribution

I wrote about my first open source contribution to a project, during 24 Pull Requests.

Video/Podcast / 07-08-2020

Isabel Costa: Contributing to Open Source

I was interviewed at Coding Black Females podcast on the topic of contributing to Open Source. We discussed about my journey contributing so far, how one can get started with it, initiatives where people can get involved, and ways to contribute to it.

Speaking (conference/usergroups) / 06-02-2020

Why, Where and How to contribute to Open Source

I spoke about why, where, and how to contribute to Open Source at JNation conference. I talked about motivations people might have to contribute, which types of open source projects we can find and the multiple ways we can contribute to Open Source.

Event organization / 05-15-2020

Intro to Open Source

This event was co-organized by AnitaB.org Nairobi and AnitaB.org London local communities. I was one of the 3 speakers. We talked about how to get started with open source and opportunities of contributing at AnitaB.org Open Source.

Blogpost / 03-12-2020

Open Source programs and initiatives

I wrote about five open source initiatives that help people get involved with open source. Two of them I participated in, such as 24 Pull Requests where I did my first contribution, and Google Summer of Code where I participated as a student in 2018 and 2020 as an organization admin.

Blogpost / 06-24-2019

Overcoming blockers about contributing to Open Source

I wrote about common blockers people have about contributing to Open Source, and tips on how to overcome these. Common blockers include: how to get started, lack of time, lack of confidence, not seeing many beginner issues.

Speaking (conference/usergroups) / 03-07-2019

Journey as a Google Summer of Code student with Systers

I talked about my experience as a Google Summer of Code 2018 student with Systers open source community (now called AnitaB.org Open Source).

Open source project / 05-14-2018

Mentorship System (backend)

Mentorship System is an app where people can find mentor each other in 1:1s for a specific period of time. This is the backend written in Python. This started during Google Summer of Code 2018.

Open source project / 05-14-2018

Mentorship System (Android)

Mentorship System is an app where people can find mentor each other in 1:1s for a specific period of time. This is the android application written with Kotlin. This started during Google Summer of Code 2018.

Community Contributions

Make the most out of your GitHub Profile @ Devoxx UK

The Hacktoberfest maintainer wishlist

Sync fork with the original repository using git

3 steps for managing a beginner-friendly open source community

How to Get into Open Source @ Women Who Code London

Como contribuir para Open Source

Make the most out of your GitHub Profile @ Women Who Code conference

Managing a beginner friendly open source community

Instructor and mentor @ As Raparigas de Codigo

Contributing to Open Source in Quality Assurance

Make the most out of your GitHub Profile @ CBF meetup

Why, Where and How to contribute to Open Source

Como e porquê começar a contribuir para OSS?

Ficheiros base num projeto Open Source

Dicas para manutenção de projetos open source

Contribuir para Open Source como colaborador e maintainer

Contributing to open source as a contributor and maintainer

My First Open Source Contribution

Isabel Costa: Contributing to Open Source

Why, Where and How to contribute to Open Source

Intro to Open Source

Open Source programs and initiatives

Overcoming blockers about contributing to Open Source

Journey as a Google Summer of Code student with Systers

Mentorship System (backend)

Mentorship System (Android)