Isabel Costa

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.