Safia Abdalla

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Chicago, IL

Safia is an energetic software engineer with an interest in data science for social good, intelligent interfaces, and great coffee. Follow her on Twitter. She is the founder and fearless leader of dsfa, a professional services startup aimed at providing data science services to small businesses. She is also the organizer of PyData Chicago, where she brings an awesome community of developers and data scientist to build amazing open source software. In her free time, she enjoys working out, contributing to open-source software, and teaching people how to be awesome with code.

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Ask Safia: How do I move from a proprietary software background into open source?

Dear Safia, I really want to start getting involved with open source, but I’ve spent my entire development career working with proprietary platforms and software. How will I…

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Ask Safia: How do I unite similar open source projects?

Dear Safia, I work in a research laboratory facility and I've developed some open source tools to interact with research equipment. After doing some Googling, I discovered…

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5 tips every open source project manager should consider

In a 2013 survey, 11% of contributors to free and open source software identified as women. But perhaps the future looks brighter? We can answer this question by examining the…

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A template for creating open source contributor guidelines

One of the most important resources that an open source project can provide to potential contributors is contributor guidelines. When eager new contributors rush over to your…

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6 non-code contributions you can make to open source

Contribute to open source! It’ll look great on your resume! It’s gratifying work! You may have heard people make these statements, or ones similar to them, numerous times…

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How will the children of the future learn about science?

From the advent of the printing press to the emergence of the Internet, knowledge has become increasingly abundant and accessible. But as we move into the future, I ponder how…

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18 Nov 2015

How will the children of the future learn about science?

That's great to hear! Do let me know if any decide to implement it in their classrooms.