Posts authored by Kate Whalen:


Friday, 20 December 2019

Securing and centrally monitoring accounts in Amazon Web Services
Kate Whalen

An introduction to AWS Trusted Advisor, AWS StackSets and how they can support cloud security checks.

AWS   Security  

cctv cameras attached to an observation pole, with the sky and clouds in the background

Monday, 26 June 2017

Championing Accessibility at the Guardian
Kate Whalen, Simon Adcock, Shaun Dillon

What is digital accessibility, and how it can be considered part of universal design? How do we inform others of design considerations for a global audience, and common accessibility tools?

Accessibility   Computing   Programming  

A member of the Guardian Accessibility Working group stands at a lectern, presenting a slide deck. The screen shows a diagram demonstrating the types of Accessibility requirements

Saturday, 10 December 2016

Code Mesh 2016
Dominic Kendrick, Kate Whalen

Code Mesh is a conference for non-mainstream programming languages. Here are a bunch of things we have learned, along with our highlights!

Advent developer blog 2016   Programming  

Final keynote of Code Mesh 2016 - Joe Armstrong and Alan Kay are seated onstage before the talk begins

Wednesday, 7 December 2016

The Digital Fellows: A New Hope
Emma Milner, Jonathan Rankin, Anne Byrne, Maria-Livia Chiorean, Susie Coleman, Calum Campbell, Kate Whalen

It is a dark time for the free press. Our only hope, the Fellows, strive to master the force, guided by the expert developers of Guardian Digital. As a new cohort approaches, we reflect on what we have learnt on the Fellowship Scheme

Computing   Digital Fellowship Scheme   Digital media   Programming  

Star Wars filming - JJ McGettigan from the Emerald Garrison, a star Wars costuming club, in Malin Head, Co Donegal Ireland, as filming for the next Star Wars movie will take place there.

Friday, 24 June 2016

Coming in from the cold: Routes to becoming a software engineer
Anne Byrne, Calum Campbell, Kate Whalen

As more people consider career switches and opportunities in tech, three of the newest Guardian developers chart their own unorthodox routes into the industry.

Computing   Digital Fellowship Scheme   Programming   Work & careers  

Polar bear mother (Ursus maritimus) and twin cubs of the year hunting on the pack ice, Svalbard Archipelago, Arctic Norway