https://deploy-preview-705--carpentries-website.netlify.app/blog/author/jon-calder/Recent content in Jon Calder on The CarpentriesHugoen-usMon, 18 Nov 2024 23:02:38 -0500https://deploy-preview-705--carpentries-website.netlify.app/blog/2017/12/satrday-cape-town-2018/Sun, 03 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://deploy-preview-705--carpentries-website.netlify.app/blog/2017/12/satrday-cape-town-2018/<p><b>This post originally appeared on the <a href="https://software-carpentry.org/">Software Carpentry website.</a></b></p> <p>satRdays are community-led, regional conferences to support collaboration, networking and innovation within the R community.</p> <p>satRdays are the brainchild of <a href="https://twitter.com/stefflocke">Stephanie Locke</a>, and were inspired to a large extent <a href="https://itsalocke.com/blog/sqlsaturdays-but-for-r/">by the success of SQLSaturdays</a>. SQLSaturdays focus on developing technical knowledge around SQL Server and related technologies. The first SQLSaturday was held in 2007, and there are now well over 100 events across the globe.</p>