Ruanna

Aficionado of words, espresso, and house music. Passionate about education, diversity in tech, & tech for good.

San Francisco Bay Area, CA, USA Joined on Mar 23, 2020

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Developer Relations + Digital Communications at TomTom

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Jul 22 '20

10 Projects and Skills That Will Make You a Better Developer

#career #beginners #codenewbie #motivation

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Jul 28

The Ultimate Guide to Breaking into Tech: Get Learning

#career #motivation #womenintech

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You Win Some, You Lose Some: Life in Tech From the Perspective of a First-Gen American Latina

Love this! Good luck with your journey! And feel free to conn...

Jul 28

Why Are There So Few Female Software Developers?

Hiring bias is huge. Thanks for bringing light to this import...

Jul 28

We need to talk more about equality in tech

100% on this: "If you see a woman being interrupted, ask for ...

Jul 28

How to Get Honest Answers During an Interview

This is a great article! Love the tips on asking interviewers...

Jul 28

Job Hunting (Global, Spain & Europe)

Thanks for linking Latinas in Tech! Love this list.

Jul 28

How Star Trek Voyager helps me as a developer

Love this! Grew up watching Star Trek and great point about t...

Jul 28

Everyone Can Do DevRel (But Should They?)

Great article!

Jul 28

How I Flipped My Fears And Changed Jobs

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May 25

The Ultimate Guide to Breaking into Tech: Part 1 - Explore Different Roles

#career #motivation #beginners #inclusion

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Ruanna for TomTom Devs

Dec 28 '21

Top 10 Blogs of 2021 to Help You Build Your Location-Based App

#webdev #motivation

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Dec 9 '21

19 Developer Resources from November

#career #webdev #motivation #sideprojects

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Oct 25 '21

19 Location Technology & Developer Resources

#webdev #tutorial

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Aug 30 '21

16 Tips and Tools to Build your Location App with in August

#webdev #tutorial #reactnative #flutter

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Jul 21 '21

20 Inspiring Mapping & Developer Resources

#career #motivation #inclusion

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May 28 '21

Women in Tech Spotlight: Kasia Kaczmarek, Product Manager, Maps SDK

#womenintech #career #motivation

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May 25 '21

17 Blogs & Videos That Will Help you Develop your App

#tutorial #webdev #devrel

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Apr 2 '21

Maps APIs Tutorials from March

#tutorial #webdev #javascript

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Feb 18 '21

International Women's Day Events

#womenintech #community #shecoded #eventsinyourcity

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Jan 11 '21

CSS Newbie Tips?

#discuss #css #beginners #codenewbie

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Jan 8 '21

10 Organizations Working to Diversify the Tech Space

#a11y #womenintech #blacklivesmatter #inclusion

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Jan 4 '21

Creating an App for Efficient and Convenient Delivery Services

#tutorial #javascript #api #mobile

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Dec 23 '20

So You Want to Get Into Tech. Here's Where to Start

#career #womenintech

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Dec 22 '20

Career Change Tips: Remember the Why

#career #writing #motivation

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Dec 15 '20

Live on Twitch: Q&A - How is Traffic Made? 12/15 @ 12pm PT

#webdev #datascience #womenintech #shecoded

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Nov 18 '20

Career Change Tips: Practice Gratitude 🙏

#career #gratitude #devjournal #writing

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Nov 17 '20

10 Women in Tech to Follow on DEV!

#a11y #shecoded #womenintech

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Nov 5 '20

As the world waits... here's a book review!

#watercooler #writing #discuss

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Ruanna for TomTom Devs

Nov 3 '20

Displaying Maps with Flutter

#flutter #javascript #dart #api

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Ruanna for TomTom Devs

Oct 30 '20

Bats, Beasts, & Beacons, oh my! Geofencing and Privacy this Halloween 🦇

#privacy

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Oct 27 '20

Feeling the Vibes & the Importance of Connection✨

#watercooler #writing #gratitude #shecoded

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Ruanna for TomTom Devs

Oct 27 '20

How to Make a Fun Halloween Map 🎃

#tutorial #webdev #javascript #sideprojects

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Ruanna for TomTom Devs

Oct 23 '20

Real-time Transit Mapping, Part 2: Building a Web Map

#tutorial #webdev #api

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Oct 20 '20

How To Add Traffic APIs to Your Location-Based App

#tutorial #api #javascript #webdev

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Oct 16 '20

How to Build a Real-time Transit Map with GTFS-RT Data

#tutorial #api #webdev

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Oct 8 '20

5 Innovative Ways Governments and Agencies can use Mapping

#career #datascience

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Oct 2 '20

Fitness Mapping with the Strava API

#tutorial #javascript #api #mapping

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Sep 29 '20

Career Change Tips: Engage in Online Communities

#career #motivation #devjournal #writing

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Sep 29 '20

Using TomTom Maps with Java and Spring

#java #tutorial #sdk

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Sep 25 '20

August Content Roundup: Mapping Tutorials and More

#devrel #sideprojects #tutorial #javascript

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Sep 22 '20

Building a Live Weather Map with Data and Map Tiles from OpenWeatherMap

#tutorial #datascience #api #sideprojects

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Sep 18 '20

WordPress Plugins: Adding Routing and Geocoding

#wordpress #javascript #tutorial

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Sep 16 '20

Wordpress Plugins: The User-Facing Map

#wordpress #javascript #tutorial

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Sep 11 '20

WordPress Plugins: Adding Stores to a Map

#wordpress #javascript #tutorial

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Sep 10 '20

WordPress Plugins: The Admin Panel

#wordpress #tutorial #webdev

8 min read

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Sep 8 '20

🔴 Live Coding Tutorials on Twitch 🔴 Geofencing, Object Tracking, and More

#webdev #tutorial #javascript #beginners

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Sep 4 '20

WordPress Plugins: Setting Up and Adding Location to Your Website

#webdev #wordpress #beginners #tutorial

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Sep 2 '20

Understanding Places and POI APIs 📍

#beginners #javascript #tutorial #api

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Aug 25 '20

Top 5 Uses of Mapping in Academic Research 📚

#datascience #javascript #maps #api

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Ruanna for TomTom Devs

Aug 21 '20

Use searchMarkersManager to Add Custom Markers to a Map

#javascript #tutorial #webdev #maps

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Aug 21 '20

Career Change Tips: ...Except to a Job You Don't Want

#career #motivation #devjournal #writing

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Aug 20 '20

How to Migrate from Mapbox

#tutorial #sdk #maps #mapbox

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Aug 18 '20

Learn How to Style a Map for Your App – or Create Art for Your Home

#tutorial #mapping #sideprojects #beginners

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Aug 11 '20

Career Change Tips: Say Yes

#career #codenewbie #motivation #devjournal

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Aug 6 '20

3 Mapping Projects to Add to Your Portfolio

#beginners #career #projects #mapping

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Aug 5 '20

5 Tips on Making a Career Change and Sustaining Yourself on the Job Search Journey

#career #motivation #beginners #jobsearch

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Ruanna for TomTom Devs

Aug 4 '20

We Can’t Talk About Privacy Without Developers

#news #privacy #security #datascience

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Jul 31 '20

How to Add a Map to Your Website in 30 Seconds

#beginners #tutorial #codenewbie #javascript

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Jul 29 '20

5 Virtual Networking Tips for Developers

#career #codenewbie #beginners #motivation

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Ruanna for TomTom Devs

Jul 15 '20

Getting Started with the TomTom Geofencing Service

#tutorial #beginners #javascript #maps

9 min read

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Jul 9 '20

Using the TomTom Maps SDK with Angular and TypeScript

#beginners #tutorial #angular #typescript

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Ruanna for TomTom Devs

Jul 1 '20

Using TomTom as a Basemap for Data Visualization with CARTO

#beginners #tutorial #maps #data

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Jun 17 '20

Create Custom Map Styles with TomTom's Map Styler

#beginners #tutorial #maps #sideprojects

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Jun 9 '20

Android Project Setup for the TomTom Maps SDK

#android #beginners #tutorial #code

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Ruanna for TomTom Devs

Jun 1 '20

Using GeoJSON Geometry Data to Draw Borders with TomTom Maps

#tutorial #beginners #maps

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Ruanna for TomTom Devs

May 19 '20

Understanding Route Parameters in the TomTom Routing API

#beginners #tutorial #maps #api

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Ruanna for TomTom Devs

May 8 '20

What is Routing?

#beginners #tutorial #api #maps

6 min read

Ruanna for TomTom Devs

May 1 '20

Displaying Density Heatmap Layers with the TomTom Web SDK

#beginners #tutorial #maps #code

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How Star Trek Voyager helps me as a developer

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