Linda Liukas
Linda Liukas (born 1986) is a Finnish children's book author, illustrator and an instructor for beginner programmers. In 2014, her Hello Ruby coding book for children raised $380,000 on Kickstarter becoming the platform's most highly funded children's book. In 2013, the European Commission gave Linda Liukas the title of "Digital Champion of Finland".
Linda Liukas
Sebastiaan ter Burg from Utrecht, The Netherlands · Linda Liukas at the Data of Tomorrow Conference 2017 · CC BY 2.0
- Name
- Linda Liukas
- Born
- 1986
- Birthplace
- Finland
- Occupation
- Children's book author
- Fields
- computer programming · lectorship · illustration
- Education
- Helsinki Normal Lyceum · Turku School of Economics · Aalto University · Aalto University School of Arts and Design and Architecture
- Known for
- Hello Ruby
- Honours
- Finnish State Prize for Children's Culture · Finnish Mensa Award · Inspiring Fifty Nordic
- Languages
- Finnish · English
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Linda Liukas (born 1986) is a Finnish children's book author, illustrator and an instructor for beginner programmers. In 2014, her Hello Ruby coding book for children raised $380,000 on Kickstarter becoming the platform's most highly funded children's book. In 2013, the European Commission gave Linda Liukas the title of "Digital Champion of Finland".
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In October 2015, Liukas delivered a keynote talk at TEDxCERN.
Linda Liukas studied at Helsinki Normal Lyceum, Turku School of Economics and Aalto University. The recorded working language is Finnish and English. The field of work recorded is computer programming, lectorship and illustration. Works named in the authority record are Hello Ruby. Distinctions recorded are Finnish State Prize for Children's Culture, Finnish Mensa Award and Inspiring Fifty Nordic.
The European Data of Tomorrow Conference was both an educating and inspiring event about information, data and all its relevant, innovative and value-adding aspects. Data of Tomorrow gave attendees a glimpse of the future of Master Data Management (MDM), technology and industry trends – and the tools to shape it. The conference took place on September 20 and 21 in the EYE filmmuseum in Amsterdam,
Sebastiaan ter Burg from Utrecht, The Netherlands · Linda Liukas at the Data of Tomorrow Conference 2017
The European Data of Tomorrow Conference was both an educating and inspiring event about information, data and all its relevant, innovative and value-adding aspects. Data of Tomorrow gave attendees a glimpse of the future of Master Data Management (MDM), technology and industry trends – and the tools to shape it. The conference took place on September 20 and 21 in the EYE filmmuseum in Amsterdam,
Sebastiaan ter Burg from Utrecht, The Netherlands · Linda Liukas at the Data of Tomorrow Conference 2017
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• Name — Linda Liukas • Born — 1986 • Birthplace — Finland • Occupation — Children's book author • Website — http: lindaliukas.com/
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Career
When she was 13, Liukas first showed an interest in creating websites. In 2001, she made a page in Finnish about Al Gore, hoping to show him how much she admired his values, not to mention his looks. For the next ten years she studied philosophy, business, French and engineering but maintained an interest in programming. When she was 23, she once again became interested in the web. She co-founded Rails Girls, a site designed to help women learn basic programming. Thanks to her involvement, the approach has become a worldwide success, leading to workshops in over 160 cities. Liukas also works with the online training platform Codecademy which provides courses free of charge. Liukas also started to learn the programming language Ruby but encountered a number of difficulties. She sorted them out by drawing pictures featuring a little girl called Ruby: "Whenever I ran into a problem that I didn't understand, I'd think 'how would Ruby explain this?'." Initially Ruby was a side-line Liukas created for herself drawing sketches of the little red-haired girl encountering a snow leopard or sorting out problems with penguins and green robots. When Liukas showed her approach to her friends, they encouraged her to publish the illustrations and explanations in book form. After a number of revisions and improvements, the book was scheduled for publication on 6 October 2015.
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Linda Liukas is recorded as teacher, children's writer, orator, programmer and illustrator.
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1986
Linda Liukas born at Helsinki.
2015
Linda Liukas: A delightful way to teach kids about computers (TED).
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A delightful way to teach kids about computers
2015 · TED
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Linda Liukas received Finnish State Prize for Children's Culture, Finnish Mensa Award and Inspiring Fifty Nordic.
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- 1.Inspiring fifty. Linda Liukas. 8 July 2015.
- 2.Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture. Ministeri Viitanen palkitsi lastenkulttuurin tekijöitä. 20 November 2014.
- 3.European Commission. The Digital Champion of Finland.
- 4.TED. TEDxCern.
- 5.Mulligan, Christina. For the love of Gore: The Linda Liukas story. SD Times. 24 February 2014.
- 6.Programming became a fad. Helsinki Times. 22 January 2014.
- 7.Dredge, Stuart. Hello Ruby kids' coding book raises $185k (and counting) on Kickstarter. The Guardian. 27 January 2014.
- 8.Hello Ruby. Hello Ruby: Almost there!.
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Linda Liukas studied at Helsinki Normal Lyceum, Turku School of Economics, Aalto University and Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture.
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