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Jo Minney
@jominney.bsky.social
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Maker, cat lady, coder, feminist. In data we trust 💜
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@dyrynda.au : “I need a 30 second intro video. Feel free to lean into the 90s theme.”

Me: “Hold my discman, I got this”
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Join @jominney.bsky.social on her return to #LaraconAU and learn how embracing full-stack architecture can take your apps from mess to success!
September 18, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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🎤 Next up in our final #LaraconAU reveal week: @jominney.bsky.social, Digital Experience Lead at Devhouse!

UX, human-centred design, and digital products that actually serve people. Jo’s the real deal.
August 6, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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@amyskapers.dev crushing it yet again at #NDCOslo by @ndcconferences.com. I challenge you to find someone not impacted by something on this list! #a11y Is important for everyone.
Amy Kapers in front a slide at NDC Oslo listing lots of reasons why you might benefit from accessibility improvements. The list reads: broken arm/hand, ear infection, migraine, English second language, dyslexia, loud environment, sunlight/glare, glasses, colour blind, adhd, autism, epilepsy, old browsers or devices, reading or small screen mode, slow internet, holding a child or pet (or multitasking), virtual assistants or AI, carpel tunnel, no headphones, big fingers, night mode, limited fine motor skills, or easily distracted. She challenges us to find a single person who is impacted by at least one thing on this list!
May 22, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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“The little-known Irish hamster bird” might be in my top 3 conference quotes of all time 🤣 #ndcOslo
Barry O’Reilly on stage at NDC Oslo
May 21, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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You’ll all be shocked to hear that @courtneyr.dev is nailing it on her panel 🎉
From left to right: Noel Tock, Courtney Robertson, Jon Ang and Hong Phuc Dang, on a panel about the future of WordPress facilitated by Raquel Manriquz.
February 21, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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Lyn Beazley is my spirit animal. No notes.
Four kickass women on a panel at the She Codes Plus Showcase event.
February 11, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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I’ve been trying to decide what fun design to add to this dress for next year, and I think I’ve settled on “All I want for Christmas is POCKETS” and then also I will add pockets to it.
Jo wears a belted dress with a bright green bodice and bright red skirt with a Christmas print that comes to about mid calf. Jo shows off her elf earrings and Merry and Bright headband
December 19, 2024 at 4:59 PM
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Today we had a pub dinner with some friends who are leaving Perth to move to New Zealand. These earrings seemed appropriate! #elfie
Jo wears a necklace with bells and earrings that read: dasher, dancer, prancer, vixen, whisky, vodka, tequila, blitzen Jo wears a red and white Christmas dress with a black belt and is holding it hitched up so the black petticoat underneath is visible.
December 18, 2024 at 5:53 PM
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On the naughty list? Me? Fake news… #elfie day something or another
Jo stands in the lounge room. The background is slightly blurred. Jo wears a midriff black shirt that reads “on the naughty list” and red, black and green plaid pants.
December 18, 2024 at 4:07 AM
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I forgot to take photos the last couple days but I’m sure I’ll make up for it… I am Santa’s favourite Ho, after all #elfie day 16
Jo wears a dark green Christmas Hawaiian shirt and acrylic glittery earrings that say “Santa’s Favourite Ho”
December 16, 2024 at 5:43 PM
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Tonight was our Spacecubed Christmas party. I got to debut these amazing earrings that my niecey bought me earlier in the year! Also when I say “I’ll be there with bells on” in December I mean it literally… 🔔 #elfie day13
Ross and Jo stand in a foyer surrounded by a pleasant combination of tile, furnishings and indoor plants. Ross wears a navy blue t-shirt with tiny pictures of Australian animals in Christmas hats and native flowers. Jo wears a dress with a red skirt, with cats in Christmas hats around the bottom. Behind and above these meowgical kitties is musical manuscript. Jo wears a ridiculous tiny black sequined Christmas top hat and giant Christmas cat earrings featuring a ragdoll cat just like Lolly! A closeup of Jo’s earrings. A smaller red sparkly acrylic disc above a much larger clear acrylic disc. On the large disc is a blue point ragdoll surrounded by a Christmas wreath. A closeup of Jo’s “Jingle” brooch, because when she says “I’ll be there with bells on” in December, she means it literally.
December 13, 2024 at 5:38 PM
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December 13, 2024 at 1:17 PM
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#elfies days 11 & 12 are brought to you by our air conditioning going from “sparks flying” to “Christmas sweaters in summer”. Also Elmo, and because the photo taken this evening is difficult to see, here’s a flashback to a past elfie with Elmo’s biggest fan a few years back.
Jo stands outside a shopping centre underneath two giant lit up candy canes below a Merry Christmas sign. She has her hands in the pockets of her Christmas print pants and a red shirt with Elmo in a wreath that reads “Santa’s Little Helper”. A screenshot of an Instagram story from December 2021. It includes the hashtag #SantasLittleHelper and tags username @elmobanditz, better known as Agata Dharma. The photo is of Jo in her red Elmo shirt that reads “Santa’s Little Helper”. She is accompanied by Agata who has a big grin on her face. Jo’s hair is much shorter than it is now and she’s about 20kg smaller… Jo wears a white knitted sweater. It has a rather messy cross-stitch pattern in red wool that reads “Reindeer are better than people”. It has a cross stitch style reindeer on it. Jo wears her favourite ugly Christmas sweater and black pants with a Christmas print. The sweater is bright green and has llama on it wearing a scarf.
December 12, 2024 at 4:59 PM
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Oops I’m still a day behind… oh well 🤷🏼‍♀️ day 10 was brought to you by Mickey, Minnie and a functioning air conditioner that mean I got to wear these banger pants. Also too busy to get to the nail salon so enjoy my diy-manicure! #elfie
Jo stands in front of a blurred but extremely messy background… she wears dark red tartan track pants with randomly placed white deer silhouettes, and a black t-shirt with the famous Disney mice under some mistletoe sitting on some wrapped gifts. Jo’s hand is held in a gentle claw shape. From thumb to pinky she has: 1. a red base with green french tip and gold accents, 2. A red base and white reindeer face silhouette decal, 3. Half and half red and white white red and gold accents, 4. Green with gold polka dots, 5. Red base with white snowflake decal. The whole manicure is using Lily & Fox nail stickers so while it looks very impressive it took exactly zero skill to apply.
December 11, 2024 at 2:40 PM
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Aircon got fixed yesterday but another pair of Christmas shorts got a workout in the meantime… day 9 #elfie
Jo stands in front of a blurred background with hands on hips. She wears shorts with an ugly Christmas sweater print, and a red shirt that reads “Christmas Sparkle”. She has red and white ribbons around her messy bun.
December 10, 2024 at 6:36 AM
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Our aircon is broken so it’s too hot for clothes 🥵 enjoy some of my Xmas pjs today… day 8 #elfie
Jo stands in front of a fridge in Christmas patchwork Peter Alexander pyjama shorts and a red singlet top with a white festive print on it. Lolly the ragdoll cat sprawls on a chair with front paws extended. While it’s hard to see in the photo her long fur flutters in the wind because she’s about 30cm away from an industrial strength floor fan
December 8, 2024 at 5:20 PM
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Today we had dinner with some friends who have a little boy whose favourite dinosaur is T-Rex. This shirt/earring combo was the obvious (correct) choice…
Kate, left, wears shiny green pants and a black collared shirt covered in gingerbread men with broken legs and the words “oh snap”. Jo, centre, wears a bright green t-shirt with a print of a cartoon t-rex wearing a Christmas hat trying unsuccessfully to stretch their lil stubby arms to put the star on a Christmas tree. Ricki, right, wears a Jurassic Park Xmas t-shirt under a cream hoody that features the words “Merry Rexmas” with a photorealistic t-Rex on a festive backdrop. Jo on the left wears a bright green t-shirt featuring a cartoon t-rex trying to put a star on the tree with their stubby little arms, and glittery Christmas t-Rex earrings. Tracy on the right wears a colourful bauble-covered Christmas headband and a red dress. She holds a small stuffed lobster toy. There is the top of a Christmas tree just visible in the background.
December 7, 2024 at 5:03 PM
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Day 6 #elfie taken at my baby niece’s primary school graduation. How is she taller than me and also how is she only twelve!? Absurd. #SeasonsGrootings
Jo stands next to her 12 year old niece who is approximately one third as big on the x axis and a head taller on the y axis. Her niece looks stunning with long curled hair, makeup, a lovely navy blue dress with crystal detail on one shoulder and sparkly sandals. Meanwhile, Jo wears excellently hideous but festive Christmas sweater print flared pants, ugly Christmas sweater earrings, and a red t-shirt that reads “Seasons Grootings” with a picture of dancing Groot wrapped in Christmas lights on it.
December 6, 2024 at 3:43 PM
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Days five was a whirlwind so I am posting my #elfie a day late. We did a live recording of the #RaftOfBitches podcast at #WestTechFest with Cheryl Mack from Aussie Angels, then headed straight from there to #BeerOps. I made this shirt with a line from a famous Spice Girls Christmas carol
Ricki, Jo and Kate stand behind the glass wall of a booth with a hand-drawn Raft of Bitches logo on it. The words “next podcast” are in the top left. Jo stands with hands on hips outside the Pan Pacific in her day 5 Christmas outfit - which consists of a bright red flared skirt, black belt with a gold buckle, and a banger handmade Christmas shirt with cute lil black sequined sleeves. The shirt reads “Tell me what you want, what you really, really want” and has a stylised Santa face next to the lettering. Jo also sports a purple She Codes sticker. While it is hard to see in the photo Jo also wears little crystal Santa earrings. A ladies hand holds three square business cards in a fan. Each is a different bright colour with one pink, one yellow and one blue. The cards read “A podcast about women. (and otters!)” and include the email address (hello@raftpodcast.com) and website url (raftpodcast.com), and the Spotify and Apple podcast logos. A yellow cartoon otter waves hello on the front-most blue card.
December 6, 2024 at 3:29 PM
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While I was at @laracon.au, @jominney.bsky.social was showing off her awesome pockets! Pulled out this Laravel logo 3dPrint and chucked it into the crowed.

It now lives on what my partner calls, my "nerd bag", Thanks again Jo, it looks awesome!
White circular 3d printed disc with a red Laravel framework logo embossed. It is clipped to a blue and gray backpack. The backpack has 3 additional pins, 1 nasa pin, 1 green square pin with the word "pro", 1 Master Chief Halo pin.
December 5, 2024 at 9:00 PM
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Today we picked up Lolly from the cattery so obviously I wore my favourite Pusheen Christmas shirt in her honour. One of us is way more enthusiastic about this photo than the other 😜 - Day 4 #elfie
Jo stands in the hallway wearing a Pusheen Christmas shirt and black leggings with colourful Christmas decorations on them. She holds Lolly the ragdoll cat in her right arm. Lolly seems to be only barely tolerant of the situation.
December 4, 2024 at 3:57 PM
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Day 3 of #elfies and I am feeling very merry, mainly as I get to sleep in my own bed tonight and tomorrow we pick up Lollycat!
Jo sits in a red and gold sleigh at Perth airport with Christmas trees on each side. She wears a red and white striped shirt with the word “Merry” across the front in silver letters, blue jeans and black boots. Jo takes a selfie in the Brisbane Virgin business lounge with a small Christmas tree in the background. She wears purple glasses with a gold chain on them and a dark blue hoody over a red and white striped Christmas shirt with the word “merry” on it in silver lettering. Her pink hair is messy chaos.
December 3, 2024 at 5:10 PM
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Day 2 of daily #elfies - We’re still travelling so I’m still on minimalist Christmas attire… but the sparkly headband did mean I got to attend lots of elevator discos today! Photo taken outside The Precinct in Fortitude Valley.
Jo sits with ankles crossed in a gingerbread man armchair found in an arcade in Fortitude Valley. The chair sits atop a red disc with white stripes radiating from the centre, like a piece of candy. Jo wears a black singlet with the word “LIT” in silver stretched across her somewhat generous bosom, with Christmas lights strung across it. In her hair is a gold & silver reversible sequin headband.
December 2, 2024 at 1:26 PM
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Today @rossminney.bsky.social and I overcame our end-of-cruise blues with @mayadomi.bsky.social by going to see #AVeryNaughtyChristmas in Brisbane. 11/10 we couldn’t stop laughing! Enjoy this selection of Day 1 #elfies
Jo stands in front of a promotional poster for A Very Naughty Christmas. The poster features a fit young gentleman wearing only a Christmas hat and festive underpants with a present sack over his shoulder. There are rather suggestive pom poms dangling over the groin area. Jo stands beside him in a red shirt that reads “99% naughty, 1% nice” and features a cartoon cat tangled in Christmas lights. She is holding a Prosecco cocktail in one hand and is pretending to gently cup naked Santa’s testicles in the other. Ross, Maya and Jo stand in front of a promotional poster for a very naughty Christmas. Ross stands slightly to the left in a purple shirt with hands on hips and is smiling. Maya wears a black singlet and long floral skirt and has her hand over her mouth with her rear positioned towards Jo, and an expression that implies she is on the naughty list. Jo is bent over reaching towards Maya’s butt which she is gently spanking. A mostly naked man in a Christmas hat is on the poster between Maya and Jo. Maya (left) and Jo (right) stand either side of the performer who played Santa. In an unfortunate turn of events he is now fully clothed…
December 1, 2024 at 12:14 PM
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Welcome to December folks! As is tradition, I will be posting my daily #elfie for every day of December so buckle up! Sorry grinches
December 1, 2024 at 11:53 AM