Cecily Carver  I'm a software developer for Bento Box and one of
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Games  TIFF Nexus Recap  Had a lot of fun and met a lot of cool
people at yesterday’s TIFF Nexus Women in Film, Games, and New
Media Day (the title is a bit of a mouthful; the conference
topics leaned heavily towards games and visual art). Fellow DEI
panelist Alex Leitch totally commanded the room with the Facial
Hair of Authority (and some pointed/inspiring rhetoric), and
Pearl Chen’s excellent talk on why everyone should learn to code
had me nodding my head vigorously.  On the Difference Engine
panel, I was glad to be able to say the main thing I wanted to
say. A lot of the talks, starting from the probably-correct
assumption that most of the women in the room were non-coders,
focused on the idea that technology/programming need not be
intimidating, that artists and other creatives shouldn’t shy
away from learning how to do it and letting it enrich their
work.  All of this is 100%