Dagmar Timler – Who is Dagmar Timler and what does she do?

Magic Rainbow Unicorns

Do you love rainbows? Are you tired of boring black fonts in your Google Docs and Slides? Then look no further than these two magical (and totally free) add-ons: Magic Rainbow Unicorns for Google Docs, and Magic Rainbow Unicorns for Google Slides If you need help Read our helpful Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs). How to […]

Ready Steady Spell

Do you need to do spelling tests for a variety of languages? Then this add-on will make things easy for you! Simply add your words to a Google Sheets spreadsheet and install the add-on. Ready, Steady, Spell add-on on the Google Chrome webstore What is Ready Steady Spell? Ready Steady Spell is a multilingual spelling […]

Now Novel

I am a co-founder of an online Novel writing website, which is a Ruby on Rails website I wrote in 2012 and it’s been growing ever since. We have coaches, a community of writers, and are updating it using a studied process. We use A/B tests to continually verify the changes we are making so […]

My name is Dagmar Timler and I am a programmer (essentially). I have had loads of fun coding over the last couple decades that I just can’t give it up. But I also love managing teams and many other things like data, usability, writing documentation, and teaching.

My background is mainly a Java developer. (I started in 1999!) But I also program in Ruby (well I have a RoR website) and I am learning Python with my two daughters.

Currently I mainly work on my startup, Now Novel, where I do dev ops, product strategy, and usability research. I also work for NGOs like Jembi Health Systems, where, as part of a team, I coded BSIS, an open source blood safety application which was written in Java and Angular. I also worked on an Android app, to record childhood vaccinations, which was successfully deployed in Kenya and Uganda in 2018. It was a 3 month trial that is still running to date! The solution required an offline architecture where data had to be maintained on local servers and data extracted via mobile phone when an administrator came to visit. See a talk our team did in October 2018.

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