Rudá Almeida

Technology enthusiast

Things I am

Brazilian. Tech enthusiast. Music lover. Prolific reader. Storytelling aficionado. Been around the 'net since the days when you needed a modem for it.

Things I've done

• Was born at some point. Graduated. Paid taxes. Mostly expected to die at some point (not too keen on this one, if I might add).


• Currently (2012-2025/onwards) working for the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro as part of their tech team, where I wear many hats:
• Creating and managing servers and websites;
• Researching, developing and implementing institution-wide and user-targeted improvements, policies and solutions;
• Helping to mantain and ensure administrative and processual integrity.
• Organized WordPress Meetups and WordCamps (2013-2016).
• Wrote articles for a tech blog (2011-2013).
• Was part of a very short-lived tech podcast (2009).

Things I've presented

• “Segurança no WordPress: Teoria e Prática” — (Tech Talk, WordCamp São Paulo, Brazil, 2019) [Video] [PDF] [Programme]

• “Guia Prático de Sobrevivência no WordPress Multisite” — (Tech Talk, WordCamp São Paulo, Brazil, 2014) [Interactive slides]

Things I wrote

Tech

• “Do Androids Dream of Eletric DJs?” — Graduation paper on the development and implementation of an interactive assistant for collaborative radios on the Zoom platform during the global COVID pandemic (Monography, 2024) [PDF]

Fiction

• “No Sangue” — Part of the second volume of collected works from the "Clube da Leitura" collective (short story, 2011)

• “Eppur si muove” — Part of the first volume of collected works from the "Clube da Leitura" collective (short story, 2009)

Things I built

• OSTicket Archiver — Makes OSTicket a little better: allows manually archiving tickets, and unarchives them upon new activity (Firefox browser extension, 2025). [Installer] [Source]

• An yet-to-be-named comment-by-email system for the Slow Web (2025) [Under Construction]

Things I put online

allansieber.com.br — Brazilian artist and cartoonist
(design / web sysadmin, 2017-present)

baratosdaribeiro.com.br — Bookstore / record store
(web sysadmin, 2012-present)