Yesterday evening, as I was wrapping up my workday, I learned that a beloved friend and peer in the Portland tech community, Igal Koshevoy, had taken his own life. Stumptown Syndicate made the official announcement for the tech community, and … Continue reading
Last fall, I attended the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing (GHC) and had a transformative experience. Over those two days of sessions and networking, I felt like I reconnected with every aspect of myself that has existed throughout … Continue reading
Over the past few days, I’ve been tipped off to an incident on the Planet Mozilla blog, an aggregator of the personal blogs of Mozilla community members. Mozillans can choose which entries make the feed and which don’t, but non-work-related … Continue reading
This is an entry that’s never going to feel appropriate to write but needs to be written before I can move on with more useful blogging topics. I had a really hefty year-end-summary post that was in the works that … Continue reading
I feel so conflicted about Sheryl Sandberg. She’s speaking in the keynote at the 2011 Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, which I’m happy to be attending this year. But I already have a pretty good idea of the … Continue reading
For the last month or so, I’ve been meaning to write about my professional experiences – on the job and otherwise – during my first six months as a software engineer slash platform engineer at Gilt Groupe. It’s been an … Continue reading
Note: While this post includes a recap of this year’s Open Source Bridge conference, it’s also heavily about gender-in-tech issues and negative experiences I’ve had outside of the context of this conference. I will be moderating comments as a result; … Continue reading
Back when I was a sophomore or junior in college I went to an arcade with some friends from high school during a weekend at home. We were at one of the arcades where gamers win tickets that can be … Continue reading
Devchix just posted a blog entry giving the group’s ideas about “the best workplace atmosphere and culture”. One of the group’s members was dealing with a “blah” workplace culture and had been given the opportunity by management to provide some … Continue reading
You need to read this, and here’s why: A lot of things have happened in the last month that have had common ties and with them a certain profundity. (I also have the tendency to see epiphanies and connections between … Continue reading