(Credit: FindingAda.com) So, here’s a conundrum. Today is Ada Lovelace Day, and bloggers around the world are requested to write about a female geek, their personal geek girl hero. And so I sat down to start writing and tried to…
(Credit: Microsoft Clip Art Gallery) On Monday, I gave a presentation to a room full of executives and up-and-comers about becoming more agile. Now before you roll your eyes, don’t worry: it was riffing off my “Hacking is a Mindset,…
Cyborg Sprinter (Credit: 3oneseven Agency) (This is a post that I have had milling around in my brain for quite some time but knew that I needed a few hours to really get it down properly. Here’s hoping I was…
One of my contacts at Code For Kids and Ladies Learning Code sent me a note about an upcoming workshop on August 24th, called Girls Learning Code. In similar fashion to Code For Kids, the workshop aims to teach kids…
Back in 2011, I wrote a rant explaining that I want to be an RSS feed. It was a response to the launch for Google+, a reaction to the creation of yet. another. social. networking. platform. Another place among the…
Cover of Microinteractions by Dan Saffer Last night I went to a lecture hosted by the Ottawa Interaction Design Association to see Dan Saffer speak about Microinteractions. The event is part of a book tour Dan is doing for his new O’Reilly book…
Social Capital Conference Were you able to make it to Social Capital Conference last weekend? If so, how did you find it? I was pleasantly surprised by the calibre of the presentations in this year’s lineup. I have to (sheepishly)…
Credit: Microsoft Online ClipArt Here’s a question I’ve been mulling over for some time: Are random tweets fair game for journos? Can they quote you as if you were interviewed, without ever contacting you? That is, should journalists mine other…
Credit: Microsoft ClipArt Gallery My career has so far spanned 15 years. In that time, I’ve worked at 12 companies and held a total of 15 different jobs. And you know what? Although tech has been getting faster, smaller and…
Credit: Microsoft Online Clipart Gallery Last week, I gave a presentation and one of the participants asked about how to find like-minded people in our own community. It’s a comment that I’ve been thinking about a lot over the last…