
(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,…
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…
Back in January, I gave a talk at Girl Geek Dinner on Hacking is a Mindset, Not a Skillset. Since then, I’ve had the opportunity to evolve the presentation and share it at 2 subsequent events: Agile Ottawa and, most…
Credit: Phineas and Ferb wiki Since we discovered that the full complement of Phineas and Ferb episodes are on Netflix, the Dude has been on a mission to watch them all. And he knows that I am a fan, so when…
As I mentioned a few weeks ago, I was the guest speaker for Girl Geek Dinners this month. Despite my nerves and the stress of developing an entirely new presentation for the event, the Girl Geeks did not disappoint in making…
I spent the last week and half in a virtual vigil, keeping watch via Facebook as my extended family members posted updates about another family member’s declining condition and ultimate passing. When I called my Dad and my brother, I…
Credit: Microsoft Online Clipart Gallery Three days back from your Christmas holiday and your motivation is lacking? No worries, ASAPScience is on the case with a great little video about the Science of Productivity that can help get you motivated…
On Wednesday, January 25th, I presented a short rant at a conference themed around collaborative management. My talk was about challenging some of the assumptions around collaboration: specifically, that using social media and collaborative tools doesn’t always result in collaboration.…