Life
Skipped last week because of $drama, and just feeling the need to hide for a bit. My last week in Seattle was hectic but amazing, so great to spend time with friends, and then I flew back to Colombia and it’s been nice to be “home”.
Bought an Apple Watch and an Apple TV (domestic object!) and I feel suitably ashamed.
Work
Work is really intense right now, and I’m working… not sustainably. At least I feel like I’m working a lot because I have a lot to do though, and not because of the time required to show face, or political bullshit. This past week has probably been the week where I struggled most not being an IC anymore.
We went on strike for Technically Speaking, which raised awareness of the unwillingness to pay for anything that is considered “diversity”.
I hosted another #MakingThingsMonday event at Glowforge, which was really fun.
Final copy edits came in for my book chapter (a project I worked on mainly in 2014!!) and I am working on my talks for May.
End of the UK tax year which is a pain.
Media
TV: Catching up on latest episodes of Keeping Up With the Kardashians, and The Good Wife, and watching Season 5 of How I Met Your Mother.
Books: Still reading Switch (really like it), read The First Affair (interesting, on how a woman’s sexuality is demonized), finished Pretty Much Screwed.
Product links Amazon.
Published
A new edition of Technically Speaking is out.
On The Internet
- An actual basket of kittens.
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@willmanduffy: For@catehstn who has made disparaging remarks about the infrequency of my animal selfies -
@kronda: “The thing about a misogynist is that when he’s surrounded by men, he’s just a man.” https://www.relay.fm/ltoe/81@catehstn is so quotable -
@willmanduffy: CRAWLING ON MY SKINNNNNNN - I feel you, kitty.
- This is interesting, on bots – Mechanomorphs and the politeness of machines — Medium http://buff.ly/1RwPcnq /by
@alexislloyd /via@debcha - Love this by
@therealfitz on the need to model behavior as a leader – including taking breaks – http://buff.ly/1RwPZVu -
@WritePlay: Follow your dreams -
@ftcreature: a moist owlet -
@BabyAnimalPics: This hedgehog is cheering for you because you can do anything -
@hmason: In NYC on April 28th? Run a data team? Join us for the first@FastForwardLabs Data Leadership conference! http://blog.fastforwardlabs.com/post/141856452603/fast-forward-labs-data-leadership-conference … - Hello Raccoon, ilu http://buff.ly/1PE16aI /via
@sundress - “the restriction of women’s solo travel remains a curiously acceptable form of victim-blaming” http://buff.ly/1LYOcJG /via
@ErinLouise -
@soundofftech: Help bring live captioning to UIKonf 2016: http://soundofftech.org/blog/2016/03/round-2-uikonf/ …#a11y#teamSoundOff -
@PPricklepants: For reasons that are difficult to explain, behold the rare and beautiful hedgiecorn! - So helpful by
@joulee – A Simple Guide to Saying No – http://buff.ly/1MCMAFH - Kutest Koala – http://buff.ly/1VVZQY4 /via
@sundress - Does anyone want to go to Mexico to stay in a seashell house with me? http://buff.ly/1TlVF76
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@ThisIsPumpkin: [pic] Special Delivery! Pumpkingram! Tag someone who would love seeing Pumps in their mailbox this April Fools Day! - This is a great story and helpful advice on salary negociation by
@femgineer – http://buff.ly/1UvOVVA