Accidentally in Code

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inspiration, Networking, WISE

CCWESTT Conference

Among the (many) reasons I haven’t been blogging lately, is the conference I attended at the weekend – CCWESTT, which stands for Canadian Coalition of Women in Engineering, Science, Trades and Technology. It was great – amazing speakers, enlightening talks, and the chance to spend time with some of the other execs from WISE. I…

May 18, 2010
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Networking, Reflections

Being Nice

I’ve been thinking about being likable lately, because things seem to keep coming back to kick me in the head. Am I doing it wrong? Trying too hard? Not trying the right things? Not trying the right people? Over thinking all this? And then, well, I just offered to do a favor for a friend,…

March 19, 2010
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Facebook, Networking, Social Networking, Twitter

Developers? Humans? You Guys Should Meet

I love Google, I do. I wouldn’t use another search engine and I use a lot of their other stuff as well. But I’ve been following the debate about privacy in Buzz (read this – if you doubt that the privacy issues are a potential problem, and this info for lawyers and journalists with useful…

February 16, 2010
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Networking, Organization, Presentation, Search

Simple Steps that Reduced my Bounce Rate

Given that my current project is all about engagement, it’s probably not surprising that I’m more focused on engagement with my website than number of hits. Here’s my SEO strategy: write content, post regularly, give pages different names, insert images properly. That’s it. However the bounce rate is more interesting – that’s the number of…

February 10, 2010
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Business Models, Networking, Social Networking

Of Matchmaking and Meddling

I meet a lot of people who are, or have a hankering to be, entrepreneurs. I don’t, at all. Is that weird? I do, though, have a hankering to make stuff. And something that I’ve come back to multiple times is dating facilitation. I love matchmaking. I’m terrible at it, but I can’t seem to…

February 4, 2010
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Networking, Twitter

Expat Adventures: Getting a Car

Last Friday I bought a car – it’s winter and therefore the ski season, and I get a little crazy living in the cold if I don’t ski. Skiing is the point of living somewhere cold, I think. On Monday I went to get my license exchanged. It was painless. I handed in my British…

January 17, 2010
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Facebook, Foursquare, Networking, Social Networking, Twitter

My Journal is Online

Now that my iPhone is unlocked (yay!) and has a data plan, I can play Foursquare. Which is exciting for me, but I know some people hate it and my boyfriend has been getting all angsty about giving up my privacy for nothing. The thing is though, I love tracking things. I track the applications…

January 9, 2010
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Networking, Presentation, Reflections, Social Networking

Self-Promotion

This week, I’ve seen a website launched by a person in order to try and get a job at a specific company, and another website where someone used the word “princess” in their job description. And no, they aren’t a high-class call girl. It’s all making me a bit uncomfortable – and I know I’m…

January 7, 2010
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Networking, Presentation, Search

Digitally Distinct?

Out of interest, I took the Online Identity Calculator, and they gave me a badge! Dominating the first 3 pages for my name was pretty easy because I have an uncommon one. But social media is a big part of it. A lot of my results are from Twitter (and applications built on it that…

December 30, 2009
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