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My 4 Step Plan For Giving a Talk
→: My 4 Step Plan For Giving a TalkPrepare. Show up. Start talking. Hide. Prepare This is the easiest bit. I can spend as much time as I want here. The goal: a strong narrative that weaves together my key points (most of the work). Attractive, minimalist slides that illustrate them (much less work). Knowing what I’m going to say, and being able…
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Returning To The Stage…. Part 2: Speaking to Dudes About Love
→: Returning To The Stage…. Part 2: Speaking to Dudes About LoveThere was an amazing response to my previous post, it was really gratifying to have people find it worthwhile. I wrote it, finally, for two reasons. The first was to take ownership of the experience, to not sweep it under the carpet like it was me that had done something wrong. When you allow someone…
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This Week
→: This WeekLIFE Gave a talk at ModevUX, and was on a panel. I was terrified but they both went pretty well. I also met some really lovely people and was really inspired by some of the other presentations. After that, I went on to Kirkland. After 5 nights in Suburbia I couldn’t take anymore, so I…
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It’s Not Me, It’s You: When Users Break Up With Their Apps
→: It’s Not Me, It’s You: When Users Break Up With Their AppsThis is an edited version of my notes for a section of my iOSCon Distractedly Intimate talk. You can find the rest of it here. With thanks to Denise who helped me construct this narrative for my talk. We’re makers here, right? And what we make is experiences that take place on the user’s devices, their iThings.…
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Stepping Up For Technical Leadership – Girl Geek Dinner Sydney, August 2013
→: Stepping Up For Technical Leadership – Girl Geek Dinner Sydney, August 2013My notes from the talk Robin Elliot, CIO at Foxtel gave at a Girl Geek Dinner. CIO of Foxtel for over 11 years. On a mission to encourage women to step up and apply for technical leadership roles. A leadership role is in your grasp and something you might find rewarding. Students don’t have a…
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Responsive Web Design – GGD Sydney, August 2013
→: Responsive Web Design – GGD Sydney, August 2013Daphne Chong talked about a recent project. Usually been backend, but recently did a new an interesting site for twitter and the elections. First time looking at responsive design, found it really interesting. Example of the Sydney Morning Herald. As you make the view port smaller, you have to scroll. If you pre tent to…
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Returning To The Stage… After Harrassment
→: Returning To The Stage… After HarrassmentI stopped public speaking at the end of 2011. And, 6 months into 2012 I finally wrote about why. I wrote about being more intentional with my time, wanting to focus on more technical talks, and – in the vaguest terms, not really calling it what it was – about being harassed on Twitter as…
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Do All The Things, GGD Sydney, August 2014
→: Do All The Things, GGD Sydney, August 2014Kris Howard talking about productivity. About getting stuff done like a grownup. Used to put stuff off to the weekend, and then not actually do it. The goal of productivity is to spend less time doing the stuff you don’t want to do so that you can spend more time on the stuff you do…
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5 Undervalued Skills in Tech… And Why You Should Master Them Anyway
→: 5 Undervalued Skills in Tech… And Why You Should Master Them AnywayPrioritising There is a tendency amongst engineers to try and scope out the whole problem, and understand it all, and then work on fixing… all of it. Being able to say this is the most important thing, and then doing that first – even when it is not the most interesting thing, is a super-power. Do this,…