Accidentally in Code

Reflections

  • Planning 2010
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    Planning 2010

    I saw in 2009 with my boyfriend. It was just the two of us. We were just moving in together “officially” (yes, I had been in Canada a really short amount of time for that to happen – long story) and we were sorting out the apartment. We drank some champagne and went swimming. It…

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    5 Things I Learned at Boarding School

    For my last two years of school, I was at a fancy English boarding school. This is not something I write about or talk about much, because it was not the most enjoyable experience (so, normal for high school!). However like everything, there are some important lessons for life that I got out of it.…

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    Burning Out

    I’ve been offered several great opportunities lately, and because of where I am in life (finishing up grad school, building my CV to find a job in the next 6 months or so) I plan on taking all of them. My boyfriend and some of my friends call me a workoholic. I’m OK with that…

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    Top Posts from 2009

    Traffic-wise Visualizing Your Twitter Conversations: Rationale Slides for Applied Clique Finding: Discovering More about your Twitter Network Related and also popular – interactive chart from slides. Girl Geek Dinner Of Snap Judgments and Sexism 80% of the Time, 20% of the Value Holiday Science Lecture – series of posts and slides Featured on Brazen Careerist…

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    Lessons Learned from a Recent Screw-up

    I offended someone recently. I really would never have meant to do that… but unfortunately I did. Does spending some much time with people who are “on the spectrum” make you less attuned to people’s feelings yourself? I wonder. Anyway, I guess to summarize I thought I was suggesting something that would be easier for…

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  • Decisions

    Decisions

    I have a confession about almost every big decision I’ve made. Going to Edinburgh, working in the US the first time, training in China, coming to Canada. Someone else suggested it to me. The other big things have mostly been opportunities, that I’ve said yes to. Each one of these has taken me outside of…

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    Making, Managing, Creating – Time

    Sacha wrote a lovely post about her free time, and how she protects it. This led me to her reflections on overtime and the whole concept of “having too much time on your hands” by herself and by Cory Doctorow. (Incidentally, it’s great when people have large archives and link back to stuff you haven’t…

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  • Perspectives on Perfectionism

    Perspectives on Perfectionism

    I was reading random posts on Penelope Trunk’s blog last week when I came across one on perfectionism. Basically, she was saying that perfectionism is stupid. I have some perfectionist tendencies, but I’m not going to argue with this. I think perfectionism can mean you avoid the feeling of OK, what next, what’s inspiring me…

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  • What’s Your Video Game Type?

    I’m not a big player of video games, we have a wii but mostly I just use it for wii fit and when our friends come over, but I was interested to see what I’d get. Find out yours here. My gamer-type: Your BrainHex Class is Mastermind. Your BrainHex Sub-Class is Mastermind–Socialiser. You like solving…

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