• Sad that #ghc11 is over but already looking forward to #ghc12 in Baltimore! #
• Can't wait for @GirlGeeksKW on Tuesday! Still a couple of tickets left – hurry! http://t.co/E0rYZYux #
• They made me turn my kindle "off". But digital watch ok? F*ck security theatre. http://t.co/UPgGy1ct #
• Only after @ghc can I feel this inspired, creative, energized… And exhausted. It's like being chewed up+spat out by inspiration monster. #
• Hilary Clinton's "Women's Rights a Human Rights" speech analysis – powerful, inspiring stuff! http://t.co/TM7PqaSf #
• HATE it when women can't seem to stand to help other women. Urgh!!!!!! #
• Dubious achievement unlocked: had kindle less than a year, read 151 books… 116 novels, so I guess I'm not as well informed as I could be. #
• Unfortunate thing about more responsibility: it comes with more email. I think email once a day may be at an end… good whilst it lasted. #
• Excited for this evenings @GirlGeeksKW on gaming and gender with delicious food from @CateringFungi and tasty chocolate mousse by @Pj_Lowe #
• Games industry in Ontario subsidized to up to 40% of salaries with no consideration or measurement for equity. #girlgeekskw #
• Neo-liberal tolerance of misogyny and violence prevalent in video games. Also affects working practices. #girlgeekskw #
• "facts" about gender in gaming were actually artifacts of novice play. Girls when expert play like boys do. #gaming #girlgeekskw #
• If you missed @GirlGeeksKW tonight you missed out! Thanks awesome speaker Jen Jenson, host @kwartgallery, organizer extraordinaire @Pj_Lowe! #
• This is cool – a blended and recursive mona lisa – http://t.co/SbV6XjmV #
• Amazing amazing post on study hacks last week – if you're busy, you're doing it wrong – http://t.co/YJmCBXRh #
• I really like this perspective on making research open – http://t.co/zFP7AVJR #
• Looks like the amazing @serenangai rocked it at #GGDOttawa this evening! #
• New intern: "I saw your blog, you seem really busy. I like that". Colleague (proudly): "she just won an award for being so busy!" me: "errr" #
• Blocked off Oct 3-6 2012 on my calendar for @ghc! No way I'm missing it! #
• Look what @Pj_Lowe bought me!!! She's the best! http://t.co/IvPuH6iu #
• Trying out this relaxing malarky today. I have a spa appointment! #

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• This place is crazy! (@ Icon Grill w/ 3 others) [pic]: http://t.co/WtJqgFC2 #
• "here's the reason I feel bad for Doug. It's because I thought you were calling him duck. But then I realized that is just your accent" #
• That terrible human being @dstewartgo and his charming gf have got me extremely drunk on delicious cocktails. I LOVE Seattle! #
• Last day to tell me why you should take my place @kwawesomefound pitch night this week! Winner gets to help pick our next project! #
• Wish we had time to explore. But… Exploding cars! (@ Seattle Art Museum w/ 2 others) [pic]: http://t.co/3BHgF5cE #
• Got to have tea with a girl I taught programming 3 years ago! Now she's taking CS at university 🙂 #
• This video is mindblowing – a murmuration of starlings. woah. http://t.co/VKQPaNJo /via @lccarson #
• And the person who will replace me @kwawesomefound this week is @lccarson but tough call – great reasons from @FindingCityKitc and @DougMoen in reply to FindingCityKitc #
• Thanks to everyone who played replace Cate @kwawesomefound ! With my travel schedule it will no doubt happen again! #
• "We're doomed to live like robots, but at least we're also the ones who get to program the robots. For now." http://t.co/3WgA3IHi #
• This is interesting, I've long thought that match-meddling could innovate more, and voila – dating apps – http://t.co/Wi24NFxp #
• Women or bacon? Hilarious checklist! http://t.co/FqonWO83 /via @ponkey_60 #
• Seattle is so pretty! http://t.co/YELwY17L #
• Such a lovely evening in Seattle! Nice to see @owenmp again. And thanks to him I am *finally* going to see star wars! For real! #
• LOVE – "A good set of slides won't magically make your talk great. But a great talk is really hurt by terrible slides." http://t.co/jjh5hPWX #
• I want a pixel sofa and a pixel bed. Beautiful furniture – http://t.co/FKlXQmja #
• This TED talk is extraordinary – 10 Things You Didn't Know About Orgasm by Mary Roach – http://t.co/5KzbR7Ld #
• Our white whale for our #googleatghc road trip from Seattle to Portland! @ghc the women of @googlecanada are coming! http://t.co/w42Q06II #
• Hiiiii Portland! #googleatghc #ghc11 http://t.co/2WvmxLr7 #
• Just saw @gailcarmichael in the I am a technical woman video at #ghc11 ! Wish you were here girl! #
• you see the difference you make as you look back over the years… Used to worry about getting the vote, Now we have two women ceo's! #ghc11 #
• "I don't want anyone to tell me there is a limit to what I can do" want every woman to have that opportunity. #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• Very sad that @kwawesomefound is cancelled tonight. But stay tuned for return in the new year! It's always a good time to submit your idea! #
• Enjoyed the talk on privacy and access control, nice analogy to conference access! Mismatch between expectations and actual in fb privacy. #
• Love love love the stickers at the @google booth! Come say hi! #ghc11 #googleatghc http://t.co/izVuzmoZ #
• Met the chief scientist at msft research at #ghc11 ! Totally star struck! #
• Eric Schmitt said to her: "all that matters is growth." nothing is growing as fast as tech. #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• Political movements and technology have changed history. Technology is what's driving change now. Sheryl Sandburg #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• Technology is the key to impact and having a great career. Sheryl Sandburg #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• SO EXCITED for Sheryl sandberg's talk at #ghc11 !!! I have an amazing seat! #googleatghc http://t.co/SAHuiqj6 #
• Alan eustace is a great engineer, but he's not even a woman! Love Sheryl Sandburg #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• Matters to have technical skills. People in her job in the future will be more technical. She would be better at her job if technical #ghc11 #
• Wage gap between men and women in tech smaller, 86 cents to dollar, 77 in the rest of the world. Sandburg. #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• Technology will be key for leadership. If we don't have enough women in tech we won't have enough leaders. Sandburg #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• We'd go a long way to solving the problem of women in tech if we could just fix attrition. Maria klave is a hero! Sandburg #ghc11 #
• It is sad but it is true, the world is still run by men. When decisions are made, we do not have a seat at the table. Sandburg #ghc11 #
• Is more countries were run by women, there would be less war. Hear hear! Sheryl Sandburg is AMAZING! #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• Real progress really happens one person at a time. Don't just start career, lean in and want to get to the top. Requires sacrifice. #ghc11 #
• If you want to stay in all the way to the top, believe in yourself! Sandburg #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• Women underestimate performance and achievement compared to men and men overestimate! Sandberg #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• Men attribute success to themselves, women to working hard, help, luck. Sandberg #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• hard to succeed at something that we don't believe we can do. Sandberg has often felt like a fraud. Take a deep breath and lean in. #ghc11 #
• If you don't believe in yourself. If you don't take a seat at the table. Opportunities will pass you by. Sandberg #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• Dream big! The ambition gap is causing the achievement gap. Will never close achievement gap without closing the ambition gap. #ghc11 #
• Success positively correlated for men, but negatively correlated for women. "self doubt as self defense" want to be liked. Trade offs #ghc11 #
• If half senior people were women, it would be hard to dislike all of them! Sandberg #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• Stereotype threat. Women don't go into computer science, because women don't go into computer science. Sandberg #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• Make your partner a real partner. Big progress. Raised to believe she could do anything. But more progress in workplace than in home. #ghc11 #
• Date the wrong guy, but don't marry him! If thinking about same sex relationship, do it! They are more equal in the home. LOVE! #ghc11 #
• Men don't come fully trained. Have to put a little work in! Perception works in childcare too, men overestimate, women underestimate. #ghc11 #
• Don't leave before you leave! Not one decision, series of small decisions. Small decisions made with the intention of staying. #ghc11 #
• Best way to make room for yourself in the workshop is to lean in, keep that foot on gas pedal until you have a decision to make. #ghc11 #
• Talk about being a professional woman! Started it against the advice of everyone she knew, said it would ruin career. Hasn't! #ghc11 #
• "None of this can change if we don't talk about it! So let's start talking about it." I LOVE Sheryl Sandberg #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• Imagine world were half companies and countries run by women and half homes run by men. Want to live there. Sandberg #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• What would you do if you weren't afraid? Ask yourselves and go do it. Sandberg #ghc11 #googleatghc http://t.co/ipmW5XQj #
• Inspired by the "what if all women learned to code" panel. Would women in #kwawesome would like coding workshops? @Pj_Lowe and I thinking. #
• Sorry for the frantic live tweeting earlier, and the huge number of typos! #
• "if we could get all the women in the world to program, just think what amazing things we could build" – YES! #ghc11 #
• Twitter is not letting me follow people! And I need to add @storming because I'm LOVING her panel! #
• Someone from msft saying new features on web every 90 days, that sounds so slow! #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• V excited for the business case for diversity panel. Alan Eustace who I adore is on it, I hope he remembers me? We had a meeting. #ghc11 #
• Asked have you ever been physically afraid? Male engineers said no, and they changed the privacy settings as a result. #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• Worlds economy driven by women. Intuit. Loving the business case for diversity! Business opp for women bigger than china and India. #ghc11 #
• Alan is talking about making products accessible for blind users. This is so important! #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• Blind engineers were already working on necessary platforms to accessiblize. Alan thought it was impossible, but made the deadline. #ghc11 #
• "most girls in their formative years have never spoken to a female computer scientist… If that continues we're hosed!" #googleatghc #ghc11 #
• Woah already 2/3 women on panel mention advisors saying maybe they shouldn't be in grad school. #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• Get rid of haters. You don't need those people in your life that don't believe in you. Focus on what's important. #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• Young male faculty members have it easier. They can go bald. They can grow beards. It's likely you can't or don't want to do this. #ghc11 #
• "if nobody has since your pictures, how are they going to buy them." talk about yourself, not your team! #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• "know when to say no" "do those things hat have the greatest impact, sme things have terrible ROI!" #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• "what brings you joy?" define it, not only will it drive success, it drives who you are in your life. it's your compass. #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• If you think you need to be somewhere, don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Even in this economy! #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• "Good rewards come to people who take risks." LOVE! #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• Imposter syndrome is not genetic! But it starts young. To do with cultures that make us into pleasers. #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• No one puts failures on their resume, but if honest about where you came from – this is normal. Sometimes research doesn't work! #ghc11 #
• On being attacked for having confidence – for women, attacked if you do, damned if you don't. #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• Never heard of a team staging an intervention for a MAN being arrogant! Be generous w/ credit. But don't say you're just figurehead. #ghc11 #
• Typically people who think they wanna start something, don't know how to finish it. have fun trying, folks are going to hate. #ghc11 #
• Guys brag! They are full of crap. Just make some stuff up and brag right back, like "I learned shark yesterday!" #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• "in group assignments, don't let the guys make you the technical writer!" good advice! #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• You can feel scared, crappy mad… And still make progress! So just feel like crap and do it anyway! #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• Risk taking is not innate, start with a small risk. The field that we are in runs on risk, you need to get comfortable. #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• You know the lady gaga chrome video? We're having a real life moment of that right now! #ghc11 #googleatghc http://t.co/cDy9eQqP #
• Room of female engineers singing along to "that don't impress me much". It takes a lot to impress us, apparently! 😉 #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• Yes does not mean the same thing in every culture. Men do not appreciate the range of colours the way we do. #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• We face a world of amazing challenges and port unities, only way to meet them is with a global perspective. #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• Science and technology work across countries+culture. Easier to get engineer to work with an eng in another country than sales in own #ghc11 #
• Best advice to listening outside culture, is learn, respect, care. Opportunities to socialise cross-culture, don't miss. #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• We should admit we have conflicting interests ourselves at times, finding real conflict in global digital frame hard. #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• I some ways machines do a better job of managing information, humans are prone to illusions. #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• The more we are aware of cognitive bias the better. But even so, bias often persists even when people know about it. #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• Cultivate an assumption that people are acting in good faith. Greater trust between people, more accomplished #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• We need to find ways to increase trust. Trust information. Better trust of what people in other cultures say. #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• Suspicions can erode our ability to work together. Trust does not cost much, verification does. #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• Massive unstructured data sets to make sense of. "tether less world" at rensler looks cool. Watson based on AI and semantic tech. #ghc11 #
• Cultural differences influence the signals we pay attention to. In digital environments, cultural cognition a challenge #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• How new technologies impact trust is not yet well understood. How do we add dimensions, attend to full communications of others. #ghc11 #
• "data is not information, and information is not knowledge – unless we can make sense of it" #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• "we have to be thoughtful about how technology can help, but also what the limits of technology really are" #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• Possibly our most awesome @GirlGeeksKW yet happening next week… Did you get a ticket yet? #
• Tip on negotiation – do it from a place that feels authentic to you. #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• negotiation: "think carefully about what you want and why you want it" #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• Biggest challenge in negotiation, thinking you have the right to ask for whatever it is you are negotiating for. #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• Panelist telling story of earning 2/3 of what she was worth and how she got all of it. Had to be prepared to give it up. #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• "when negotiating, no need to apologies" – so important! #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• Recommending "getting to yes" which frustratingly is not available in kindle in Canada. Grr! #googleatghc #ghc11 #
• Keep talking to the people who you have to negotiation with, that makes it less of a big deal. #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• Practice! Get feedback! Figure out what you are not thinking with. By the time you get to critical person, you've figured it out. #ghc11 #
• When negotiating for new job, absolute best time to get things. Ask for things off beaten path! What will make you most successful? #ghc11 #
• The higher you go, the crazier things that are asked for. Look at rockstars! #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• Whether you care about money or not, you need a good salary! Negociation #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• think about what you're going to ask for in context of cohort and institution… Push it, but not so far it affects percepion of Lou #ghc11 #
• Document! Not everything in offer letter, keep all emails! #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• Something especially hard for women – being liked is important to us, sometimes that is a burden. Can't always win and be liked. #ghc11 #
• "Sometimes in order to win you have to be liked less." sad, but true! #googleatghc #ghc11 #
• Often when you ask for something the person asking has to go to the next level. Think about how you can help them! #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• Ask them what they do feel they can ask for on your behalf. #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• Think beyond your own needs as how it fits in with strategic. What can we do without money that money can leverage? #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• To get documentation, email saying "my understanding is you agreed to this" where a non-response denotes agreement! #googleatghc #ghc11 #
• Know how to manage up as well as manage down. Lots of people who can do things for you wherever. #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• Give more to karma bank than you take out! One of the amazing things we do for each other at #ghc11 – so true!! #googleatghc #
• Don't tell them what you think their values are, keep your cards close to your chest. #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• Know what your bottom line is. If you really want the job, negotiate hard but you'll take it even if you don't get everything. #ghc11 #
• "You do not have to be nice. You really don't" the point is not to be liked, it's to get what you want and have them respect you. #ghc11 #
• It is HARD to feel like you have a right to ask. Men often feel they have a right to a seat at table, they deserve what they ask for #ghc11 #
• "If someone tells you no, life will go on" – don't put so much into it that no is the end of everything! #googleatghc #ghc11 #
• People giving keynotes etc, none of these people who everyone always said yes to. They have felt crap too. #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• If everyone loves your idea it's probably already being done. Going and getting rejected is part of being a founder! #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• Some people create startups straight out of college but others have worked for companies. Value in learning from others. #googleatghc #ghc11 #
• When you would rather do other things than that idea that's a good sign that you've not found the thing you want to commit to. #ghc11 #
• Don't be in love with the idea, be in live with the people and wanting to build something. Iterating key I figuring out what works. #ghc11 #
• View entrepreneur as separate from industry or product. Make decisions about the entrepreneur, important to have strong founding team #ghc11 #
• Think technical founders can innovate faster! #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• Complementary skills in cofounder. Need someone you can be honest and open with. Get to crux of problem and solve it. #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• You don't meet someone for the first time and want to start a company with them, like you don't have first date and then get married! #ghc11 #
• Anyone can be fine in good times, ask of you've had a tough time you've gotten through. Need to have had a fight and got past it. #ghc11 #
• It's great to see so many women excited about entrepreneurship! #ghc11 #googleatghc http://t.co/qG0cV6qB #
• Needs to be someone who you can spend 7 years with – average life of a startup! Not just big decisions, lost f little decisions! #ghc11 #
• Co-CEO team is a red flag, sign that skills on team aren't complementing each other! #googleatghc #ghc11 #
• Founding teams fall apart ALL the time, more common than running out of money. Don't force it, okay to leave. #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• At startup wear a lot of different hats. Thrive on idea that next week soon something totally different that haven't thought of yet. #ghc11 #
• Hire slowly, fire quickly. What culture and values do you want to set. Only takes couple of bad apples to change culture #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• Of you find great people outside the country, hardest part is getting them into the country because of visa situation. #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• Rarely invest in first time entrepreneur. Most have failed many times. They know how to change, have fired people. #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• Not that people in the valley more talented, it's the ecosystem. The people you can talk to and acceptance of failure #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• If people pay attention to gender that's okay, but don't let it define what you do. Let your work speak for itself. #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• As a woman leader in whatever you do, you are a role model. Important to relate to young women! So true! #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• Sometimes women don't support women enough! In everyday workplace, be there for talented young women. #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• Not enough role models in business in general. Seek people out and mentor them! #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• Ecomm naturally more understood by women. Not just stereotype, facts back it up. Ecomm ideas that failed before are not succeeding #ghc11 #
• Women tend to underestimate accomplishments. Be okay with what you've done and don't be afraid to show it off a little. #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• Best piece of advice: learn how to say thank-you when someone complements you! Don't make excuses, just say thanks. #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• Interesting how often the advice to be proud of what you do is followed by advice not to be cocky! #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• Not that think people should be cocky, it's a tough balance. #googleatghc #ghc11 #
• A lot of people have the same idea, but execution is important. Users can tell if it is a quality product. #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• Do not polish your product! You think you know the things people want. You don't. Launch when you're little embarrassed #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• It is never going to be the right time to quit your job. If you know you want to do it, just do it. #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• Lunchtime convo #ghc11 how to beat off Schwarzenegger if he were to sexually harass one. Same weak points as everyone else. Also, not tall. #
• One of the ways we can learn about success is by seeing it – YES! #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• Maria Klawe is here! She is amazing! #ghc11 #googleatghc http://t.co/fmliCSpn #
• Learned a lot from the negative relationships, the painful ones… But the positive ones are where greatest work done #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• Talking about "women mafia" – we know each other+help across org, friend:"I feel bad for guys 'cos they don't have it!" #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• Difference between mentorship and sponsorship, "I expect you to do both" – this is great! And why I adore my manager #googleatghc #ghc11 #
• People aren't going to seek you out to sponsor you, you have to make sure that your achievements are being communicated. #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• "the new president is listening to the wrong kind of people" – because meeting with untenured women! <3 Maria Klawe #googleatghc #ghc11 #
• Memorizes all the names of all the first year students every year – WOW! <3 Maria Klawe #googleatghc #ghc11 #
• Mentoring one of all time favourite things, came to Mudd+find great things happening for women in sci+eng <3 Maria Klawe #googleatghc #ghc11 #
• I do <3 Maria Klawe but christine alvarado's work on curriculum redesign etc is also AMAZING, <3 her too! #googleatghc #ghc11 #
• Balances giving good advice for her career, not just what's best for org. #googleatghc #ghc11 #
• Relationship: "gives me enough rope to hang myself", recognises who needs that rope and who needs more direction. #googleatghc #ghc11 #
• How do women think differently? Guys walk into meeting and make decision, work happens outside. Women come with problem close at end #ghc11 #
• Whether or not women think differently, they definitely tend to act differently! #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• Guys been programming since they were 5, trying to stump the prof. People w/less experience, more curious, more excited #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• Creates a different and more collaborative atmosphere. – I've def found teams with 1/3+ women feel different. #googleatghc #
• To be successful you need to learn when to take advice and when to say no, hard when you have to say no to a mentor. #googleatghc #ghc11 #
• When building community, make sure you spend time on things that you are personally passionate about. Sustains you as a volunteer. #ghc11 #
• "people respect people who take the risks, and they know that not everything works" – great advice #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• Any decent place has great hr people. In a hostile environment, run by trusted friends and mentors, then or else hr. #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• Sponsors get just as much or more from the relationship, as you progress have to let go-good if get to give them to someone you trust #ghc11 #
• As you become a leader, this #1 most important thing is empowering others to achieve things. Sponsors learn that. #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• You never know, when you help someone else, how that is going to turn around and help you. Pay it forward! #googleatghc #ghc11 #
• Sponsor someone who can stand up on their own two feet, you can amplify, but don't make things up! Accomplishments stand alone. #ghc11 #
• The worst thing that happens at promo board is when someone proposed and no one know who the are. Connect across org! #googleatghc #ghc11 #
• Post google rehab: "I'm getting bored of the 10 dishes I can cook, I just learned a new one… Fish tacos" #gch11 #googleatghc #
• Empathy an important skill, think about what your user is going to think. #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• People being accountable is a skill that is needed to delight the customer. #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• When talking to customers, listen to the problem not the solution. Surveys to tell if are hitting the pain point. #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• One way to make your customers is to make things easier! #googleatghc #ghc11 #
• If you really care, it comes through. If you don't, people notice. The best thing you can do is really care about your customer. #ghc11 #
• We have so much data at amazon… We had to build a whole cloud to store it! lol 🙂 #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• Employee satisfaction drives customer satisfaction. If they're on old flashed software, tracking things with pen and paper:Not happy! #ghc11 #
• Students worry about being stuck in a basement not speaking to anyone, surrounded by people who don't wash! #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• Stereotype of programmer: Unsociable, arrogant, loner, badly dressed, unwashed… #googleatghc #ghc11 #
• "Hollywood has not helped our case" – so true! #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• "I cried at my first technical interview… And in the bathroom. I got the job." #googleatghc #ghc11 #
• Loving the format of @annejsimmons panel, impromptu and constantly changing panel made up of attendees! #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• Common theme coming out in this panel, having fun at interview is a good sign for the company/job being a good fit. #googleatghc #ghc11 #
• Surprise them. Be better than them, and they'll take notice! #googleatghc #ghc11 #
• TA keeps special office hours for girls to encourage them to continue in CS! Amazing idea! #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• All lit up where the @google tshirts are! #gch11 #googleatghc http://t.co/RkklORut #
• I'm so flashy! #googleatghc #ghc11 http://t.co/azRXi1nI #
• Rocking out with Maria Klawe! #ghc11 #googleatghc http://t.co/Hj6AtoOt #
• Exhausted after booth babe work out. Hours of dancing around giving out tshirts followed by transportation of heavy box! #ghc11 #googleatghc #
• Loving the free transport around downtown Portland, makes taking public transport more convenient than cab. #

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• Helpful blogpost from @PalantirTech on systems design interviews – http://t.co/eTcsPDsQ #
• Know a high school girl who'd like to visit @google in #kwawesome to learn about being an engineer? http://t.co/mubWi5PM #
• Had some issues with form so please sign up again if you did already. Will be running one November 29th – http://t.co/mubWi5PM #
• Tickets are up for the next @girlgeekskw. It's an art+games+mosista special! http://t.co/sglU7jUS #
• This is interesting: Four Ways Women Stunt Their Careers Unintentionally in HBR – http://t.co/qUsx9Jw8 #
• People asked me what Im dressed up as, I say "I'm a European". But enjoyed the creepy mix at spin class. Happy candy day, north Americans. #
• Parody response to the HBR article on women stunting their careers that I posted yesterday – http://t.co/3TOGq3tf /via @zara_p #
• I think the thing is that it's not just men who don't notice when we get things done quietly, we don't notice each other, either. #
• Love this writeup of @kwartzlab's Hacky Halloween last weekend at THEMUSEUM http://t.co/Jjki4eeu #kwawesome /via @write_girl @themuseum #
• Internet! Don't be broken when I'm feeling inspired! Wanna cooooooooooooooooode!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #
• Sadly I can't make @kwawesomefound Nov 9, so I'm looking for someone to take my place and vote. Tweet me why you, will pick one I like best! #
• Only two people want to replace me @kwawesomefound pitch night next week. Want to help decide the next project we fund? Tweet me why! #
• Me: "what were you drawing? Corpses?" @lccarson "yes, that's what I do". I'm glad this came out *after* dinner… #
• I had such a lovely time with the wonderful @lccarson last night! #
• Is there stuff happening @ghc Tuesday night? What time are people getting in? #
• Still time to enter to take my place @kwawesomefound next week! Tweet me why you'd be great at it! #
• Teammate and I made Siri British and male. I told him to call me darling. A productive evening out with the team, then. #
• Woah this is really a church. There are crosses and shrines and stuff. Super creeped out! #
• Presentation over! Did not burst into flames due to being in a church (thanks to those who asked). #
• Thanks to @lccarson for sending me the science of owl rotation. http://t.co/d6Nkplti #
• I adore @Pj_Lowe, makes me feel better about everything! And @lccarson gives such great advice. Lucky to have such amazing women in my life. #
• You have til Sunday to tweet why you should take my place+help decide our next @kwawesomefound project nov 9! Some great reasons already! #
• Made some student tickets available for @GirlGeeksKW – did you get yours yet? Going to be an amazing event! http://t.co/Qa8KKw8c #
• Another mad kindle book shopping spree, 8 more in time for my flight to Seattle tomorrow. I have no self control… #
• Incidentally, I've bought 8 new books but not done any packing AT ALL… it's possible my priorities are a little screwed up. #
• Strong painkillers seemed a great idea boarding plane with a headache… But now I need to go through us customs feeling distinctly floaty. #
• Just witnessed woman in airport cleaning another woman's aura, assume it was that, unless there are other reasons to pull invisible oranges? #
• Met another female engineer on plane! She's never seen star wars either 🙂 http://t.co/uigfFc2u #

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• Joined new athletic club today. Went in determined to because of anti-gravity yoga and pool, sales girl so annoying nearly changed my mind. #
• Hopefully I never have to speak to her again. But looking forward to working out somewhere nicer and swimming again! Anti-gravity yoga! #
• Does it really make sense to view creative work as a battle? http://t.co/B2RrVHaK #
• Know a high school girl who'd like to visit @google in #kwawesome to hear more about being an engineer? http://t.co/mubWi5PM #
• In which I rant about bad advice. Someone said "don't wear a skirt" – why I think they are wrong – http://t.co/9WrGKgoO #
• Thanks to @lccarson for continuing my canadian education, this is hilarious and charming (canadians are that nice) http://t.co/4BbByfoL #
• How annoying, dragged myself to la fitness for spin class and instructor didn't show! 🙁 #
• This is really cool! Power from spin bikes creates a cool light show. http://t.co/HepT2v0d /via @ChristineHamon #
• Getting ready for today's #askagoogler on the @googlejobs twitter account. I am the googler. Ask away! Just include the #askagoogler tag! #
• Taking questions about life as a female engineer @google in #askagoogler and how excited I am for @ghc next month! #
• Some good advice here: Nine Things Successful People Do Differently – http://t.co/9Ukv6zEY /via @chrisjschmitt #
• So fun to be today's #askagoogler on @googlejobs! Thanks for all the amazing questions! Now back to normal scheduling 🙂 #
• Don't take assertive and confident people at their own evaluation unless you have independent evidence – http://t.co/zH435Vjn @jliyi #
• Very exciting that IBM is getting a female CEO! #
• Not much time left to get your @kwawesomefound applications in. Would $1k help your project? Pitch night is Nov 9. Go for it! #
• Awesome observations – hidden habits of ineffective people – http://t.co/yuZz9fXy #
• Baby shower! Teammate as her hubby (former teammate) having a baby. Obv she's going to be a software engineer! http://t.co/UVD0Yvz6 #
• Booked my flights for @ghc today! Will be hanging out in Seattle from Nov 5 and taking a roadtrip to Portland on the Tuesday. Can't wait! #
• #fuckcancer #
• Torontonians, heading your way Sunday. Let's hang out? @aranoff @fillenumerique @nataliecatania #
• Made my team v happy yesterday w/1loc. Today teammate: "as far as I'm concerned you can do no wrong. Strangled kittens this am? OK with me!" #
• (I did not strangle any kittens this morning, obviously.) #
• Random, there's an #occupykw and they are going to be occupying a church? #
• Write up of the Google.GetAJob() event that ran in Boulder, Cambridge, Pittsburgh, and here in KW! http://t.co/dZBWy2By #
• Ready for #ignitewaterloo (@ Tannery Event Center) http://t.co/cpCnloxg #
• Wow! I thought giving an #ignitewaterloo talk was hard, but imagine giving one whilst juggling! Way to go @conceptcrucible! #
• I have an #ignitewaterloo tshirt! Yay!!!!! #
• I can haz iPhone? (@ Apple Store w/ 2 others) http://t.co/EhipW8bH #
• Penguins wearing sweaters! http://t.co/nLc6PVIC #
• Emotionally wrung out after the highs and lows this week… Hoping spinning is the answer but frankly feel like I could sleep until Monday! #
• Shhh, not on the website yet – but registration for the next @GirlGeeksKW is up! http://t.co/jmk6VaUl Art/games/mo sista special event! #
• Confessed to @douglasgresham that my kindle habit of $100/month has recently been $100/week. There was a pause, then a snort as mind blew. #

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• Magik'd a couple more tickets for @GirlGeeksKW this Tues with marvellous @melle – get 'em quick! http://t.co/kkISZJC0 #
• Excellent journal abstract! Very to the point. http://t.co/KnDvUGvO via @philosophersmag @kenanmalik #
• As a teenager, I needed this. An alarm clock that physically throws you out of bed http://t.co/wHmITq4k /via @oliverburkeman #
• This is amazing, if I would live in the countryside it would be in such a place as this – http://t.co/ckwMiE5J /via @aranoff #
• Looking forward to @GirlGeeksKW tonight! Think there are a couple of tickets left, and some guys at work are desperate to be allowed in! #
• Very true. What success really looks like – http://t.co/E6ZkhTUV /via @ShaunaCausey @thinkspace @sidneyeve #
• Two tickets left for @GirlGeeksKW tonight… guys are allowed if they are accompanied! http://t.co/kkISZJC0 #
• This is cool! Millions of emails get sorted by @yahoomail in realtime – http://t.co/1yiK3Owm /via @puresight @bsisolak @jliyi #
• Trippy and rather fabulous: @EllieGoulding's #Lights an interactive experience using #webgl http://t.co/Xxwg06s9 /via @mgrouchy #
• This is super exciting – revamped presentations from @google docs! http://t.co/A4tli0QJ #
• Getting ready for @girlgeekskw! (@ McCabe's Irish Pub) http://t.co/opx9gGIm #
• Lunch with @lccarson and @dstewartgo, amazing @GirlGeeksKW with marvelous @melle … Been a good day! But now – exhausted! #
• This picture makes me think of a rubix cube exploding, I'm finding it somewhat captivating – http://t.co/pCbsTu0V #
• I want a 4s so I can talk to Siri instead of humans… http://t.co/QqxgBdIz http://t.co/Io1BLt6R http://t.co/cHUCT4ej #
• Ooh things are coming together for our next @GirlGeeksKW November 15th… stay tuned and save the date, it's going to be AMAZING! #
• Adore this – it's easy to say no if you love something – http://t.co/ihyhwfeI / via @rands #
• Hi again toronto, it's been a while! #
• Here for oncwic! Lots of people here, hope it will be a great night! (@ The Second City) http://t.co/m4HHvl4n #
• Unimpressed. Curtains don't completely close and room is a weird shape so bathroom badly laid out :-s http://t.co/a4E1t9KI #
• Amazing talk from my colleague Alice @oncwic this morning! Will be at crisis response hackathon @ghc! #
• "my husband would watch competitive paint drying, if it was a televised sport" – love! @oncwic #
• Excellent swag at the @google table @oncwic! And we have a recruiter to answer all your questions! http://t.co/Zwo3mjJe #
• Stranded in Toronto! Debating how to get home. #
• Friend looking for an app developer android and iOS, think there's a company in Guelph someone from there was at @girlgeekskw? #
• Booked hotel on Travelocity so I can enjoy the night out in Toronto, ended up with hotel out in the sticks. Which they won't change! Grrr! #
• So fabulous to hang out with the delightful @aranoff @fillenumerique @nataliecatania et al. Now heading north to continue Toronto adventure! #
• Lovely woman at the desk upgraded me, and the shower has two heads. Also – shopping nearby. Things looking up! #

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• "if you have a partner who isn't supportive then it's like you are clawing your way up and they are pushing you down" – Trina Robbins #
• "I really don't think people have a good definition of what sexism and feminism are" -Marian Call @geekgirlcon #
• "the Dave to girl ratio: 22 girls and 17 boys named Dave" – that is a new and horrifying metric! #
• People being very kind about panel! Glad it's over – slides and commentary up tomorrow! #
• "basically everyone is in tech now, we just have to convince them that they like it… Which is strange" Cheryl Platz @GeekGirlCon #
• Space needle! (@ Space Needle: Observation Deck w/ 3 others) [pic]: http://t.co/dmlbO5WP #
• Excited for ignite NYC! (@ Sheraton New York Hotel & Towers w/ 31 others) http://t.co/Z7XA16wr #
• Awesome time @ignitenyc tonight with @behnooshhariri ! Great talks! #
• Had to unsubscribe from Literally Unbelievable. Amusing, but was making me dispair for humanity. #
• Running out of tickets for @GirlGeeksKW next week! Get yours here: http://t.co/kkISZJC0 #
• Amazing! And well deserved – @CarolLeaman in the hall of fame! http://t.co/5YG0bARC /via @melle #
• ONE ticket left for @GirlGeeksKW next week! Really this time, I don't think I can magic any more! http://t.co/kkISZJC0 #
• And… My flight is delayed. But on the upside air Canada emailed to say that I made status already this year. 5 months to level up again! #
• Three hour delay, and not one but TWO screaming children in the row in front. I lead such a glamorous existence. http://t.co/NuMQ7nXv #

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• Lego pirates 100% complete. Which is one of the things I wanted to do before I leave for Seattle on Friday, but not the most important. #
• This is quite a techno-futuristic outfit! http://t.co/SOMjMxFn #
• Anyone know anyone hiring QA folk in #kwawesome Manual and automated testing? #
• "we want almost nothing in life, it seems, quite so acutely as just to feel better about ourselves" – http://t.co/FE9cPtKc #
• Great post on study hacks – you're never too good to get better, value of investing in improving wherever you are – http://t.co/M6ti7TNt #
• I always used to want to build the wardrobe from clueless, looks like @sachac has made a start! http://t.co/6X2jiAjW #
• Ooh it's October now so it's time to start thinking about applying with your awesome idea to @kwawesomefound for our November pitch night! #
• Glad they finally reopened after the fire! (@ Niko Niko) http://t.co/uowYrYtV #
• Happy and productive plotting with @Pj_Lowe about next @GirlGeeksKW! Two weeks today! Are you excited? I AM!!!!! #
• Another helpful article from @PalantirTech on technical interviews, this time coding – http://t.co/eZfkNXXg #
• The fabulous @theherolab and I are conspiring re @kwawesomefound ! Get your applications in! #
• Event registration for the next @GirlGeeksKW is up! The fabulous @melle will be speaking at McCabes Oct 18th – http://t.co/kkISZJC0 #
• Did you love @bourbonbaker's pitch @kwawesomefound? Support her latest #foodlove project here: http://t.co/G9gF0jCj #
• I did not believe Steve Jobs would die. Humans have lost their hero, who defended them from engineers with a poor understanding of humans. #
• Interesting post about mindfully allocating time to ensure productivity and happiness – http://t.co/xpJUeAc2 /via @sachac #
• Just a couple of hours left for you to help @kwawesomefound fellow @bourbonbaker to meet her fundraising goal! http://t.co/G9gF0jCj #
• And… we're more than 50% sold out for the next @GirlGeeksKW with marvelous @melle! Get your ticket here: http://t.co/kkISZJC0 #
• This is cool, @hmason on how to compute the recipe for the ultimate chocolate chip cookie! http://t.co/BNsLlPk6 (if I cooked, I'd do it!) #
• This is amazing – men photographed in stereotypical female pin-up poses! http://t.co/t22ZH45G /via @dgou @ladyfox14 #
• The queue for us customs is appalling. Again. (@ Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) w/ 31 others) http://t.co/xkNSjK5n #
• And… Despite booking on continental I'm flying united. Which given the whole #unitedbreaksguitars thing I would never have willingly done. #
• I'm at the airport because I'm off to Seattle to see @serenangai at @geekgirlcon ! How better to celebrate Ada Lovelace day? #
• Still queuing…. Apparently typical delay is 8 hours. I guess @jon_zulawski is right when he says he's never traveling with me! #
• "Everybody has 5.5 litres of blood. I am just a human being. For me everybody the same." http://t.co/f0EFtffb /via @jliyi @dasymetric #
• Over 3 hours in queue for customs… Flight is gone without me. #
• Plane still here actually! I am on it! If connection as delayed as every other flight I've taken out of o'hare I'm in with a chance! #
• Haha genius – a boyfriend in a bottle – http://t.co/QqVh2cSZ /via @serenangai #
• If you have technical interviews coming up, this looks useful! http://t.co/c9zra9UT /via @karolijn #
• Finally! (@ Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) w/ 69 others) http://t.co/eFpbO24H #
• Great talk from @Emily_huh @geekgirlcon about lolcats and the cheezeburger network. "money is only useful if you follow your dreams". #
• "low cut kimono… But huge boobs! And she's a ninja… But she wears heals" – great panel @geekgirlcon on feminism, race and geek culture. #
• Seeing a preview of a film @geekgirlcon in the history of the universe as told by wonder woman. It looks awesome! Want to see it in full! #

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• So chilled out because I'm not flying this weekend for the first weekend in.. A long time! Making crepes! #
• What is the point of verified by visa if every time I use it I have to make a new password? Grrrr! #
• Following facebooks privacy invading innovations, my strategy of incognito mode in chrome, log out and shut no longer seems so strange… #
• The secret to winning the war on email – maybe I should try this? http://t.co/7n80fyZ1 #
• Hello there? Please talk to me. Another beautiful picture by Anton Tang – http://t.co/rS2fPn4F #
• This woman is my hero – Maria Klawe, President at Harvey Mudd – http://t.co/c7tMUwhq #
• Meant to go to dev meetup tonight but after spin class it's gonna have to be read pride and prejudice and sleep instead. Next time! #
• Interesting article – Unfolding the IKEA Effect: Why We Love the Things We Build – http://t.co/XHrG38f1 /via @DougMoen #
• Cute! Each Time You Hit Snooze, This Japanese Alarm App Posts Embarrassing Tweets http://t.co/hTzYWnfI /via @sidneyeve #
• Fantastic, insightful article – read it now! How We Teach Others Not to Care About Us – http://t.co/94DqIRBW /via @mypromotion #
• My badass friend is buying a motorbike! Exciting! (@ Two Wheel Motorsport) http://t.co/waLZzlFM #
• Ooh! http://t.co/OdZAmpr4 http://t.co/SDZAzg8q #
• Up too late finishing pride and prejudice for the zillionth time. The person who said I lacked a romantic bone in my body would be shocked. #
• Recruiter send resume for an engineer already working there! #fail – How not to recruit for a startup – http://t.co/RmN9fhl6 /via @JayNeely #
• Phenomenal article about "gaslighting" – making women feel their reactions are invalid – http://t.co/nv1bCnfO /via @garannm @angelaksteele #
• Blog: in which I rage about woodwork as a pre-requisite for programming, and angst about women opting for PM over eng – http://t.co/MvdYtIg9 #
• Good advice here – "You need to take small steps to get almost anywhere" – http://t.co/eJjuXBta #
• Last night I realized I learned to code 10 years ago and had a crisis. Our PM says, "ooh I think Cate's ready to go rogue" – I do <3 our PM! #
• My friend is looking for a developer in the communications industry to give a talk to his class in #Ottawa – know anyone? #
• Blog: in which I rage about woodwork as a pre-requisite for programming, and angst about women opting for PM over eng – http://t.co/MvdYtIg9 #
• This is pretty cool – gamification of self improvement with Mindbloom – http://t.co/PMior4ak #
• Helpful post on the @PalantirTech blog on rocking an algorithms interview – http://t.co/jv7PvmRX #
• What is the deal with iTunes stopping the brothers and seasons season pass mid-way through in season 5?!?!? So annoyed! #

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• Trying out a new trainer. (@ Edge Personal Training) http://t.co/duHwDQEm #
• Things that make my day, emails from girls in CS telling me they don't want to be a product manager! <3 #
• Ooh it's @GirlGeeksKW with @CarolLeaman this week! Who's going? #
• Oooh, impressive! Guy painted into a wall of soda – http://t.co/sy19JLNs /via @cutergecko #
• We are still looking for door prizes for @GirlGeeksKW tomorrow night! Ping me if you can help! #
• Got something you should be doing? Distract yourself with illustration of stages of procrastination! http://t.co/dXWEh0S4 /via @serenangai #
• American colleague on buying cars in Canada: "it's weird. There are places I know where you can buy a gun easier". #
• The only religion that makes any sense – God is a programmer – http://t.co/BsMA1QVg /via @travelingsw #
• Fantastic evening with the amazing @lccarson ! Feel so energized and motivated and inspired now! #
• It's @GirlGeeksKW tonight!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! @CarolLeaman speaking. Sooooooo excited! #
• Oh! What a fabulous umbrella! Want! http://t.co/wFKwzXB6 #
• Cool stop-motion sculpture of a mobius strip. Mesmerizing! http://t.co/4WXF6uWz #
• This video and song is amazing and hilarious – Cup of Brown Joy – http://t.co/UDOvTJb6 #
• Teammate: "I don't think you're wealthy enough to be eccentric. You might just be crazy". #
• Ready for @girlgeekskw! (@ Oliver & Bonacini Cafe Grill) http://t.co/6IQQSP1g #
• Our new car! So pretty! http://t.co/dSnCyJcy #
• Amazing talk from @CarolLeaman! Thanks to @Pj_Lowe's great organizing and @michellekostya's fab social mediaing @GirlGeeksKW was a success! #
• Very excited to wear my "I've got standards" tshirt, from msft's @ruthm! Thanks to everyone who came! Stay tuned for October announcement! #
• "Sometimes you just have to do an experiment in order to figure out what's going to happen"- amazing vid, thx @lccarson http://t.co/wd2lkJ8X #
• This is charming – my life has a superb cast – http://t.co/DGjzqjyM /via @rands #
• Witnessed colleague eat a bowl of cereal with a sausage in it earlier. Maintain we cannot have a serious conversation whilst that happening. #
• Interesting article (last week) on FB's first female engineer – "difficult to break into the boys club" (I bet!) http://t.co/ofkNm9q6 #
• Which browser is on the windows phone 7? What version of IE is it equivalent to? /cc @ruthm @alfredtwo #
• Here for a career mash with ccict (@ Communitech Hub w/ 3 others) http://t.co/Q5TG2S4A #
• Hearing that programming is "geeky" and "isolated". Unimpressed by that, and handily I wrote about why last week – http://t.co/Uv0Q6K0y #
• Oooh, tree houses! http://t.co/dG4t8Qw6 /via @aranoff #
• Hardest yet and thought I was going to fall asleep on the spin bike but met my goal of 3 6am workouts this week! #
• Taking our new car home! http://t.co/H2Te8NAn #

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