Accidentally in Code

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  • Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-09-25

    • 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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  • Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-09-18

    • Firefighters commemorating 9/11 http://t.co/Ah3WDJk #
    • We've only just met, but I love you – cleverbot chat – http://t.co/nIMdaQF #
    • Love this blog post by @caterina – Make Things – http://t.co/iqk9QSF #
    • "The challenge, on a personal level, is remembering to notice the smaller things you've achieved" – http://t.co/IZ2jG9E #
    • How to feel miserable as an artist (source unknown) – I, too, am guilty of #10 -http://twitpic.com/6ize5p /via @lccarson @tezcatlipoca #
    • This house looks so adorable and cozy, and it was #
    • That's the second time I've watched someone announce something I was going to do infront of 8 people and thought I guess I'm doing that then #
    • LOVE this video! 100 years of East London style in 100 seconds – http://t.co/QwF7Mrj /via @DragonsKitchen #
    • Car shopping! (@ Waterloo Honda) http://t.co/2UFKzmS #
    • Depressing article on how parents make teaching difficult, and cause teachers to leave the profession – http://t.co/9hsNqYG /via @jliyi #
    • Getting ready to start our Google.GetAJob() event at @google Waterloo! So exciting! #
    • This story of a @google engineer proposing via google maps is utterly charming – http://t.co/53EUw8y /via @rlm_ottawa #
    • This visualization is really cool – Intercontinental Ballistic Microfinance on @kiva – http://t.co/a8J1fWU2 /via @metadaddy @chrisdancy #
    • "it's not against the rules. It might be against your warranty, but that's a different story" – pitch on hacky halloween @kwawesomefound #
    • So much awesome tonight @kwawesomefound ! I want to support everything!!!!! #
    • Exhausting but rewarding day with Google.getAJob() and @kwawesomefound and have 8am flight to NYC tomorrow… I guess I'll sleep when I die! #
    • So happy for @kwartzlab who last night got $1000 from @kwawesomefound to make "Hacky Halloween" reality! Go be awesome! #
    • Looooooong commute this morning. Hope my bag made it too. (@ LaGuardia Airport (LGA) w/ 93 others) http://t.co/ruqCM2Dv #
    • Jewish colleague who keeps strict kosher is coming to #kwawesome – anyone know about where we can get him food? #
    • Sometimes I think I work somewhere normal, and then someone says something like "oh, my supervisor wrote the algorithm design manual". #
    • This month, I challenged myself to say no. Today I've agreed to a 4th presentation in October and another trip. I fail at no. #
    • Related: I'm currently spending more $ on academic conferences I don't attend than handbags. If I budgeted, that's not how I'd prioritize… #
    • So what if girls want things pretty? Being an engineer is not "like X" and you don't have to be "like Y" to be one – http://t.co/Uv0Q6K0y #
    • This is cool, mind-map on how to focus, because "Focus is the new black." – http://t.co/Fmf7rabS /via @peterbihr @timoreilly @pkedrosky #
    • Interesting post by Dan Ariely on value of financial advisors, and asking the right questions – http://t.co/fWHwL8or /via @krusk #
    • Dedicated wakeup call @standardny this morning. When I didn't answer the phone in three tries (shower) someone physically knocked on door! #
    • People keep telling me the amount of travel I do sounds glamorous, but reality is I am going to bed at 9 on a Saturday night. Zzzzzzzzzz… #

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  • Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-08-28

    • This weather is terrifying! @douglasgresham and I are trying to get to Toronto airport. It's insane! http://t.co/8egb1Jt #
    • Nice selection of liquor, helps when your flight is over an hour late! (@ Maple Leaf Lounge – US Departures (YYZ)) http://t.co/q8c95Lk #
    • Flight supposedly departed one minute ago, and yet we are all still here. Don't mind delays, but terrible communication from air Canada. #
    • Flight delayed to 10pm now. Taking advantage of self-service bar in lounge. Oooh baileys, it's been too long… #
    • This trip still a better experience than California a couple of weeks ago… And the 2 hours in us customs queue. Glad I got an upgrade! #
    • Boarding plane! Was not sure this moment would come! #
    • Midnight NYC adventures with a stranger, learning how to bribe security guards. Complemented on reasonableness – for a woman – by cabbie. #
    • Strangely that I'd overheard him arrange an assignation with his lover made me feel safer. #
    • You're flight was the most delayed, so you should get a prize. Voila, my room has been upgraded. http://t.co/VAiYNW1 #
    • Bad apostrophe. Blame the 8 hours I spent at the airport. Zzzzzzzzzzzz!!!!! #
    • Oh, this image is charming, but makes a point – http://t.co/C1Iwxza /via @jliyi #
    • I am amused by @melle's latest picture that she did not take – http://t.co/9ur7tiZ #
    • Sometimes hilarious, sometimes horribly true – Einstein, Twain, and other Creatives on Schooling – http://t.co/tVqQvmV /via @lemire @jliyi #
    • Yes! 4 Reasons Why Passive Income is a Dangerous Fantasy – http://t.co/MU20ITm /via @jenny_blake #
    • Charming – reverse graffiti – http://t.co/nra4eh8 /via @melle @melissabernais #
    • Great TED talk – Alain de Botton, that someone has "lost" doesn't make them a "loser" – http://t.co/WzWyGgI /via @jliyi #
    • Last night someone asked me what my favorite editor is. I was about to say "I like xcode fine" but then I realized it was the emacs vim war. #
    • A list full of helpful reminders of lessons we may have learned the hard way – http://t.co/hwx6IIW /via @postsecret @davidcain #
    • Woah – awesome wearable technology dress from MSFT Research – http://t.co/s6a05lw /via @jliyi #
    • In need of inspiration? This is great – Lessons From Teddy Roosevelt On Going "All In" – http://t.co/kWi4aF9 / via @mypromotion #
    • Lovely coincidence that @corey_latislaw was in NYC at the same time as me! That's two friends from @ghc I hung out with today! #
    • Embrace vulnerability – the value of being able to say "I don't know." http://t.co/L4IANEu /via @tjeanpetro #
    • Some harsh but true criticisms here on women's responsibilities – http://t.co/stvjQJ4 /via @melissabernais @xoxSNP #
    • This video is awesome – Girls in a Tech World: Endless Possibilities of Computer Science – http://t.co/bDbtdg7 #
    • Soon we'll be announcing our finalists for @kwawesomefound on September 14. Have you put in your application? Time is running out! #
    • 5 Hard lessons – incl. You don't need to tell a jerk they are a jerk. Very true. http://t.co/wHMHe6O /via @terakristen @neicolec #
    • "The first step to paying off your technical debt is to stop creating it." – http://t.co/NO7bHsx /via @Kim_Moir @connolly_s @anderssv #
    • Leaving New York and I haven't shopped.. I must be ill. See you soon Ottawa! (@ LaGuardia Airport (LGA) w/ 85 others) http://t.co/aWXihm1 #
    • "Decades ago, a child chained a bicycle to a tree… The tree, unperturbed, grew around the bike." – http://t.co/OpWLEth /via @Sierra_Club #
    • Hiiiiiii Ottawa! (@ Ottawa MacDonald-Cartier International Airport (YOW) w/ 9 others) http://t.co/85nWFmC #
    • 5 mins late for the Richard Stallman talk at #SC2011 he's talking about the surveillance state. #
    • "Free software is the only known defense against malicious features" – would think zero switching cost is another defense. #SC2011 #
    • Now talking about the evils of software as a service. I feel in stallman's utopia, usability is horrific. #SC2011 #
    • Now saying that google docs is evil and basically spyware. Disclosure: that is what I work on now… #SC2011 #
    • Now talking about how the us gvt tried to take down Wikileaks, coercion and the precarious use of the Internet. #SC2011 #
    • Great to see more women this year at #SC2011 good to meet @Kim_Moir in person! #
    • Heading to genjii for sushi @6. Come! #
    • Really enjoying @shaver's talk at #SC2011 he's pretty hilarious 🙂 #
    • So good to hang out with @DLitz @AR_Eclipse @mekki @foobar3 @flying_squirrel @alex_mck @jcbatista at #SC2011 today. Glad I could make it! #

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  • Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-08-21

    • I have the best views in the city of lit up signs telling me to re-elect some politician. As a non-Canadian non-voter, this is wasted on me. #
    • As I dream of the day when politicians are disposed of in order of corruption until we have a cost-effective system… It makes me grumpy. #
    • Checking out the @kwawesomefound submissions. You know you have about 2 weeks to get yours in for our September round? Ready, set – GO! #
    • On phone to mom asking about riots in Leicester. Apparently they looted the pound store. Classy! #
    • Yay! Just registered for @fosslc #SC2011 thanks @AR_Eclipse 🙂 http://t.co/zEWtcIH – Ottawa, here I come! #
    • Enjoying career craftsman manifesto on Study Hacks – you don't follow passion, you build it – http://t.co/Dxu3NMT and http://t.co/N2yFrFq #
    • Where is a good place for us to go for lunch on Friday? #
    • Interesting article on our perception of effort, judging the effort at the time not the time spent learning – http://t.co/DZYASoW #
    • PM on my new team is awesome. He's promised koala cuddling when I go to Sydney. Yay! #
    • Another charming picture from Anton Tang – Watch Your Step – http://t.co/NOILiNo #
    • LOVE this – "Many of us have not been taught to go with the flow. We turn everyday inconveniences into catastrophes." http://t.co/BaBU5pp #
    • This guy's ambition is inspiring, but we do ask that you keep your @kwawesomefound application legal! http://t.co/308KSaC #
    • This is cool, watch it full screen – 12,000 screenshots of the front page of the nytimes.com, Sept 2010-July 2011 – http://t.co/Jggu4r6 #
    • Excellent, I have not mastered this skill – how to write a passive agressive note – http://t.co/DFwBXk7 /via @mandydennison #
    • Crikey! I'm on the ONWIC program website. http://t.co/Iwybgs6 #
    • I think this chart explains why academia is so screwed up – http://t.co/beiSAhf – how scientists see each other /via @Cass_Wilson #
    • Today: wearing same tshirt as male colleague. The downside of corp swag. But my cookie monster google t-shirt is awesome. #
    • I love every OK GO video, each one more crazy and creative than the previous – here is the latest – http://t.co/W4kNA7D #
    • Male programmer privilege checklist – http://t.co/0zfOLWX /via via @millicentsomer @lia @RobDrimmie #
    • Having a rough week but woke up to find the thing I was up early to sort out is done, and recognition from a colleague – things looking up! #
    • Running a workshop for high school teachers using app inventor. (@ Math and Computer Building (MC)) http://t.co/EcEGx9G #
    • This is great, recap of Sam Palmisano on what it takes for a company to reach 100 http://t.co/Oy2UDiF /via @eric_andersen @utollwi @Enderle #
    • This is AWESOME, comp sci teachers need this! Computer science concepts told through fairy tales http://ow.ly/5Xg6X /via @CompSciFact @jliyi #
    • "the University is like a bad boyfriend. Sooner or later it is going to break your heart" – http://t.co/OXqZfu3 /via @escapeivrytower #
    • Learn to spot your "amygdala early warning system – 4 Words That Will Make You a Better Negotiator – http://t.co/rd5MiwF /via @dominiquesr #
    • "Cate I feel like sitting next to you is going to make me crazier. Not because you make people crazy but I don't feel the need to be normal" #
    • Not sure whether to be flattered or scared? Nice that people feel they can be themselves around me. Unfortunate if that self is a werewolf. #
    • Teammate: "you've been watching too much family guy. That gave me an unreasonable fear of babies". #
    • Three stunning videos. Move (my fave), Eat, Learn – 3 guys/44 days/11 countries/18 flights/38k miles – http://t.co/WNLUkKP /via @daejin_v2 #
    • This is insane, ridiculously, fabulously so – the chart, reimagined – http://t.co/D4NSvd6 /via @iamcreative @simonhodson99 @angharadbyrne #

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  • Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-08-14

    • Funny and horribly true – the public perception of science .. vs.. science – http://dld.bz/akctc /via @_Dark_Archon_ #
    • OH: I have to use Facebook, it's how I hear about funerals. #
    • Funny 'cos it's true – the war between developers, designers and pm's – http://twitpic.com/60str2 /via @TerreChartrand @dorothyblack #
    • Good point here on opportunities for women in tech – "I am a diversity candidate" http://bit.ly/pPLbfH /by @lisaphillips /via @ncwit #
    • This morning: "so who's giving the keynote, will it be you?" me: "um what? What keynote?" #
    • I love Anton Tang's little box men – http://t.co/0XcPXgN #
    • Applications of augmented reality… shopping! Try on clothing via your webcam, kinda cool -http://dld.bz/akuQY #
    • Starting to think about @GirlGeeksKW at the end of the month, looking for speaker recommendations! /cc @Pj_Lowe @michellekostya @melle #
    • Still dealing with the rejection system, but now via email. It wants a title page and a cover letter. It's so freaking demanding. I hate it! #
    • At first I enjoyed "Literally Unbelievable" (people believing the Onion) but it makes me so depressed for humanity – http://dld.bz/akx5y #
    • Any other KW folk going to the power of women event in Toronto tomorrow? #
    • I *love* @27bslash6 – Blood is thicker than water, but so is butter and faeces: 27bslash6.com/chris.html #
    • "they wrongly assume… that one hour's the same as any other. In reality, by contrast, energy levels fluctuate" – http://dld.bz/akx8U #
    • Second person asked me if @douglasgresham and I were keeping our relationship at work. My response? "No, we're just not that affectionate". #
    • Oops – Second person to ask if @douglasgresham and I keep our relationship SECRET at work. My response? "No, we're just not affectionate". #
    • Shame in academic writing – not just true in academia, writing is *hard* – http://dld.bz/akzRV #
    • Amazing to meet up with some @kwawesomefound folk, always leaves me inspired. Yay for plotting! Much excitement and awesome to come! #
    • Woah one of my slide decks is on the home page of slideshare because it's hot on Facebook! #
    • I wasn't too excited when Celine dion started to singing, but she's freakin' hilarious! #
    • That was a fake Celine, which explains why it was awesome. My world view was shaken temporarily! #
    • Oh wow, Jill Taylor is up next! This is the female neuroscientist who did the amazing TED talk about her stroke. #
    • Ellen is on! And she's awesome. Talking about authenticity. #
    • Trying to set up friend. She says "small and alien aren't appealing" I say, "well he's not a hobo/religious/your friend's married father." #
    • Friends fiancée is looking for a job in #kwawesome she's an tester, currently doing ruby testing. Anyone know anything going? I have resume. #

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  • Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-08-07

    • Something about being in a city makes me more willing to spend time on my hair. #
    • Looking for good mexican food in or near Mountain View. Any recommendations? #
    • With three grown men – @spizzy @warthog9 @douglasgresham – who are having a detailed argument about the smurfs. Disturbing! #
    • In other news, it's @douglasgresham's birthday today. I've done my best to make it forgettable. #
    • IE users have low iq story was fake – http://t.co/aRWvygg #
    • Talking to guy about creepy guys online, he says: "maybe girls should be more creepy". I think he doesn't get it… #
    • Activating plan B. #
    • Last day in MTV, looking forward to heading home to Canada tomorrow! Been quite a week. #
    • Excellent. We've returned from California and it turns out that @douglasgresham does not know where he left car. Exploring airport :-s #

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