June 2014 — 716 tweets
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kimhorne <3 <3 <3 you were brave, I'm so sorry you got harassed as a result.
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taraclark_ What?!? That is horrifying.
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taraclark_ fair point :)
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N4td better than last week!
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kmoir <3 from London.
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N4td last week set a low bar, but yes.
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Some kind of bug going around and I don't know if I have it or if it is jetlag+weight training. But everything aches and I feel sick.
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N4td thanks! Are you doing any better today?
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N4td that is great! I'm sure it will be a fun event!
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NatDudley what is inside is worse.
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kimhorne a lot of the most stupid comments yesterday came from here. I'm sorry on behalf of my uncivilized people.
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segdeha how many women? :) seeing a lot about lack of women @ WWDC (specifically presenting)
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juliepagano I think it is related to the one where they think their stupid code is perfect and doesn't need tests and ui is a waste of time
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RT Atlassian: On failing our values, our team, and our industry: ow.ly/xDEa1 #AtlasCamp
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kimhorne I think it is good they didn't fire the guy? Mostly because I fear the impact on you? Need to see what else happens tho.
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RT shanley: So I'm trying to watch Her but holy shit I hate this movie lol. Why did they make a movie about a boring sad little man having…
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kimhorne explodingpsych omg an account just to troll you! You have made it! (Dude, get a better hobby than harassing women online)
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juliepagano in your talk? I don't watch violent films so I don't get the references.
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My manager tried to buy lycheetini at the liquor store. I guess he didn't realize you need to assemble it yourself? Mad props for trying.
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N4td you will be great!
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NatDudley :) I agree. Deleted all my personal unread last year, but edging up again.
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wseblen how did it go?
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kimhorne yeah. I agree. They normally at least make a donation to some kind of women's thing. Hopefully they will post a followup.
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kimhorne their Sydney office hosts girl geek dinners often. Hopefully they have people who will help them figure out concrete actions.
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kimhorne also having lived in oz, these conversations about women in tech are not quite as far along as in the us/canada. (uk imo worse)
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kimhorne UK is mostly "we had a female PM", but don't consider the way she is talked about. I've found that women here don't expect more.
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Really interesting - How I Became an Unfair Teacher - buff.ly/1pPI0UN /via TeraKristen
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segdeha more women speakers? Isn't that internal? For the rest - outreach, free childcare, scholarships etc.
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rockchick322004 segdeha I actually have no idea, I just know they have worked at it.
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segdeha Yeah you have to work at it, and value it, and plan well in advance. The longer you wait, the harder it gets.
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triketora congrats! <3
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segdeha good luck! There are a lot of resources, these are not new problems :)
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"The main problem you’ll encounter when working from home is… well, you." buff.ly/1pPLTZN /via katemats
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ICYMI, I nerded out about skiing whilst writing down some thoughts on innovation - wp.me/p11Aax-3BL
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So I updated my LinkedIn profile recently. Within 2 working days, I had 4 pings from recruiters... but 3 were for the same company.
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This is cute! Tiny parisien apartment (12m sq) - buff.ly/1nLN13E /via felsull
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aisflat439 yeah I wonder if I have just inadvertently keyword optimized my profile for that company ;)
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N4td omg hate those people!
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NatDudley <3 go enjoy the weekend!
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N4td yep. "I was tempted to do it your way, but if we both do NOTHING there is no event"
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NatDudley good! <3
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T has been jealous than a tweet about my manager was more popular than tweets about him. Now he's trying to make me misattribute things.
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T: "you may not be the best person to ask about this... But where do women go to meet men? If I wasn't married I wouldn't know where to go"
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More on my adventures in public speaking: My 4 Step Plan For Giving a Talk - wp.me/p11Aax-3Bu
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dontgetcaught thanks :)
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Yes, 1000x this - "Men thinking of themselves as too important to do this work is sexism." buff.ly/1nLVyDz
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bubbva it's funny, although this thing with the plant shows a slightly alarming level of dedication.
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RT SaraJChipps: The fear of loving your career after it has burned you is real.
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ICYMI I wrote up my 4 step plan for giving a talk: 1. prepare. 2. show up. 3. start talking. 4. hide. catehuston.com/blog/2014/06/06/my-4-step-plan-for-giving-a-talk/
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louielouie haha yes! :) definitely an extrovert!
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Interesting post from seriouspony on dealing with stage fright, the presenter as UI - buff.ly/1tOH43c
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Horrifying. 5 Uncomfortable Truths Behind the Men's Rights Movement - buff.ly/1jRgVeK
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ellenchisa awwh! New adventure!
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RT shanley: Hey LiveStream you cool with your engineers calling women in tech "cunts"? @zivcjs http://t.co/W9ER4L5NqE
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RT shanley: Women in tech get called cunts EVERY DAY by software developers in the industry. IT NEEDS TO STOP LiveStream @zivcjs
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RT shanley: i need help from male allies in tech right now. YOU need to stand up and say this is NOT okay with you.
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My observation of tech culture in the UK is that assumption is we can't have a bro problem, because egalitarian! Had a female PM long ago!
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RT brainwane: A reminder: if you love someone's talks, you can email organizers of other conferences & say "she should speak at your conf!"
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juliepagano no.
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kwugirl I think 2 is really important and easily forgotten! Glad you liked it :)
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juliepagano my other post - catehuston.com/blog/2014/06/06/my-4-step-plan-for-giving-a-talk/ - Ping me if you want proof reading or anything. Good luck!
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NatDudley i felt like men in Australia knew their society was somewhat misogynistic? But idk outside of Sydney.
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benclarkwood yes! And the way people talk about her is massively gendered - vicious.
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Geek_Manager <3
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"But instead, she made her own life" - buff.ly/1uhkpP6
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RT mrtazz: 4 interesting and simple steps how catehstn gives a talk. Very similar to what I do. mrtz.cc/DnPJtA
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Exhausting afternoon with the little Stemettes! Great to see how enthusiastic and creative they are about their apps!
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"I got punched in the face at uni over am argument about how Linux and windows assign memory at startup" - meritocracy in action, y'all.
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"The guy went on to win the student of the year award, and I left with zeros."
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Good article on the absence of women at WWDC - buff.ly/SBoG2b /via ggdworldwide
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This is good, by @aydaring - For All Men: An Incomplete Guide To Avoiding Harassing & Assaulting Women - buff.ly/1pNzvfH
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skamille I also use it. The dms in particular doing my head in.
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Plotting with aimafidon is one of my favourite activities but wow am I tired now! <3
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RT kimhorne: If no one has named the onslaught of anonymous eggs who harass you after shining light on misogyny I humbly submit "loser oml…
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EmmaAshley nice to meet you!
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This Week - things I read, places I went wp.me/p11Aax-3Ce
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<3 <3 <3 Famous Speech Friday, this week - Benazir Bhutto at the UN Conference on Women - buff.ly/1pNzxnM
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RT sarahkendzior: On being a thing sarahkendzior.com/2014/06/07/on-being-a-thing/
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42aross oh you're in London? Hi!
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Not knowing where you’re really from isn’t so much the problem asthe belief that you should really be from somewhere buff.ly/SCXdgw
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Demonstrates why so few women on quora, why participate when so much harassment? Quora's Misogyny Problem - buff.ly/1hoZes1/via felsull
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marcprecipice oh that was dozy of me, sorry. Yes I don't use it much either, but I think a lot of the harassment women experience is...
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marcprecipice ... Not obvious to men. The experience on sites like ok Cupid is vastly different for example. Also twitter, though...
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marcprecipice ... That is getting more raised awareness of. Really any platform for communication is also used for harassment.
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marcprecipice and as per that article (by anil dash maybe) recently they have a responsibility to do something about that.
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lccarson meet me on the west coast next weekend and we can buy one
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My mom says the sweetest things "I can't imagine you trying to stop anyone doing anything."
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bubbva they missed out "doesn't" in name, was it the apostrophe? Worrying about character length? We may never know.
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segdeha I think of it as multitasking has a cognitive overhead comparable to that of being drunk.
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skamille I find it interesting because it effectively shuts women out in the same way hacker news does, if not willing to put up with it.
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skamille is this career limiting? As we look more to people's online work to decide whether to hire them, implications if drive women away.
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skamille yeah there are guys who are found by recruiters because of their participation on sites like StackOverflow. IDK if there women...
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skamille ... are found in this way, if there are any in top users, and if they would get the same points, upvotes etc?
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skamille but yes, same for me. Have zero interest in Quora, but difference between opting out and being unwelcome.
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skamille idk if you saw my tweets when i had to get a github a/c a while ago? I had this reaction against it because I had the impression..
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skamille ...women were harassed on it. Turns out, it's if they work there. But doesn't make me feel good about using it.
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skamille ... have not had time to shave that particular yak yet though.
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skamille this is the disconnect, men can behave how they like with their identity on display, women can't display signs of female-ness.
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skamille yeah I find it hard to calibrate knowing more with my general feelings of increased burn out/despondency.
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This Wednesday I will be posting another rant about the pipeline. 6 months since last one, the focus on it is still deeply annoying to me.
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taraclark_ 100%
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lccarson True true
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Possibly the most offensive thing someone has said to me at work, "you were walking in a very determined way, it reminded me of darth vadar"
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zmagg when are you going to SF? I'll be there (probably) in 2 weeks.
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I love this! And the word "bonepinions" needs to be added to the OED. Notes From A Boner - buff.ly/1uxOzxX /by CAwkward
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Oooh! I'm on the website for oredev! Excited for Sweden in November! oredev.org/2014/speakers
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DanielleSucher zmagg in Sweden? I'm going to be in Malmo for a few days. Are you moving or also speaking?
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taraclark_ i thought darth vadar was pretty evil?
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RT shanley: White male tech privilege. Call women cunts Friday, fired for it Saturday, brag about ease of finding new job Monday https://t…
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You should read this by juliepagano. Yes, you. On Fighting for Marginalized People in Tech - buff.ly/1kdVG6T
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I wrote about scary projects, being afraid to fail, and productive procrastination - feedly.com/e/QnntqC0K
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Beautiful - Michelle Obama’s amazing speech on black female beauty from Maya Angelou’s memorial service - buff.ly/1qaKrBu
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T was pretty judgey about the unhealthy appearance of The Plant earlier. And now the healthy plants around my apt building seem to mock me.
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I don't know what has gone wrong, I followed all the instructions on all the postits. It had a new list, water... No sky TV though.
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Changed my mind at least 6 or 7 times now about whether I go to the US next weekend. Arrgrghhhh...
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HopeGraceFury lol tempting!
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ErinLouise haha I wish I could <3
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OK making progress on this trip, I have a flight booked. But I can cancel it today. The Final Decision approaches.
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@serenangai west coast - Seattle and SF :)
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.jo_miller is so wise - 5 Ways to Motivate Yourself (and Everyone Around You) - buff.ly/1hu29Qo
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lindseybieda yesterday!
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<3 "But closure... is so rare in design. The loops stay open, because most problems are chronic. They shift forms." buff.ly/1tVEWa8
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I do this, does improve quality of life - Traveling at Home (or Only Boring People are Bored) - buff.ly/SFoWgw /via alexproaps
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RT marthakelly: INTERNET LOOK AT THIS media.giphy.com/media/qFxlqjtA3m44U/giphy.gif
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jo_miller <3
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nandana alexproaps yeah I used to hate it but I've come around :)
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jo_miller what is it based on now? You buy it?
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I'm not getting on a plane this weekend. I know, so unlike me.
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@poppie_simmonds HandeE bcs_lovelace I'm not there properly but can come say hi if y'all have time/questions - lmk :)
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My friend is a little stressed: “you know what? dinosaurs suck you want to know why? THEY ARE EXTINCT”
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jo_miller urgh I hate that.
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On prospect of dating in the UK, M: "I could just go out on dates with women and not be overtly misogynist and be better than the average"
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TgardnerH yes I had to cut "and NYC" because of character constraints :)
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Another Rant About The "Pipeline" - 3 things that annoy me - wp.me/p11Aax-3BQ
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louielouie :) glad you found it helpful!
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plragde yes, yes, yes
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lccarson cute!
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@poppie_simmonds in which building? Belgrave House?
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melle happy birthday!
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@poppie_simmonds ok I'll pop over :)
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@poppie_simmonds 3rd floor cafe?
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@poppie_simmonds I'm here by the tea
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HandeE @poppie_simmonds ha but are you also from the same pokey little village in the Midlands?
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T: "You can't be diabolical if you're tired."
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T: "Next time someone buys you a plant, ask them to buy you a plastic plant. They don't die. Unless you water them."
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+1 to what selenamarie says on handling harassment and toxic behavior privately buff.ly/1u1cHGX
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kerrizor selenamarie people are much more comfortable policing women's reactions than actions that cause them too. Really pisses me off.
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kerrizor selenamarie and I'm sorry that happened to you, it's really hard. And - me too. It was horrible.
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kerrizor selenamarie yep and when privacy is enforced to something that everyone saw happen, it can very isolating.
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petewarden congrats!
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@poppie_simmonds HandeE haha when are you done? I'm about to finish for the day :)
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Work has been stressful lately, but a couple of hours of writing unit tests and I feel so zen. Time to go home before it disappears!
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RT EmmaAshley: catehstn "and with the green tick to inform the user that indeed, all tests had passed, she did reach nirvana and spiritua…
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EmmaAshley yesssssss <3
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@poppie_simmonds oh sorry I've left for the day, got plans later. Lmk when you are next in London!
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louielouie haha they are all failing :) will write the code tomorrow. Proper TDD!
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Part 2 of my returning to the stage after harassment story on The Eloquent Woman, amazing intro from dontgetcaught - buff.ly/1mIdcBK
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Cool! A wearable designed for women. Tempted, although I don’t like rings or gold - getringly buff.ly/SLnwkK /via marcprecipice
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JacsGud thanks! :)
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ICYMI my latest rant on the pipeline, why I wish we would stop talking about it, what we might talk about instead - buff.ly/1hPu3GT
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felsull interesting! Someone told me my writing made me seem "intense", I always think I'm a confused fuckwit. Still figuring that one out.
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taraclark_ :) how are you doing?
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@poppie_simmonds hope you had a good day!
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@poppie_simmonds Oh good they gave you one?
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@poppie_simmonds I love mine, so cute so fluffy.
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@poppie_simmonds Thomas estley, lutterworth, the Oakham for 6th form (boarding school)
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colinized biochembelle thanks for sharing, so glad you liked it :)
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beccamedwards triketora I know right! Time to reconsider maybe. Although I'm not sure I want notifications more accessible.
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dontgetcaught thanks for the rt :)
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N4td <3
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ubiation lol <3
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triketora thanks <3
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peterseibel thanks for tweeting this, and also for picking that quote - I think it's one of my most important points.
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kimhorne awwh scary <3
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N4td :( i can believe that, or at least hardest to deal with.
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N4td each new useless piece of advice is a surprise! Have you thought about... ;)
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RT peterseibel: "Much easier to get a 16 year old girl to be excited about technology, than be there and support a 30 year old woman" http…
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N4td yeah I have got that kind of thing when I explain that I can't go veggie because allergic to nuts and weight train. And it's basically
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N4td "live on protein powder" and like, euww.
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N4td to be clear I meant "can't in a way that doesn't take over my life entirely".
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HelenArmfield yep, yep, yep.
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N4td or like, know what your schedule is like.
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.aimafidon and I wrote about how The Glass Ceiling is made of Bad Managers huff.to/1n7gxfa on @HuffPostUKTech #womenintech
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natural20 thanks for sharing it!
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alexproaps thanks! There's definitely a similar lack of accountability in academia, famous academics with tenure can do what they like.
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The Rise of the Voluntariat - buff.ly/1q89gxM /via betsythemuffin
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A man commented on my latest rant about the pipeline to tell me I'm complaining and unreasonable. Thanks bro! catehuston.com/blog/2014/06/11/another-rant-about-the-pipeline/
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Liz_Hall1 Glad he had time to do a driveby and tell me what to think and how to feel! What would I have done otherwise?
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But then RobDrimmie left the best comment ever - thank you <3 catehuston.com/blog/2014/06/11/another-rant-about-the-pipeline/
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RobDrimmie yeah I won't censor if it isn't attacking, and thought it was an excellent example of mansplaining in the wild. But euww, jerk.
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The plant hasn't responded to my email, and is looking more and more... dead. Now T is also looking unwell. I'm concerned by this trend.
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kristahouse they scare me! I need something unprickly but also hard to kill.
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ubiation RobDrimmie 10/10 WOULD HUG
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IanSkerrett thanks for the comment! You and RobDrimmie are both awesome :)
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CarrieMantha thanks for sharing this!
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aisflat439 RobDrimmie thanks :)
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cmason1967 thanks for sharing my post :)
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mhoye thanks for sharing my post :)
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If you like my pipeline rants, might also like: aimafidon and I on HuffPo Tech UK on bad managers and sponsorship - huffingtonpost.co.uk/annemarie-imafidon/the-glass-ceiling-is-made-of-bad-managers_b_5443295.html
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T: "what have you been watering it with?" Me: "bottled water." T: "what is wrong with you? Who gives bottled water to a plant?!"
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T examines the bottled water ingredients. Me: "it's not dying because of the bottled water, it's dying because it hates me" T: "good point"
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Great article on male friendship and secondary trauma as it relates to notallmen/yesallwomen - buff.ly/1kO4SDY
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arty thanks for sharing :)
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@superSGP thankyou :) I'm really glad they resonated with you!
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AliciaMorga thanks for sharing my post :)
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@superSGP not her fault! Have you seen my post on finding senior women? catehuston.com/blog/2014/01/01/the-pipeline-is-a-bullshit-argument-and-other-rants/ and "nice" undermining catehuston.com/blog/2014/05/28/ways-to-undermine-women-whilst-being-nice/
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@superSGP omg yes. And the gaslighting. Going home in tears thinking I'm crazy.
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I'm late to this, but amazing article, incredible woman - The Origins of 'Privilege' - buff.ly/1s4YqNY
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@superSGP I am loving that phrase, actually lol-ing. Thanks for making my day!
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juliepagano lol yes
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HandeE that image makes me want to leave the country. Of course a lot of things do.
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That job posting (last rt) is so tech industry "needed: woman to do all the shit we think is below us." Amazing response.
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alexproaps this one has pretty consistently hated me. To be fair, I have been a bit of a failure as a plant-owner :(
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RachelShadoan thanks! It was a gift from a friend. I expect she bought a demanding one as some kind of personal test, which I have failed.
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ShawnaActually yeah I was watering it from my paper tea cup, so it was getting tea dregs and bottled water. Winning combo.
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snipeyhead violetblue tgrevatt women are denied personhood in public speaking, men have this luxury of speaking only for themselves.
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mrtazz thanks for sharing that :)
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plragde but... I bet you are going to America! No political asylum there. Also, it's probably worse.
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N4td so cute!
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corey_latislaw cool! :)
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N4td you doing ok? look after yourself <3
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N4td that sounds good! I have a whole friday ahead of me. Tired already! Enjoy the weekend.
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My manager has put together a slide deck, and I complain about the font. He tells me I can edit it on the condition of "no cats".
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Now disputing a CSV. I say, distraction. He says: "It gives people something to look at while I make my point. A bit like a cat really"
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NatDudley he described it as a "proper engineer slide". I said, there's a reason why engineers are generally considered to give poor talks.
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NatDudley I'm hopeful! He's looking at it more :)
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smiffy think this objection extends to all animals. I will check, though.
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Book: A Short Guide To A Happy Life wp.me/p11Aax-3Bl
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BeerOps haha not afaik. If you find one, let me know!
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BeerOps amazing, I sent it to him. We will see what happens!
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kristahouse lol :) I suspect that the public record of how I couldn't keep this plant alive will discourage anyone else from buying me one!
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Some people would revolutionize their communication if before writing/speaking they thought "what if I assumed this person was smart?"
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I had a success lately thinking "what would I say if I assumed this person was reasonable, and not a raging, patronizing jerk?"
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A compromise on the CSV has been reached - he is putting it in the incredible cat font discovered by BeerOps. What have we done?!
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My friend is super confused by the CSV (comma separated variable), she says "geez, I thought that was internet speak for a type of cat!" <3
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Must stop complaining about these things - 5 Things Nobody Wants to Hear buff.ly/1hNWd5d /via felsull
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smiffy people wouldn't just complain about that at my job, they would REVOLT.
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lccarson yes!
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ICYMI, aimafidon and I wrote about bad managers, sponsorship, and 3 strategies for developing women in tech - buff.ly/1kRvC6t
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This is good, on language, gender stereotypes, and growing up - "When I was a kid I was a boy" buff.ly/1q55E2g
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Amazing, someone #ff'd me (thx!) for "the caretaking of plants". WFH today but I'm not optimistic about the plant's health. Or T, actually.
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aisflat439 thanks, I adore that description :)
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angloadam thanks! That kind of feedback makes writing it worthwhile.
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alexproaps thanks for sharing that!
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RachelShadoan so reassuring to hear it is not just my ineptitude killing the plant! Thankyou!
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kristahouse :)
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plragde :)
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dacaldar new BFF? Dressed to match?
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HandeE wales!
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sarahsosiak thanks for sharing my post :)
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Going to write about getting the most out of mentors this weekend. Anyone have any tips they want to share?
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louielouie protege! Or mentee :) how to best use someone's time when you don't get much of it.
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skamille yes! I like to go with 2-3 main points. Do you have other suggestions?
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skamille basically to avoid spending too much time on "context", abstract away to key question: eg "making decisions without enough data"
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skamille yes! Often found validation AFTER I made the hard decision, rather than before it.
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knitterjp thanks! Both of these are great :)
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dacaldar cool! :)
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JacsGud nice to see you! sorry we didn't have more time to chat - wanted to hear about your new job!
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JacsGud are we? When? But yes! Cool!
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zmagg but London cabbies keep trying to run me over.
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ErinLouise joshlavoie IMO way less weird than the ones they hide in stuffed toys.
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My dad says, "if I had twitter I would tweet that", asks me to instead: "I'm a software engineer, I have no useful skills"
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My mom is being very judgey about the plants well-being and wants to adopt it. It may be too late.
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Bought my mom her first Jawbone up band, dead on arrival unfortunately. Luckily still proximate to the apple store.
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Her friend says: "It's a good thing you are with an expert, we'd spend the next month, when we were feeling strong, having another go."
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This is good, conf organisers perspective on CoC - Why We had a Code of Conduct - buff.ly/1hQGJgR /via hypatiadotca
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kimhorne shocking how low expectations are when "someone asked me a personal question on the street and then respected boundaries" is good
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RT arikan: In the 10 year of Make Magazine no people of color (under represented minority) featured - Leah Buckley #eyeo2014 http://t.co/J…
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RT sarahchurchwell: Why language ALWAYS matters. RT sturdyAlex: Splendid. “EwanWhoElse: One of my favourite quotes on the subject. http:…
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Such big plans for tomorrow. Not speaking to anyone. Maybe some yoga.
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ICYMI, part 2 of my Returning to The Stage After Harassment is on The Eloquent Woman, great intro by dontgetcaught - buff.ly/1xUiAdT
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Great article by the amazing jo_miller on communicating and Influencing Upward - buff.ly/1pLw6f6
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kimhorne <3
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TheStacey enjoy!
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ErinLouise joshlavoie I'm not sure I do! In gmail you can select all visible and archive. Have to go page by page.
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TheStacey yes :) I'm so bad at making time for it though. But today! Priority!
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RT BR3NDA: In summary, people listen to podcasts when out by themselves, and I am never out by myself.
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Supposed to be on a plane today, but I'm not! It's like a snow day in Canada. Wake up and ask myself: what will I make today? Amazing <3
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lindseybieda It's been 6 months and I still struggle w/London. But I have a spreadsheet to make me explore. Blog post coming on this soon.
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scarerkite awesome! What are you going to do? Read a book?
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TechGirlsCan aimafidon thanks for sharing that :)
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This Week - Art! And Books! And Angsty Reflections! Edition wp.me/p11Aax-3Cv
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The pioneering woman the world forgot - buff.ly/1sb7gK4 /via ErinLouise
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scarerkite zone 8! That is very nice of you.
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If you look at what drives the deterioration of many relationships, it’s often a breakdown of kindness buff.ly/SGQi5A /via felsull
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Love startups focused on women - Lingerie Startup Uses Big Data to Engineer the World’s Best Bra - buff.ly/1xW8Yzi /via triketora
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juliepagano I'm really looking forward to seeing this btw. will you do a blogpost?
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louielouie I have stuff on that! And there is still time :)
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RT spacekatgal: Drastic drop in women getting CS degrees since 80s. Women tend to leave tech after a few years. Death by 1000 cuts. http:/…
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juliepagano cool! :)
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aisflat439 spacekatgal yeah unlocking the clubhouse (over 10 years ago) outlined how to keep women in uni cs, much applies later.
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aisflat439 spacekatgal we have all the answers as to what works, people just choose to not do it because it is hard.
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ellenchisa are you going to put notes from your talk up? Or have I just not read them because feedly has been down :)
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juliepagano haha I hope you are going to have coffee with him! ;)
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Bleh Monday morning. Nonspecific despair. General despondency. Almost certainly caused by skipping dinner in favour of the gym Sunday night.
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ErinLouise <3
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RT JointDestroyer: I am a feminist with daddy issues: I was raised to expect more from men medium.com/@j_zimms/i-am-a-feminist-with-daddy-issues-e8a32687efae via GatorKater
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Hey - Stemettes are crowdfunding to put on an event for girls to learn to code! Please chip in - justgiving.com/yimby/stemettes#/
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Making Someplace New, Home wp.me/p11Aax-3zt
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My regular reminder as to why I quit Corporate Feminism.
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Really good - Avoiding the Unintended Consequences of Casual Feedback - buff.ly/1pUXl76 /via katemats
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ellenchisa :) awesome! Feedly is working, so I will make my way to that soon :)
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ICYMI Stemettes is crowdfunding for a workshop to teach girls to make mobile apps! You can support us here - justgiving.com/yimby/stemettes <3
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T: "Nerf is a sport?" Me: "well, so's golf." T: "I thought golf was just an excuse for men to wonder around drinking"
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@snowcrashmike lol :) not much golfing in a canadian winter!
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eileentso lovely! Happy birthday :)
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New word - matrimania - If You Feel Bad About Being Single, It's Not Because You're Single buff.ly/STZnsl
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Fascinating article on how much work goes into being a size 0, and the effect on romantic relationships - buff.ly/1hWyK1G
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kimhorne factory original ha needs upgrade
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RT powerstofly: Managers who allow great talent to surface & flourish can forever shatter the glass ceiling buff.ly/1lG6BeI via @ai…
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zmagg drive?
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kimhorne we can only hope!
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Went to this startup thing tonight, met a man who isn't in the tech industry! Made a singularity joke and HE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND. Refreshing!
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Although clearly I will die alone as I never want to date a techie again, and when I meet non techies I make jokes about the singularity.
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@evejou awwh thankyou <3
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NatDudley <3
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NatDudley this x1000
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juliepagano NatDudley I'm allergic to cats. There is nothing left for me.
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juliepagano NatDudley stuffed animals are a go. Nothing alive. You may have seen the saga about the plant.
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N4td <3
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N4td good! Look after yourself <3
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N4td yes! Swimming is the most relAxing!
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RT dontgetcaught: Reframing your relationship with your "unfaithful" audience goo.gl/fb/3cEwM with tomfishburne jayrosen_nyu @cat…
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Speaker list is up for IOSDEVUK, I'm on it :) early registration until June 28 - iosdevuk.com/speakers2014/
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Amazing! Art History: Women Ignoring Men buff.ly/1p1LdSj /via CAwkward
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T is distressed "this is the most beautiful and terrible thing ever"
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smiffy yeah I agree.
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@superSGP CAwkward lol amazing!
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throw new MansplainingException("More opinions != smarter");
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I fail at email, this inspires me: 8 Ways Not to Manage Your Email (and 5 and a Half Tactics that Work) buff.ly/SWCwMD /by skgreen
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Happy to be done for the day, and to be working from home tomorrow. I can't be doing with this getting dressed every day nonsense.
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RT lindseybieda: catehstn I get dressed now when I wanna be ~*~*~fancy~*~*~
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lindseybieda <3
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RobDrimmie :)
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RT _vivienleung_: The Chinese can be very blunt... #mistranslation lnkd.in/dTgBJ6e
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juliepagano that pic is the best thing to happen to me today
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"we do not work for ourselves but for our users. What do they want? What do they need?" buff.ly/1iyIg5U /via peterseibel
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HandeE c - unlocking the clubhouse came out 10 years ago, but nothing changes.
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juliepagano dismissed by technical men at work, dismissed by technology designed by men at home. Plus ca change.
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HandeE it's on a website. I am coming to this Remote Place! Soonish.
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zoesqwilliams I particularly liked the bit about mission to find powerful men to support equality. Which I initially read as hiring men.
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juliepagano juliaferraioli I saw them in Sydney! Was awesome! Had no idea they are Canadian, which also made me happy.
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Stemettes have you sent it to the Londonist? They do a crowd funding roundup.
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Help Stemettes fund a workshop for girls to learn to code mobile apps - justgiving.com/yimby/stemettes#/ (I'll be there! <3)
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zoesqwilliams it's nice to see so many men having opinions on this, a little mansplaining goes a long way.
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zoesqwilliams that is an excellent word! Is it when otherwise sexy men mansplain? Or just French men mansplaining?
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zoesqwilliams can there be anything wrong with that? ;)
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I think I'm getting better at seeming to not react when I'm patronized or undermined. As a woman in tech, personal development, amirite?
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EmmaAshley hahahahahahaha yeah
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juliepagano yeah I'm not sure my lower expectations and improved tolerance are good signs for my mental health.
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juliepagano juliaferraioli that sounds better. Working on that. Internalized previous message that my reaction was the problem.
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taraclark_ they never actually think they are bad, just think I am stupid for not agreeing with them.
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rascality thanks for sharing that :)
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taraclark_ <3
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NatDudley juliepagano juliaferraioli I'm going to be listening to tegan and Sara alllllllllllll day today now :)
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So the rampant harassment drove another woman off Twitter. There's an asshole problem, but there is also a bystander problem.
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Build a platform for communication, also build a platform for harassment. You have a responsibility to your users. Take it seriously.
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RT DrTomCrick: #defineSouth: a fantastic free CASinclude event in Bath on Sat 28th June eventbrite.co.uk/e/definesouth-tickets-11673288119 feat. CodeBoom @Geek_Mana…
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Geek_Manager done! Sounds awesome! Alsoooooooo when are we hanging out again :)
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Geek_Manager brunch! This weekend?
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SrPablo thanks for sharing that :)
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The amazing lccarson on teaching chaos in art (I wish we did a better job of teaching this in SWE) wp.me/p11Aax-3c6
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lccarson eventually, you will blog on your own account :)
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I hate the word busy, so like this by rands on being intentional on how we spend our time - Busy is an Addiction - buff.ly/T6SCDH
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@pprfldr yes :) i like your profile pic btw, pretty.
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indigofire yeah I mean they built a platform for harassment, they should do something about it.
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Lots of great stuff here - "A culture of collaboration is better than a culture of consensus." - buff.ly/1q7qZWT /via jewelia
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RT BeerOps: “@wynkoutloud: Stray cat sneaks into zoo enclosure, finds another cat. http://t.co/8wSLppshtc” THIS IS QUITE POSSIBLY THE BEST…
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Dedicating those extra 50 kettlebell swings to you, Mr sexy Frenchman doing pushups in the corner.
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skamille haha for me it was "if I keep going I can keep looking at the view" ;)
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Insight into Google's performance review and promotion process - buff.ly/1ia4dO1
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RT eileentso: y'day I was flatteringly offered a Q&A in a stylish mag re makeup habits/tips, but don't think I'll make editor's cut http:/…
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eileentso you are awesome.
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scarerkite it's like I inoculated you. And now I'm waiting for you to be unhappy!
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RT scarerkite: .catehstn kindly bought me a gift to open the next time I was having a coding crisis. I haven't had one yet this week.
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RT scarerkite: She is now torn between wanting me to open the gift, but also wanting me to stay happy. A half-hearted attempt to scare me …
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scarerkite that makes you a terrible person!
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scarerkite what if you hate it, after all of this?
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scarerkite you could change your mind on those topics, maybe become a hardcore coffee drinker.
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scarerkite we can't be sure though. What if you read too much about the singularity and go off robots?
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scarerkite on multiple levels
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I think the part of interviewing I hate the most is where I read their resume and feel woefully inadequate.
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djphilli lol thankyou :)
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jo_miller twitter tools iirc? It stopped working though.
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SamBehnam +1
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dontgetcaught Love it! :)
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triketora vom
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ErinLouise yes!
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The point is not that we can use the bike shed, but that a bike shed has never been more beautiful.
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MotherOFirebees super cute!
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corey_latislaw where is this for?
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MotherOFirebees fame!
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.dontgetcaught is hosting another Eloquent Woman workshop in Amsterdam. Highly recommend it! buff.ly/1yhWv9k
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scarerkite oh that isn't a very good start to the day. Hopefully it doesn't all go downhill from here.
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nandana you can tell I've been doing Extreme Java lately because my thought wa there is no need to peel a function or class.
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Totally thought I saw someone outside the office wearing glass but it was actually cello tape.
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My friend asks a woman who has quit her tech job "So what is your life like now that you don't have men to tell you what to do anymore?"
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corey_latislaw cool! Are you coming to London?
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Best thing I've read on releasing diversity numbers - Tech hiring and the spectre of the “supply problem” - buff.ly/1jArUtJ
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verycaroline <3
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eileentso Coming to the event you are speaking at next week BTW! Want to get a drink before?
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"If the bible was written by women there wouldn't be as many wars."
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scarerkite :)
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RT anitaborg_org: "Women end up leaving their first job after college-due to environment and negative first career experiences." #StaffMe…
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SamBehnam of course! Again and again. But not for a while.
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whit537 wow, jerk move bro.
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You know how it is, wake up, see technical women I respect getting harassed, feel good about starting my day as a tech worker.
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I got up early to put together the last bits for a Stemettes python workshop this arvo. What am I supposed to tell these girls?
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"Join the tech industry! The harassment is rampant but assuming you don't get fired for being harassed, the money is pretty good."
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"Most of you would leave within 10 years! But hey, that's true of being a ballerina too. Finding a second career will be FUN!"
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Then maybe we'll run role play sessions of how to deal with a guy calling you the C word, or just degenerating you in public.
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Let me tell you how much easier coding is than dealing with all the gendered bullshit.
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BR3NDA yep.
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Stemettes haha just mailed you all the stuff :)
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Stemettes how many people are there?
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NatDudley <3 it's so hard :(
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Book: 4 Hour Body wp.me/p11Aax-3Bp
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This is great - taking diversity seriously, not just focusing on the pipeline - love - buff.ly/1iduhb6
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Nice writeup on the conference I spoke at last month - Modev UX 2014: Thinking Mobile First - buff.ly/TbKvph
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This is nice, much less scary than most "networking" articles - buff.ly/UTM24L /via felsull
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indigofire we would have to go back to pen and paper and post.
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indigofire if we only used things that were certified.
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marthakelly awwh the kitty looks so happy!
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Had forgotten how fun and exhausting it is teaching kids to code! Great Stemettes python workshop today. Will post my exercise soon!
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indigofire ohhh yeah. I have very mixed feelings about a number of platforms right now.
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EmmaAshley :) yes
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EmmaAshley best responses always do!
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scarerkite google docs :)
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aryareaisparsi I MISS MY ADORED FAUX HUSBAND HAVE YOU SEEN HIM
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scarerkite huh.
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aisflat439 Stemettes oh cool! Yeah I have a bunch of content from before as well. Tell me what you want to see.
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So fed up of the tech industry in general, mansplaining, tech dudes, online harassment, and poor grasp of data. And so another week ends.
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edent cool idea! I'm not the most up on python but email me more details? Maybe I can do something? Catehuston at gmail.
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ErinLouise yeah nothing more than the usual mansplaining and possibly some light trolling for me this week, but it is hard to watch.
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kwugirl on hating tim feriss? Yeah I think the point stands, 4hb still requires completely overhauling your life.
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eileentso thanks <3
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scarerkite not on opening your present! It's ok, it's an empty box symbolizing emotional resilience.
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scarerkite I was really worried this was in response to my empty box joke and I had upset you!
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QOTD yesterday from aimafidon "you live in the middle of nowhere!" (I live in Kensington and Chelsea)
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Delightful brunch with Geek_Manager, punishing 2 hours in the gym and now to get to work! Although... Need to eat first.
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I so hate working in an open plan office, especially when nerf guns are fired around my head buff.ly/Um5HKg /via peterseibel
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dacaldar peterseibel lol I came close to being that girl this week!
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felsull I find general despondency and skipping dinner works for me.
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I'm also over the "follow your passion" advice - Don’t Do What You Love; Do What You Do - buff.ly/1kW34nN /via felsull
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Yup - The Pipeline is Full of Acid - buff.ly/1lGblSI
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taraclark_ lol maybe I should try that... they will just buy more though.
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Yay finished work for the week. Admittedly this time on Saturday night is later than usual. (Much guava! Very generic!)
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RT dbbrian: steveklabnik ashedryden I've replied… This “legally authorized” bullshit drive me mad...
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RT eassumption: Hey, fellow guys, listen: it's what you say about *women who you don't like* that reveals your misogyny.
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N4td that is awesome!
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nandana do you have time to help me with the event on Tuesday?
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nandana you are a super star. Sound check and room setup? I'm picking up K at 1030 and heading over.
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nandana also collection of cupcakes from reception, assuming I manage to order some.
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nandana thank you <3 <3 <3
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nandana alan turing. have overflow if nec but logistics for that will be hard :s no idea how many people are coming.
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_AmandaFoley hey! thanks for the email :) will you be at the event Wednesday?
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_AmandaFoley awesome! Otherwise coffee some other time?
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Wonderful! Cats On Computers - buff.ly/1ik9dje /via BeerOps
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yuelinX their mobile and b2b strategy is really interesting.
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I adore mindykaling, here's her commencement speech at Harvard Law - buff.ly/Uw6us7
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wseblen those are guns? At the grocery store?
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scarerkite awwh :( I'm sorry!
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wseblen yikes.
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scarerkite haha I'm glad you like it!
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These are cool, I <3 fractals - buff.ly/1ik9XVG
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Agree w/ ellenchisa, mikeyang's post "should I leave google legal?" applies more widely to "should I leave [job]?" buff.ly/TiuvC3
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osgOlivia that looks cool! Are you going anywhere exciting?
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IMO, less reinventing more fixing from white dudes in the tech industry would greatly improve things.
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osgOlivia have fun!
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N4td Yep
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N4td <3 I know what you mean. This latest thing has made me really sad. Apparently there is another blog post coming out today :(
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N4td oh good. Me too.
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“I Resent You”, a translation of that open letter - buff.ly/1ioJoia
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The content from my Python workshop for the Stemettes last week, and some observations on the day wp.me/p11Aax-3Dq
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Like this, particuarly Time/Energy/Attention point - 10 Lessons from a Year of Productivity Experiments buff.ly/Tiwjel /via sachac
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BR3NDA if this was a real thing, I would move to NZ <3
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NatDudley doesn't mean that you adding your opinion isn't worthwhile!
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I like this critique of the pantene ad theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jun/19/beauty-companies-women-pantene-sorry original - buff.ly/1ikfs6B
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Argh seriously the first time I need to go to Harrods and I discover it shuts at 8pm. Unreasonable!
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"Is it best to be warm with people you barely know, or to save your warmth for meaningful relationships?" buff.ly/1iZLlMG
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alexnorth totes jelly!
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EmmaAshley wow, what great perspective from a dying industry.
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RT scarerkite: Stack Overflow offline for maintenance?!?!? Don't they know some of us have homework to complete?!?!?! How can this be allo…
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Awwh teacher who brought his students to my workshop last week left a lovely comment on my writeup - catehuston.com/blog/2014/06/23/python-programming-with-little-stemettes/ <3 Stemettes
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tgrevatt are they cute though?
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RachelleGendron thank you <3
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Watching the eniac programmers documentary Google london today! I will be live tweeting it.
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Conducting fascinating social experiment, when advertised it to all of engineering I neglected to mention the first programmers were women.
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Eniac was built to calculate missile trajectories. Affected by weather. Army needed thousands of such calculations.
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Army needed male mathematicians but they had gone to war. "The army took a deep breath and deigned to hire women."
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I'm so happy Kathy could join us today and we could see this. She is amazing, and I love the documentary!
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Eniac was an ambitious experiment built to speed up the calculations. Built with vacuum tubes. They took a chance, happened to work.
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Women knew very little about the eniac. It was built in secret. When almost finished, realized they needed someone to program it.
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Picked 6 women out of 100 to program machine they weren't allowed to see. Figured out how to program it from machine diagrams.
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"We had no idea what we were doing" "we learned to do it from the back first" - broke the equation down into steps the eniac could follow.
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Eventually allowed to see the machine. Saw a black computer, 8ft tall, 80ft long. 3 sides of a big room. Had never seen anything like it.
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18,000 vacuum tube, if something went wrong in one nothing would work. Have to find it. Had to connect cables, and 3000 switches.
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Now what used to take a week was solved in seconds. Laid the groundwork for programmers to come.
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"We were sure this machine could do whatever we wanted it to do"
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War ended in 1945, eniac wasn't quite finished. Used for a secret problem from Los alamos - think it was the trigger for hydrogen bomb.
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On the first demo, lights off calculated trajectory faster than firing it "There was a huge gasp... and the Information Age had started"
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Army event, dinner. Women weren't invited. Public never knew what they did, only the team. Never got the credit they deserved.
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Overlooked for decades, even by historians. Historians mostly men, connections to hardware. Didn't realize. Came out when women did history.
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Kathy found pictures taken of the eniac with women in them. Wanted to find out who they were. Jean bartik. From Missouri, to programming.
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"The world needs to know who it's pioneers were, and those pioneers were both women and men."
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Most inspiring about the eniac programmers? The way they lit up when they talked about programming the eniac.
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Still a number of barriers to women, that field of software was started by women is something that gives us all a bit of extra confidence.
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KleimK you're on twitter! Thanks for coming today.
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RobDrimmie I'm glad you liked it!
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rmi <3
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RobDrimmie it's amazing!
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SamBehnam :)
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amygdala yes! It's awesome. Thanks :)
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On silicon valley culture - "The problem is that all cliques are self-reinforcing" - Inside the Mirrortocracy - buff.ly/1jJPmVv
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Every time I feel optimistic about things some dude destroys it.
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The most jarring experiences are when I realize disconnect is the result of a fundamental difference in the way I see the world.
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skamille :,(
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Love the bits of speechwriting strategy highlighted in Famous Speech Friday: Michelle Obama's eulogy for Maya Angelou buff.ly/1swAmDS
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kimhorne good luck!
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@Vidya1288 the reality that they destroy everything!
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I have the worst headache right now. I think I'm dying of mansplaining.
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skamille thanks <3
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5 Things You Shouldn't Say to Women Who Don't Want Children - buff.ly/UvnA9m /via corey_latislaw
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Hello_Ladies dontgetcaught of course they would. As fair as I can make out, the role of HR is to gaslight you into submission.
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TimBartik we already had this conversation, I bought the book :)
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tgrevatt awwh
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kwugirl yes
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kwugirl well it's more "I'm never going to see the world your way... I'm only allowed to do things your way" makes it hard.
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MotherOFirebees yes. I've been meaning to write something about getting the female spot.
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ErinLouise lol and what does it? And is it?
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Some positivity from me on women in tech for a change! 3 Super Easy Things To Do For Other (Technical) Women wp.me/p11Aax-3zs
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Interesting, on poor anonymization of data, and how to decrypt it - On Taxis and Rainbows - buff.ly/Uvq1J2 /via hmason /by vijayp
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RT ashedryden: What a sad, small, lonely man you must be to stalk a woman on twitter and reply to everyone who replies to her.
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ErinLouise yeah that does not sound entirely complementary ;)
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ErinLouise oh that sounds awesome. I don't know. Tuvalu is on, but I might go to South Korea instead of Sydney.
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I wish more men would do #2! - 35 Practical Steps Men Can Take To Support Feminism - buff.ly/TkoTXN /via schemaly
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ErinLouise no! Want to see the DMZ from the other side!
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TimBartik it is a great story. You could make a private twitter list.
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taraclark_ Thanks <3
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"You don't wanna make shit up... But no one in that room is going to be better placed to know than you." eileentso
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Yesterday I was live tweeting the amazing ENIAC documentary I first heard about ghc. I hope the show it there this year! (Who's with me?)
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"unfortunately the man-baby/frat boy niche is both large and lucrative" buff.ly/1im5K3M
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ErinLouise no! I'll check it out :)
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girlsintech_uk great event this evening, thanks!
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eileentso lovely to see you this evening! Have a great trip <3
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ICYMI - 3 Super Easy Things To Do For Other (Technical) Women - buff.ly/1rzcNpD
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eileentso I was going to, but I was applauding too hard ;)
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BeerOps yay!
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stakach lol thanks :) will watch it! How are you?
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RT BR3NDA: Ya know, the reason so many women have imposter syndrome might be because we have to prove we really are engineers, to everyone…
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stakach that sounds awesome! Have fun! Are you going to Barcelona?
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stakach all the gaudi!
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EmmaAshley hm. How do you feel about that?
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Long ago career advice from someone's (techie) mother: "Don't go into programming. There are too many of the kind of men who smoke pipes."
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"Could your Strong Female Character be seamlessly replaced with a floor lamp with some useful information on it?" buff.ly/1sxnA7X
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Send out 800+loc CL, feel empty inside.
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Women in IT Scorecard is out for the UK, and it's not good (interestingly, self employed is a highlight) buff.ly/1j23Hww /via HandeE
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"In any other context... we would call engineering that makes a task more difficult what it is: shitty engineering." buff.ly/1nYEaIO
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alexproaps that is awesome!
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WordChem haha next time I see her I will ask!
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hypatiadotca jacobian +1 to that sentiment
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R says he would live at home if he could, because his mother does his laundry. Complains about the lack of laundry as a corp perk.
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RT BeerOps: This kind of gaslighting is an insidious problem that happens way more than it should. juliaferraioli #velocityconf http://t.…
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dontgetcaught thanks for sharing :)
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lccarson I am mostly struck by the expectation that the company replaces the mother.
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This is good, by ellenchisa on negotiating your job offer - buff.ly/1nYEd7y
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alexproaps yeah of course!
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lccarson are we talking mothers or corp perks here?
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lccarson <3
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EmmEmmTeee thanks!
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I say epic 800+loc checkin was highlight today, manager says "You still have time to top that, create yourself a bar chart or something ;-)"
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This is part of our ongoing series where I snark about him emoting (being blue), and he snarks about me making spreadsheets (being yellow).
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RachelleGendron I did find that interesting! Particularly the bit on not helping other women.
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ellenchisa thanks for sharing that :)
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ghc thanks :)
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taraclark_ sounds amazing
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felsull thanks for sharing that :)
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juliaferraioli I saw the tweets! Looked great, can't wait to read your notes when you post them.
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RT ellenchisa: Some thoughts on types of mentoring & how to be a mentor/mentee from catehstn catehuston.com/blog/2014/06/27/some-thoughts-on-mentoring/ (cc dianakimball).
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"It’s very hard to respond in a healthy way to an unhealthy situation." buff.ly/1ld0kCx
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daphnechong thanks for sharing that! Good luck finding something new and exciting :)
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Incredible story, I'm so glad @nikkidurkin99 shared - My startup failed, and this is what it feels like… buff.ly/VoGAal /via kateho
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knitterjp thanks :)
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ICYMI I wrote up some thoughts on mentoring - what it is, what it isn't, how to get the most out of it - bit.ly/Tp8EbF
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_AmandaFoley so cute!
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Lol was just my friends emergency get out call so she could escape from a bad date. "Are you okay?" "I'm as bad as you need me to be".
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Unsurprised as earlier "he's been asking me out for weeks" "that isn't a reason to go on a date, it's a reason to get a restraining order".
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I'm grateful to my friend for reminding me why I don't bother to date in London.
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chiuki thanks for sharing that! I wrote about you in the specialist section! <3
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chiuki Yeah! :) I just didn't know if you would want to be named. If you are cool with it I will edit :)
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mrtazz thanks for sharing that :)
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Bit the bullet and bought a second condiment yesterday. krusk will be so proud.
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pixi_stix +1. There was an article about women and wearables, more willing to wear them, used to accessories. Wasted opportunity.
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Good post, on how horrifying comments (like HackerNews/Reddit) became normal - buff.ly/VoGPCl /via juliepagano
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chiuki done! Thanks <3
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mrtazz I think/hope you will like next Wednesday's post then :) "The Care and Feeding of Interns", as it's intern season now :)
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kwugirl :) I'm glad you liked it.
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marcprecipice oh cool you are in London! Hi!
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marcprecipice oh the seine not the serpentine my geography is poor :)
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No longer sharing articles that claim to make general observations, but only feature men (common in articles on VC, startups, tech).
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Like the one about men being depressed doing startups, today how a dude gets to work with all his bros, holds out for someone he "knows".
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lol @ spam comment that contains the phrase "I possess a google" - can we really "possess" such a thing my friend? Can we?
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Amazing, thanks amptMN for writing this - Thoughts on gender, engineering, and parenting... - buff.ly/1vaUMy1
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Should I offend that this reminded stakach of me but I understand why. "I was born to leave... I will always leave" buff.ly/1wVgrx6
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skemsley lovely to meet you earlier. Did you see the Babbage engine?
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Dana omg I love lycheeeeeeeee
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lccarson geek cred or no having to turn to online resources is a ux fail.
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lccarson yep
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Jonathan_Blow nothings they did change the commenting system a while ago. That anything about women has awful comments on HN is well known
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WordChem :)
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shanley keeping up with the kardashians. It's the furthest thing from day to day surrounded by dudes wearing tech company tshirts.
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skamille I think they overstate their conclusions. What people feel comfortable about sharing is not the same as how they feel.
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"you don’t get points for accepting someone who wants to be just like you" - buff.ly/1iL24IL /via alexproaps
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I like this - algorhythm: Testing and Pseudo-productivity buff.ly/1lmIKfH /via corey_latislaw
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Totally disagree with some conclusions, but interesting stuff in this survey of 1000+ bloggers- buff.ly/1qVkNDZ /via TeraKristen
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TeraKristen some of their numbers were really off, e.g. the average post is actually the average blogger on a post.
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TeraKristen and the conclusion that you should do daily posts of 6k words just seems bizarre.
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lccarson if only you were in London. There's a lecture on Victorian sex this week, and as you are not I will have to go alone.
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nandana cute!
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SaraJChipps wdcnz are you going to Christchurch? The shipping container mall is cool, and the quake museum stories made me cry.
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N4td I feel you on bad managers <3
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N4td that is good. I have a good manager now, and it has changed everything. Left office in tears 3x this year - used to be 3x a week.
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N4td And when I did he actually dealt with things, which has been a revelation.
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skemsley oh wonderful! I hope you had a great time in London :)
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indigofire Lol :)
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lccarson midweek, guildhall :)
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TeraKristen :) what does top mean in their context anyway? Prolific? Popular?
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skemsley Wonderful! Have a safe trip.
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eileentso wow, I usually get unsolicited opinions on how weird it is that I don't have a husband.
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The intern timidly approaches, fearing she is making an unreasonable request. She wants paper.
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"So what are you waiting for?Your eighty-year old self asks nothing of you but this." buff.ly/1qVnt4k /via SamBehnam
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lindseybieda what happened?
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lindseybieda aiii
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There are many hard problems in community management. Whether to include nazi-ism is not one of them.
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juliepagano it's just ignorant. I'm tired of men who essentially evangelize Straight While Male privilege as a life style.
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juliepagano it's everywhere. This year I watched a talk about SWMP that purported to be about education. Endless blog posts everyday.
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taraclark_ yeah I could not cope with that level of debt.
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taraclark_ it was blowing my mind.
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"seriously, impostor syndrome is bad enough without someone wrongly telling you that you are one" buff.ly/1wVcSXL /by BeerOps
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RT WomenWhoCode: Be #Kind and #Encouraging: 3 Super Easy Things to do for other (technical) women via catehstn ow.ly/yBH5V
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Don't expect men to always support men, but women are faulted for not supporting other women. buff.ly/1q11Wpk /via RachelleGendron
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RT CecileRichards: No coincidence: all 3 women on #SCOTUS dissented. For women, only controversy about birth control is that we're still f…















