This week we had yet another amazing pitch night for Awesome Foundation KW. It was a tough decision, but we decided to fund Kwartzlab's "Hacky Halloween" project. I'm really excited about this project, and I think this paragraph from their blog post shows why: We live in a world of electronics. Learning a simple skill like soldering and ...
We took a whale watching boat in Lunenburg. As we pulled away from the pier, the tour guide talked about the history of the town. How many boats used to go out. Where the fish came in. Until the big fishing boats came, and drove out that way of life. He said, the old fisherman ...
For a long time, I've been doing this thing where I GO GO GO like a crazy person and then crash. And I always come up with a plan, like "take on less", or "be more organized" or some other strategy. And these are helpful, absolutely, but at best they seem to result in a different ...
A few weeks ago, I got frustrated with a pattern I'd observed. I would, in non "crazy" week work out 5-6 times. Then the following week something would happen - I'd have to take a trip, be out every night, get sick... something. And work out maybe once. This oscillation and unpredictability - sometimes working out ...
The wonderful Serena invited me to join her for a panel at a women/tech conference in October. We're still working out the details, but essentially we'll be talking about role models - our own personal superheros. if you will. Some points that I'm thinking about: It's great to see really successful women in tech, I adored Sheryl Sandberg's ...
My friend AY and I were out for dinner, and we got to talking about authenticity, and correspondingly, inauthenticity. It was interesting, because we were talking about how everyone seems to see through people who are fake, and how it ultimately comes back to bite you. A while ago, I subscribed to this blog, about, being ...
Nathaniel of the soon-to-be-launched Awesome Foundation Seattle wrote a charming post about why he's excited for it to happen asking people why they are involved in AF. Here's why I love AWESOME! I was Instigator of Awesome @AwesomeOttawa and am currently a Co-Conspirator @KWAwesomeFound. I'm a software engineer, so I just need a computer and an internet connection ...
I was having a bit of a crisis the other day about how much I had committed to and whether I would do a decent job at any of it to two friends and colleagues. They gave me a bit of a pep talk. And then set me a challenge - to stop beating myself up ...
I can't tell you how happy this xkcd made me. It's a powerful statement on women in science (and engineering) but also contains this snippet of amazing advice. You don't become great by trying to be great. You become great by wanting to do something, and then doing it so hard that you become great in ...
I've been enjoying the long weekend and getting some much needed whitespace. I hope you have too. Thanks to Katherine for the awesome picture - I adore it!
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