I read about Blood, Bones and Butter by Gabrielle Hamilton (Amazon) on the Eloquent Woman blog, which discussed a section of the book in which the author writes about a panel she was on, and things she wanted to say, but didn't. It was a panel about female chefs. Initially she has an attitude of "why are ...
"Someone once said to you that you didn't have a romantic bone in your body, and I've come to think they were right..." My friend and mentor says. I forget where the conversation went from there, but I feel that she would have been shocked to find me curled up with Pride and Prejudice (free on Kindle!) ...
Recently, I heard about a school that has a mandatory "technology" class that students have to take in order to take CS classes in later years. It features: wood-working, circuit building, and Excel. This is horrifying. I want to go there with picket signs and stage a protest. Dress up as robots and chant things. If ...
My first proper day on my new project, and our PM says to me - "Cate, you seem to like to travel. How about you spend time in New York?" - I'm tasked with helping another team out, and being the bridge between that team and my team here. Initially I was a bit... thrown. Part ...
My article is out in the OSBR, in the issue on women and leadership. I was trying to make a point about how we should take a broader view of what leadership is, and be supportive of quieter forms of leadership, as well as talking about why I personally don't want to be an entrepreneur. The ...
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 ...
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Among the (many) reasons I haven't been blogging lately, is the conference I attended at the weekend - CCWESTT, which stands for Canadian Coalition of Women in Engineering, Science, Trades and Technology. It was great - amazing speakers, enlightening talks, and the chance to spend time with some of the other execs from WISE. I left, exhausted ...
I've been in a couple of situations recently where I felt I had to apologize for, or justify my emotions. I contend that's unfair - I don't make decisions as a result of my emotions, but I do react emotionally to events. I cry - at the news, at movies, books, at TV shows. I get ...
Graduating is another word for ending. The ending of your time at university, and the commitments associated with. It's also another word for beginning - the beginning of your next adventure, your next challenge. The next chapter of your life. On Wednesday, I had to go to Kanata to fill in some paperwork for my next ...
From "A Rant About Women" by the awesome Clay Shirky (emphasis mine). And it looks to me like women in general, and the women whose educations I am responsible for in particular, are often lousy at those kinds of behaviors, even when the situation calls for it. They aren’t just bad at behaving like arrogant self-aggrandizing ...
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