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What I’ll Miss About Making My Own Schedule
I started my new job at Urban Outfitters this week, so I’ve been reflecting on the little things I’ll miss about the time I got to spend on my sabbatical & freelance time. Grocery shopping in the middle of the day while everyone else is at work. Running errands before rush hour. Time for…
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Alt Summit: Lessons from Garance Doré
I had never seen her speak and I’ll admit I hadn’t read her blog, so I really wasn’t sure what to expect. But Garance Doré is one of the warmest and most relatable speakers I’ve ever seen. Even in an auditorium of 700 people, she oozed charm and warmth. I’m pretty sure each one of us…
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A Confession & The Real Magic of Alt Summit
I have a confession. My biggest concern and source of anxiety about going to Alt Summit last week was that the people I’d meet there would be super self-promoting, superficial, and disinterested in sincere conversation and friendship. Boy was I wrong. I’d just read so much about the time and effort that goes into the…
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Introducing Tiny Fireworks
I’ve finally put together a site for my independent web development work, Tiny Fireworks! Sure, I’ve been on GitHub for awhile now, but for designers who are looking for a developer to work with, it’s nicer to see exactly what I’ve worked on. I forced a deadline on getting this done by getting the url…
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The cat is out of the proverbial bag…
…thanks to this Technically Philly article about me and a bunch of my friends. So here’s the deal: I’ll be starting as a junior front-end web developer on Urban Outfitters’ ecommerce team on February 10. I’m incredibly excited to learn from the team I’ll be working with and continue to grow as a developer. None…
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Conquering Alt anxiety
In years past, I’ve looked at Alt Summit (and a lot of other things) as something that would always be just unattainable for me. Out of my reach, out of my realm. But I’ve done a lot this past year or so to change that kind of thinking, which is probably a whole other post…