Category: work
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A Girl’s Best Friend is Her Chrome Extensions
If you’re like me (and most people), you’re into ways to make life easier. These Chrome extensions have individually and collectively improved the quality of my life significantly, and I’ve been recommending them to people in Girl Develop It classes, so I thought it’d be good to compile them all here. Without further ado: Pocket…
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Taking stock of Philly Tech Week
Philly Tech Week is a full week of celebrating and showcasing the amazing things happening in the tech scene, highlighting areas and topics surrounding technology, including accessibility, entrepreneurship, media, entertainment, and civic issues, among others. Having access to Philly Tech Week is one of my favorite things about living in this city. It’s amazing to…
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Women in Tech, Ben Silbermann, & Why I Want To Be Visible
Ben Silbermann, the founder of Pinterest, has given keynotes at Alt Summit a couple times now. I remember people gushing about his talk the first time he spoke there, even though I wasn’t in attendance. So I was really excited to see that he was back on the Alt Summit schedule this year as the…
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What I’m Looking Forward to About My New Schedule
Earlier this week I shared what I’ll miss most about making my own schedule. So it only seems fair to also talk a little bit about why I’ve decided to return to the 9 to 5 world. This whole freelancing topic has gotten out-of-hand trendy and super glorified in certain blog circles, with everyone and…
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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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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…