The Social Psychology of the Selfie – “A recent study showed more online photo sharing from people whose self-esteem is based on “public contingencies,” defined in this instance as others’ approval, physical appearance and outdoing competition.”

Note to self: Do not peer into the dark recesses of your soul before you’ve had your coffee.

These Dogs Are Probably Better Than You (or Me) at Most Things – The Triangle Blog – Grantland – LOVE IT. These dogs just made me giggle like a maniac. And then I tried to get Dr. Amy to watch, but she was too busy licking herself.

Join Us in Supporting Equality this Valentine’s Day – Lovely idea from Sarai at Colette Patterns. Buy the digital download of the Cinnamon dress pattern today, and all proceeds go to Freedom to Marry. Win-Win! I got me a new dress pattern. 🙂

The Jeopardy! Teen Tournament Just. Got. Real. – The Triangle Blog – Grantland – Ha! Leonard is awesome. I wish they still showed Jeopardy here.

Women in Tech and Empathy Work – Brilliant. This part rang especially true for me:

…part of me wishes I’d kept my coding skills up if only so that I could keep up my side of a tech-centric conversation, and so that I could stop having dark nights of the soul thinking that I’m playing into cliches and conventions about women in tech.

Interestingly, it was the fact that I was taking on extra “caretaker” work as a developer that led me to my career as a BA. I was the one giving presentations, writing documentation, and training users, and eventually I decided to move over to that side entirely. If my male teammates hadn’t been so slack at that side of it, I might still be writing code!