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Month: June 2015

  • Reading

  • A Kickstarter for knitting geeks

    KnitYak: Custom mathematical knit scarves by Fabienne – Very cool initiative. I backed it! I’m tempted to try to create my own unique pattern for handknitting too…

  • Shared today on Twitter

    Team @canva selfie at the Women@Google Inspire event this morning! http://t.co/227LXjZqvO http://t.co/rFUOB9ogKY

    @gilmae I just had a Commonwealth Bank flashback.

    @thisismywww @gilmae For three months briefly in 2013.

    @verdantflaneur @wiggoaugogo Fantastic! Well, if you don’t already know my friend @m_mobbs, he’d be perfect for an episode. 🙂

    @verdantflaneur And thanks for the talk this morning. My colleagues and I came away brainstorming ideas we can implement in our office. 🙂

    Time for pizza, beer, and hardware hacking with @WWCSyd! #arduino http://t.co/Iczc2yyUbb http://t.co/G060m1aIUJ

    AS400 programmer in the house? Respect. @WWCSyd

    SOS! (I made the blinkenlights turn on!!) #arduino @WWCSyd http://t.co/79YQdi7oGJ http://t.co/vdludZPuJX

    I have graduated to a circuit with a bigger blinkenlight. http://t.co/1fh0pqWxNv http://t.co/2tPqo5mE7j

    Lesson of the night: when in doubt, turn it 90 degrees. Thanks @mobywhale!

    @gilmae Huh. @the_snook’s actual response was: “Step 2: ? Step 3: World domination!”

    I’m now worried about the both of you.

    Final project of the night: TRAFFIC LIGHTS! (Lights on left are for cars; lights on right … http://t.co/wTsoBdlG2N http://t.co/pYuxR3uqSh

    I had lots of fun learning about #arduino tonight. Thanks @WWCSyd & @Cyclearn for organising! (BTW this was my kit: http://t.co/kGIUnAEUOP)

    @randomknits SQUEE! I somehow feel as if you have been letting us down with regards to kitten photos. MOAR PLEASE.

    Here’s all the titles coming and going from Netflix in July · Newswire · The A.V. Club http://t.co/wRDrqN7hDA http://t.co/MMXkdGaPPD

    These Companies Are Making Smartwatches for Grandma | TIME http://t.co/MBImSURP1F – What a fantastic idea! http://t.co/Pi3Lgd1d54

  • Shared today on Facebook

    Team @canva selfie at the Women@Google Inspire event this morning!

    Time for pizza, beer, and hardware hacking with @WWCSyd! #arduino

    SOS! (I made the blinkenlights turn on!!) #arduino @WWCSyd

    The only consolation to not visiting Gumption multiple times a week in the CBD anymore is the fact that my new coworkers at Canva walk over to Sample Coffee every single day. (I had the cold brew/almond milk latte last week. It was delicious. Hat tip to James for that one…)

    If you were intrigued by our photos from The Bruny Island Long Weekend last November, you can book in yourself right now for a discount!

    Final project of the night: TRAFFIC LIGHTS! (Lights on left are for cars; lights on right for pedestrians.) #arduino @WWCSyd

    For those interested in what those wires and blinkenlights were that I was mucking about with tonight, it was an Arduino workshop held through Women Who Code Sydney. I was using this kit: http://core-electronics.com.au/arduino/beginner-kits/beginner-kit-for-arduino.html.

    It’s been a loooong time since I studied electrical circuits in high school physics class, so I spent the first hour flailing about. Eventually it clicked though and I started to grok the connection between the code in the IDE and the circuit in front of me. Three lessons down, another dozen to go!

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    Final project of the night: TRAFFIC LIGHTS!

    Final project of the night: TRAFFIC LIGHTS! (Lights on left are for cars; lights on right for pedestrians.) #arduino @WWCSyd

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    I have graduated to a circuit with a bigger blinkenlight.

    I have graduated to a circuit with a bigger blinkenlight.

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    SOS! (I made the blinkenlights turn on!!) #arduino @WWCSyd

    SOS! (I made the blinkenlights turn on!!) #arduino @WWCSyd

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    Time for pizza, beer, and hardware hacking with @WWCSyd! #arduino

    Time for pizza, beer, and hardware hacking with @WWCSyd! #arduino @ NICTA-ATP

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    Team @canva selfie at the Women@Google Inspire event this morning!

    Team @canva selfie at the Women@Google Inspire event this morning! @ Google, One Darling Island

  • Shared today on Twitter

    @keisanpablo @ErisBasilio All right, all right. You made me smile. 😛

    I really, really wanted this meetup group to have been founded by Art Vandalay. http://t.co/JBRerLMrwR

    @supercres WTF that is the weirdest AskMeFi I’ve seen in ages.

    @codepo8 Ooh. Don’t think I’ve unlocked that one yet. Was it from the “UK” update?

    w-g: Paleo Brekkie – my recipe for coconut yogurt and paleo muesli! http://t.co/lGJqgoBvRK http://t.co/3pkVi5Yilh

    RT @tolmasky: Fuck if we can just get Taylor swift to write an essay about putting a couple more ports into the new MacBook or allowing App…

    @gilmae I’m not a prescriptivist. I just know that when I eat the Snook’s muesli with oats, I get reflux and feel bad afterwards.

    @gilmae Ignore the caveman aspect of the name. The case against grains has to do with “anti-nutrients” apparently: http://t.co/TjZv3BPPxn

    @gilmae I just know I ate cake and sugary treats all weekend and have spent the last 36 hours with a duodenitis flare-up. 🙁

    Today’s lunch! RG @canvavibe: Duck Curry for Canva this Monday! #startup #fuel #duck #curr… http://t.co/MTAa9wCMzf http://t.co/94SZTjEFQK

    RT @MoominOfficial: Tove Jansson’s beautiful original artwork now available as large size fine prints – only on http://t.co/4GGXCMzAAI http…

    At @googledownunder early in the morning to hear @verdantflaneur talk about sustainability… http://t.co/xxTzkhTeBy

    “Someone told me the job you do in your first 2yrs out of uni will determine your career.” Huh. Definitely true for me. #googleinspire

    Record profits don’t mean much when your staff are embarrassed to be associated with the company. #googleinspire

    You don’t earn credibility if you only tell the good stories. You have to tell what you struggled with and what didn’t work. #googleinspire

    In a big organisation, finding your tribe is really critical. #googleinspire

    @johnallsopp I suspect you’re correct.

    Sometimes success is getting someone else to be the hero. Getting a CEO on board with a new idea is a very delicate art! #googleinspire

    “I have a lot of people who don’t know they’re my mentor; they just know I ask them to coffee a lot.” Brilliant idea! #googleinspire

    TIL Westpac have a goal of 50% women in leadership by 2017. Wow. Really impressed they’re going for it! #googleinspire

    Pro tip: when engaging a critical stakeholder, always go in pairs. You need someone to back you up with what’s said. #googleinspire

    “Out the Front” podcast about interesting design/sustainability stuff in Sydney. https://t.co/8sDfUJiqp6 Still going, @verdantflaneur?