I loved the Open Hardware Conf at LCA last year! I learned to solder. 🙂 If you’re from an underrepresented group in tech, I highly recommend it. #lca2018 https://t.co/SYX1hzgRoG

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@joshsimmons @GoogleOSS @gdg_sydney @linuxconfau @gsoc Just booked in. Will be lovely to say hello in person again! 🙂

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RT @ajblain: If you want to add to the diversity of the conference speaker set and want some help with ideas / submissions, you might want…

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@jack_daniel @CallbackWomen Oh god, yes, I practically black out.

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Summer Friday afternoons… 👌 https://t.co/OSCWBaVBQa https://t.co/4WHWsdtNYK

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Now is the time after drinking with @sezshares when we sing Hamilton songs…

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RT @Gramiq: Genius. Until today, if you Googled “Trump” and “shithole” all you got were hotel reviews.

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@goldenagesydney All good. Some of the confusion was that the server was from the restaurant upstairs. 😂

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RT @jef_poskanzer: This Is Just To Say

I have poked at
the stuff
in my food bowl

and which
you were probably
expecting me
to eat

I don’t…

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@thejameskyle @twalve Frick. I haven’t gotten past 3 x 20 yet.

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@kartiklad @twalve Game called Twenty.

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@kcm74 @coates @Medley @Nutmegg98 @katxena @jessamyn @freakgirldotcom @rebeccablood @windowseat @emmajanehw @girlhacker @GaelFC @mihow @listenmissy @Caterina @digby56 Thanks! Yep, still blogging. Got an older site too: https://t.co/wPCtzMM3Ls is coming up on 22 years old. I gave a talk last year with plenty of old screenshots: https://t.co/RQY3pa8u58

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@twalve @thejameskyle HE’S UP TO FIFTEEN OF THEM. 😳

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RT @SaraJChipps: I can’t even begin to say how angry and ashamed this statement about “shithole” countries makes me as an American. https:/…

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@stewartsmith Yep. You can set up shortcuts where it will broadcast whatever phrase you tell it to.

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@stewartsmith Well, that’s with a Google Home or Mini. Not sure about on phones.

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Hey @goldenagesydney – what time does the bar open? Website says 4; signage says 5; employee says 7. 😕

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Kicking off tonight’s #wawsydney – a new meetup for me! And hey, I found @ADuckIsMyFiend! https://t.co/PYv8tdCfQ2

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First talk is @johannux talking about predictive web analytics – doing real time analysis on users as they arrive at a website. #wawsydney https://t.co/Pa7OJU4KoK

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RT @aliciapaterson: The I Love APIs world tour is making a stop in Sydney on February 27th! Come for this free, day long event to hear fro…

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Segmentation and clustering are things human beings just naturally do by default. We see patterns. @johannux #wawsydney https://t.co/Ny8vsGqRvT

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Fascinating stuff. Using text analysis to break down the content on a site into themes and then work out the optimal number of themes to describe *all* the content. #wawsydney @johannux https://t.co/OncdhkQFRG

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Word clouds are a good way to name your audience clusters. What are the most distinct search terms they’re using? #wawsydney @johannux https://t.co/Kk4jE7KggY

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I asked a question about surveying users directly for their interests. Led to an interesting discussion of how qualitative and quantitative data can be used to verify each other! #wawsydney @johannux

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Second talk: Jakub from @datalicious talking about the Perfect Web Analyst. There’s huge demand right now but it’s hard to find the right people. #wawsydney https://t.co/AmsIwVe2wh

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@annmariastat @aprilwensel For me, a huge point of identification was the rejection of other women and anything feminine. I’m ashamed at how I thought of other women back then. Needless to say, I didn’t have girlfriends like I do now.

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@WAWSydney @rukouen Dammit. Starting at my phone. 😐

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How to identify folks with the potential to be good web analysts. “You can start with someone who knows JavaScript and teach them analysis… but they don’t usually survive long.” 😂 #wawsydney https://t.co/zuDHjLhBz2

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The most useful and rare qualities for web analysts? Soft skills and years of experience. “For some reason you don’t see a lot of folks in analytics with 10 years of experience…” #wawsydney

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@WAWSydney Will you do community announcements? I’ve got a couple!!

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If you want a career in web analytics, this book is the bible, says Jakub. https://t.co/QGSE8mQWsY #wawsydney https://t.co/WAMCvvShmU

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@developerjack ❤️

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RT @WAWSydney: For big organisations the best way to get a web analyst is to grow one these days. BI, BA, JavaScript dev and digital market…

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RT @trashfuturepod: STOP INVENTING A FUCKING BUS https://t.co/qx9yPja3SA

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RT @jiggy_pete: Organise a tech event & care about diversity & inclusion?

Help promote @gdcfpday

45 free CFP workshops worldwide!

https:…

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So excited about this! I know a lot of folks who think #ylj18 is only for FP experts. This is our way of opening the door for you. 😉 https://t.co/HKhpXvA0Oj

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@CrshOverride You should! 🙂

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Topics at #lca2018 Art+Tech miniconf: using ML to create digital art, music, and literature; hacking knitting machines; 3D printing and IoT; custom cases for Raspberry Pi; hyperbolic crochet; and more! Oh, and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2. 😉🚀
https://t.co/j8mPqVLyFk

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Interesting. The Snook has spotted piles of share bikes around Pyrmont on his way to work today. “Clusters of ofo on Harris in Pyrmont too. Might be the council crackdown starting.” @NickyWill100 @ChiefDisrupter https://t.co/OpQAAhRkBx

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@msharp @NickyWill100 @ChiefDisrupter Well, technically his first comment was: “I found the nest. I say we dust off and nuke the entire site from orbit.” 💥

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@glasnt @stmgoods Nope. Only been on 3 days though – will monitor.

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Getting hyped for my talk at @pivotallabs in an hour. 😂🤟 https://t.co/Yaq2i1Sq5v

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RT @CommitStrip: New year, new frameworks?
https://t.co/zfKyBhyOz8 https://t.co/yngZaDn910

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The crowd is gathering at #SydTechTalks! #pivotallive @pivotallabs https://t.co/8FnBIxp7dP

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RT @rachaelcarson: How to be a good mentee – @web_goddess on leaving the campground 🏕 (or tech industry) cleaner than we found it @pivotall…

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RT @nicolarushton: “make it clear that if anyone comes to you with a question you’ll answer. It’s your job to make more of you.” @web_godde…

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@Gaohmee How about a bottle of melatonin? 🙂

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Really happy to see this! Well done @Make and congrats to @RealSexyCyborg. 👏 https://t.co/rtnSw3aulh

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Literally three hours ago I told a crowd of folks at #sydtechtalks to brace themselves for the barrage of Internet of Stupid Things for Rich People coming from CES… and I still never would’ve predicted this. 🙄 https://t.co/deUNu06j8B

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@melissa_loh The robot dances better than I do. 😆

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@mmastertheone I will have myself some WarGames, if no one else wants it. 🙂

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@slyall Got really excited until I remembered you’re scheduled at the same time as Art + Tech. 😭

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@mmastertheone Ha, that’s assuming I’ll make it. 😛 I’ll let you know…

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@slyall LOL. Likewise! 🙃

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@i386 @canva Same. ❤️

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@emd3737 Sending to Rodd immediately. He ❤️’s lemurs. 😂

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Scored a last minute spot at #techsharesydney tonight to learn about Kafka from @matt_howlett from @confluentinc! Thanks @ING_Aust for hosting. https://t.co/iDAt805SBn

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@hannahcancode There are a handful of women. They’re just sitting behind me closer to the exit. 😂

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Some interesting discussion of limits as pertains to Kafka. 100 brokers/2B messages a day is “small”; LinkedIn does a trillion. 😲 #techsharesydney @matt_howlett @OCTODownUnder https://t.co/PiuGz84GDg

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@Xavier_Ho Not that type of messages. 😂

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When to use Kafka? It’s simply a question of scalability: you have lots of data, or your organisation/architecture is very complex. @matt_howlett @confluentinc @OCTODownUnder #TechShare #techsharesydney https://t.co/OaGy9ehBvO

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“You can think of Kafka as a commit log for your entire organisation.” Pithy! @matt_howlett @confluentinc @OCTODownUnder #TechShare #techsharesydney https://t.co/4ST3W2oB7E

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@mattallen @perrynfowler @madlep @joneaves It practically does.

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Sneak peek of KSQL (in developer preview) – allows you to simply join two Kafka streams together into a new long-running stream. #TechShare #techsharesydney https://t.co/dVtgsKyMyZ

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“Data systems are about exposing data. Services are about hiding it.” @matt_howlett suggests we look up The Data Dichotomy to learn more about this… @confluentinc #TechShare #techsharesydney

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RT @nicolarushton: Excited to do a mini workshop on talking to customers at the next #leanstartupsyd ! https://t.co/ZCc7tGfS5H

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Next up – @nicolasguignard and Arthur Baudry from @OCTODownUnder talking about reporting with Spark. #TechShare #techsharesydney https://t.co/AxeSdsqRpd

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Oh shit. https://t.co/lIYRgco4uN

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@JennaGuillaume Same thing with drinking milk straight from the jug.

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FitNesse – sort of like a wiki that runs acceptance tests; allows collaboration because BAs can write requirements directly in it. Interesting! https://t.co/v1Pz6QNbou @OCTODownUnder #TechShare #techsharesydney https://t.co/JepLjdGEAb

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@diversionary You left out Roald Dahl minutia.

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RT @trib: If you work more than a reasonable 36-38 hour week, you have a problem with your perspective on work or in understanding the size…

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@JennaGuillaume It’s a long slow burn but so so worth it.

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@gdcfpday Wait! I need to review with venue yet. 😂

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@gdcfpday Heh. We’re almost ready. Tomorrow at the latest!

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The accomplishment I feel at getting to 20 (in Twenty) on a moving bus is somewhat diminished by the accompanying nausea. 🤢

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RT @ireddick: an odd phenomenon in many sw dev environments I’ve encountered is that anything that isn’t adding code to a file isn’t consid…

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@the_patima HELLS YEAH! Congratulations!!

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@thejameskyle A 20. Not 20 20s. 😂

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Yay @stringy! She’s a damn fine knitter too. 🙂 https://t.co/r6jfnT1wnS

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No, not quite! Sydney will be up tomorrow. We jumped the gun a little bit. 🙂 @gdcfpday https://t.co/vYXSOdvkHS

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@Mandy_Kerr @gdcfpday YAY! 💃

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@stringy @Mandy_Kerr @the_patima Sidenote: That is *exactly* how I used to smile as a kid, thinking that it was SUPER BEAUTIFUL to curl your upper lip under to show all your teeth. 😬

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@TheRealBnut @hannahcancode Well, we’ll be seeing each other in 2 weeks for LCA… so whichever one of us sees Andrew first, grab both! Deal? (And thanks @TheRealBnut!)

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RT @yow_conf: There are 58 days till #InternationalWomensDay (Mar 8).
In 2017, we had 12 female speakers out of 39 at #yow17. That’s 30%,…

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RT @yow_conf: Congratulations @CanvaTech!
https://t.co/o4u1Eeuw4p

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@unsplash @fox Oh wow – somehow I missed that you were doing this! Lovely photos. Nice job.

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Hey, I was on Channel 10 tonight in the @canva story! (I’m at 1:39.) Thanks @MelanieCanva!! ❤️ 😂 https://t.co/zQiME3CmFc

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“Confessions of a Recovering Jerk Programmer” by @aprilwensel https://t.co/OlikUQuVVQ – I identified so. much. with. this.

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@aprilwensel It also provides a perfect example of “contempt culture,” a term I learned from @aurynn at LCA last year and mentioned in my #sydtechtalks presentation yesterday. (More: https://t.co/cgNARiM5dH)

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📣 This is not a drill! Tickets are now available for Sydney’s Global Diversity CFP Day on Feb 3! 💃 Thanks to @SydneyGA for hosting. https://t.co/cDA4C8fKES @gdcfpday

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@mmastertheone @damncabbage Hmm. No, I can’t think of anyone who’s done the JS course specifically. We’ve got a few folks who’ve done WDI, but that’s a full-on full-time thing.

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@thejameskyle @thisismywww @gilmae Goddamn you.

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@the_nathanjones I am in complete denial that you are leaving. No more of this, please.

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@the_nathanjones *knock on wood* I’ve had two invitations to Asian conferences in the past week! 😳

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@thejameskyle @thisismywww @gilmae I remember being an absolute demon at Dr. Mario. I love this sort of game. 🙂

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Blog post! My EDC and the Search for the Perfect Bag https://t.co/EQwzMi3q6N https://t.co/Ss4JD7iMbx

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RT @UPROXX: The best #GoldenGlobes moment happened before it even started: Leslie Knope and Ann Perkins, together again 👯

📷: @smrtgrls htt…

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@jontv I knew what it was going to be before I clicked on it. I’m stunned too.

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@lynnlangit I heard a great talk a few years back that used the phrase “collecting Noes” to frame putting yourself out there. So even when you get one, you can see it in a more positive light. They didn’t reject you personally, and you just collected a new No! It’s like Pokemon.

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RT @gilmae: If you’re feeling bad today because you didn’t do any of the things you planned to over your break, you should know that planni…

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@gilmae I sent this to Rodd on the weekend: https://t.co/VRKs69M2ee. We both later sheepishly admitted we didn’t even read the whole thing. 😐

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@allPowerde What in the world?! I’ve been deliberately avoiding the crypto tulip craze. 😂

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@net_hues Oh please don’t worry. I bought a bag already!

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RT @ElzbthMcCrthy: Purls of #math wisdom @discoverAMSI @Monash_Science #summerschool . Reminded me of you, @web_goddess https://t.co/m9FW83…

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@ElzbthMcCrthy @DiscoverAMSI @Monash_Science Love it! We will be having a lightning talk from @ADuckIsMyFiend on hyperbolic crochet as part of the Art + Tech miniconf at @linuxconfau in a fortnight. #lca2018 https://t.co/KPweHyNDkA

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@thisismywww @ImagiNERDtive Meh, I don’t use that very often. I prefer reading the news to listening to it, I have zero commute, and I don’t have that many meetings. 🙂

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RT @Mandy_Kerr: Some great talks on for this everyone! Would love to see you there!

This will also be your last opportunity to see @luke__…

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@fox Out of curiosity – do you still need sponsors for Opportunity Program? What’s the cost to get involved?

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RT @YOWLambdaJam: YOW! LambdaJam 2018 Call for Presentations https://t.co/cWz6jP7wSH

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@tcn33 Sadly, an old one that isn’t maintained anymore and for which I made a small crucial tweak: https://t.co/YKmkksq9WK

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RT @TimSweeneyEpic: The story so far: In 1970, Intel invented the microprocessor. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely…

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RT @codebarSyd: If you are (even slightly) interested in public speaking check out: https://t.co/dK2qJcmN1V There are some VERY talented pe…

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@randomknits @Gertie18 GORGEOUS! I’ve had that pattern on my to do list for a while…

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Whoa, I got featured in today’s Sizzle! Thanks @decryption (and @gilmae for the heads up). There’s the prompt I needed to subscribe. 🙂 https://t.co/2u6enihixj

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@thejameskyle @thisismywww @gilmae I call BS. There are multiple moves you could make on that board!!

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@charis I HAD THIS CASSETTE SINGLE. So good.

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The fun thing about my Campsite talk is every time I do it, I have to update the slides about the latest Silicon Valley bro culture offenses. Ugh. It’s like @unixbigot and his always out-of-date IoT security talk.

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@darthted @unixbigot Oh, there was a really good one! What was it called? Some bot that takes “2 ex [startup] devs disrupt [X] with [Y]” kind of thing. Dammit. That’s gonna bother me.

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@darthted @unixbigot I FOUND IT! @bodegabot 🙂

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@jesslynnrose @charis @webconf_asia @ffcph @yow_conf We have YOW Data and Lambda Jam on the east coast of Oz in May, both of which have open CFPs!

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@jesslynnrose @charis @webconf_asia @ffcph @yow_conf And @voxxedsingapore will be on June 1 – I believe CFP is opening very shortly (if it’s not already).

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@twasink @haruki_zaemon 😲 Only red onions go in salads in my house!

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@Sunnybankian @unixbigot https://t.co/1UBxULVGet

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Finally watching Oprah’s speech and crying into my coffee… ❤️ 😭

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RT @LauraDern: Deep sisterhood. Gorgeous gift. @TIMESUPNOW https://t.co/jxWz6t9ns3

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RT @clarisselou: My 2018 mood board consists solely of the “bitch I’m gonna do it” and “bitch I did it” look on Natalie Portman’s face http…

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@chainedchaos31 I couldn’t believe it when I read about his lawsuit this morning. I really, really hope it’s a woman PoC judge presiding just so he squirms that much more when the case is inevitably thrown out.

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@chainedchaos31 I hope it’s like Milo’s thing, where he gets frustrated with the discovery process and ends up representing himself just so it’s even more embarrassing.

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RT @yow_conf: Our super early-bird tickets to YOW! Data this year are extremely limited.
Get yours here: https://t.co/Upvr9VQ1uQ

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Australia has a new 🦄 ! Congrats to everyone at @canva on reaching this goal. ❤️ https://t.co/6zARYLiF3G via @ABCNews

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1.5 years ago I made a light-up Arduino-powered cushion for @canva’s internal hackathon to celebrate their inevitable entry into the Three Commas Club. Finally today that third comma can be lit! https://t.co/cjWl5A03Jd https://t.co/QCRw3TS5b5

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@canva Wait, good grief, that was 2.5 years ago. Time flies! Now I look even more prescient. 🙂

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