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This is literally the first time they’ve both ever sat on me at once. So this cold weather does have an upside!
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Peggy Olson – Started From The Bottom https://t.co/Fg0mDWfDQS – Hells yeah.
Selfie with @clurt! (Who is not, in fact, a member of a boy band.) http://t.co/ZO9fSnbm3I http://t.co/7zck00VSru
Stopped me dead in my tracks! http://t.co/HVqdTFOnoB http://t.co/ZOcAlaeliV
@codepo8 There was another woman there. For a moment it was like the shootout at the OK Corral.
@moviemazz Already got tickets for next Friday night! Dusted off my Swatch today and everything.
@chiuki @catehstn @techspeakdigest Okay, MCing my first panel in a couple weeks. Got any really good how-to links for me??
@catehstn @chiuki @techspeakdigest PERFECT! Just bought it. Thank you!
This is literally the first time they’ve both ever sat on me at once. So this cold weather… http://t.co/dBOHBmvNO9 http://t.co/GgwLTMn9iV
w-g: No more comments. That’s it. I give up. The comment spammers have won. 15 friggin’ years, and I give up. http://t.co/z0QX5AZOe3
@stephenlead I actually like good comments, and my script was keeping bad ones from getting to the site. I’m just tired of pruning them. 🙁
@drwitty_knitter Yeah, they had mostly died off when most folks moved to social media.
@stephenlead I saw that the other day and was tempted. But I’ve already wasted more minutes of my life on them than they deserve!
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Selfie with @clurt! (Who is not, in fact, a member of a boy band.)
Stopped me dead in my tracks!
This is literally the first time they’ve both ever sat on me at once. So this cold weather does have an upside!
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TiE Sydney Create-a-thon
Yesterday I led a wireframing workshop at the TiE Sydney Create-a-thon. It was a weekend-long event for women who are interested in founding their own mobile-related start-up. All of the attendees had ideas for an app or a project, but most didn’t have any sort of technical background. There were talks on starting a business, getting investments, navigating the mobile app ecosystem, the whole shebang. There were some developers and designers there as well to help the women start refining and prototyping their ideas. I was asked to step in as a last minute replacement for the person leading the wireframing workshop, and I ended up working late into the night Friday to get ready. It went really well though! My goal was to persuade everyone of the importance of wireframing their ideas (rather than jumping straight into design or code) and to give them some tips and techniques to do it. (It helped that I had done a lightning talk on the topic at Girl Geeks a few years ago and made a zillion wireframes myself as a B.A.) My slides are here if you’re interested.
The talk was really well received! At the end I handed out 150+ printed iPhone wireframing templates and ran a brainstorming exercise with the teams. I was really gratified to see that the act of sketching was already helping them to refine and explore their app ideas. Then it was lunchtime, and I had a great time talking with the attendees and answering their questions. I was also thrilled to meet Kasia Gospos from Leaders in Heels, as I’d actually backed her crowdfunded “Make Your Mark” notebook last year! I’m so excited to see what projects end up coming out of Create-a-thon. Many thanks to TiE Director Ambika for inviting me!
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Selfie with @clurt! (Who is not, in fact, a member of a boy band.)
@ The Duck Inn Pub & Kitchen
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Is @Rick_Stein in Sydney? I could’ve sworn I just passed him on Harris St near the ABC!
I’m going to be chairing my first panel at the next @SydTechLeaders meetup! http://t.co/X6TQ2NQJAf
RT @zachkitschke: Canva CEO @MelanieCanva On Raising $6 Million In Funding And Building A Successful Design Venture by @kathycaprino http:/…
Getting ready to talk about wireframing at TiE Women Create-a-thon! (at @Fishburners in Ultimo, NSW) https://t.co/nladWdht4Q
RT @ambika_m: Kris Howard getting into wireframing at #createathon. Back of a napkin is good enough. #sydtie @webgoddess http://t.co/KrMgrN…
@ambika_m @TiE_Sydney Ack! I look so tired! Next time I won’t be doing slides after midnight. 🙂
Wonderful morning at @tiesydney Create-a-Thon! Inspiring to meet so many women founders and entrepreneurs. Thanks @ambika_m for inviting me.
Slides from today’s Wireframing Workshop at @tiesydney Create-a-Thon #appdevelopment #entrepreneur http://t.co/Uo0LvRVyDk
@ambika_m Just emailed you with links and resources to share! Hope the afternoon is going well.
Australian tech women: please add yourself to @acatinatree’s growing directory of conference speakers! https://t.co/fZkxvRYEjS
Today’s Disney Knitting Fail: Flounder’s like, “Girl, what’s wrong with your FACE?!” http://t.co/Yz5JGfC2Yb http://t.co/TxKMpyEC00
@TheRealBnut Thanks! Yeah, I didn’t want to go too far into UML given the audience was pretty non-technical. The response was great though!
@developerjack Thank you 🙂
@randomknits Are those tiny skeins of wool or HUMONGOUS buttons?
@TheRealBnut Are you heading to the Archie Rose here shortly? Trying to decide whether to venture out into the cold…
@i386 @TheRealBnut @chrisdoble Cool cool! See you there.
@TheRealBnut @i386 @chrisdoble Just getting on a bus in Redfern, so we’ll be another 15min or so.
@redambition It’s funny that a decision can be Smart and Not-Smart at the same time! 😀
Yarnbomb wine is a thing? GAHHH. http://t.co/HEHK5rhbVL
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Slides from my talk at the TiE Sydney Create-a-Thon this morning. What an inspiring group of founders and entrepreneurs!
Today’s Disney Knitting Fail: Flounder’s like, “Girl, what’s wrong with your FACE?!”
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