Plus: how to network meaningfully, virtually
Why I started networking
It all started from a powerful revelation I had partway through my career when I felt stuck — what was stopping me from taking on the role that my manager had? …
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What is Bridge Builders? Why does it exist?
These are the two questions I get asked the most, and the answer to the first question has evolved in the past two years. It’s been a little ephemeral and hard to nail down that first one; and I’ve been reluctant to talk about it because it…
I just got a shipment today of beautiful thick cardstock business cards from Moo! They’re beautiful and have such a satisfying tangibility to them.
I discovered partway through my career just how simple it is to get your own business cards, even if you don’t run your own business or…
Resources, references, and interesting things to check out in conjunction with the talk given Aug 21, 2018 on Explainability of AI.
The paper on which the presentation is based: Explainable Artificial Intelligence: Understanding, Visualizing and Interpreting Deep Learning Models
Some sources referenced in the above paper:
- [6] How to Explain…
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I recently watched this 10 min TED talk by Dylan Marron and it really stuck with me.
One of the things Dylan says that resonated deeply with me was this (which I also GIF’d up for your viewing pleasure):
“Sometimes, the most subversive thing you could do…
I had an empowering birthday this year, doing things I would never have imagined doing if I didn’t take the plunge. My mom would tell me stories of how I was the biggest scaredy-cat when I was younger. As a small girl, I was prone to crying at almost anything…
Human vs Machine bias
Humans beings by nature are imperfect; research in psychology and studies of human behavior show that we have implicit biases and use heuristic shortcuts to process information. Prejudice or stereotypes emerge from one’s upbringing, culture, and environment, and can be so pervasive that we may never be fully made aware…
Last weekend, I took part in my first ever hackathon! 🙋
By me, Sep 2016
I wish I was one of those girls
Who could pull off deep red lipstick.
Even any damn kind of lipstick
Beige, even nude
Apparently nude is a color.
But all I can do is put on chapstick
Because I’m allergic to
Not looking like myself.
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I’ve moved to a new city recently (Toronto, city of Drake) and have been job hunting. Yes, job hunting is hard. But networking? Downright torture! Nevertheless, I persisted. To meet new people, I looked into a few different options.
All those options have slightly different but overlapping objectives, and meeting…
