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Anthology — 1982 to 2024, my formative years in technology

A young woman I met at a recent tech meetup asked if I specialized in a language or stack.

5 min readJun 9, 2019

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Anthology — 1982 to 2024, my formative years in technology

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Dear Bitsy

10 PRINT “Hello Bitsy!”

Introducing Bitsy, the advice columnist we all need in technology.

2 min readApr 9, 2023

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Bitsy as a young software engineer, circa 1984, with vending machine coffee and a pack of Lorna Doone cookies, goofing around in her office at IBM with a microfiche and a stuffed moose on her head.

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Simply Technology: A Greyshore Publication

Architect is a team activity, not a person

Do we have a shortage of people who are ‘Architects’, or gaps in our agile practices and healthy technology decision-making processes?

8 min readJul 25, 2021

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Dear Bitsy

COTS in the crossfire

Bitsy’s advice for an IT team member caught between arguments for implementing a commercial system or building a custom solution.

3 min readApr 23, 2023

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Bart Simpson at a chalkboard, writing ‘Go To Statement Considered Harmful’ 100 times

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At NearForm, The Future is Open

I am so excited to serve the committee and join thousands of women at the 2022 Grace Hopper Celebration Open Source Day. The future is…

3 min readSep 10, 2022

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At NearForm, The Future is Open

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Five years beyond ‘Before Brogramming’

The year was 2015 — yet another point in my career when I decided I needed to stop and ‘figure things out’. In 2020, I have some closure.

5 min readFeb 9, 2020

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Five years beyond ‘Before Brogramming’

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Simply Technology: A Greyshore Publication

Deconstructed Tech Consulting

Why do we need technology consultants? What outcomes do they produce? — an existential meditation on tech consulting, by a consultant.

7 min readJan 12, 2020

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Deconstructed Tech Consulting

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Commencing

From my time machine, Dec 27th, 2009. I thought an MBA would bring some closure to a thread in my career.

4 min readDec 20, 2019

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Commencing

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Conducting, Technically

My son’s pursuit of a career in music has helped me connect with my own career in tech.

3 min readDec 13, 2019

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Conducting, Technically

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Minsky Moments in IT

From my time machine — August 20, 2007

3 min readDec 13, 2019

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Minsky Moments in IT

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Paula Paul

Paula Paul

Tech adventures: IBM product dev, Tech Bubble consultant, Microsoft MCS, tours of duty in corporate IT, table flipper, teacher, ThoughtWorker, Builder, Pirate.

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