This is a talk I gave at the International Women’s Day Women Techmakers conference on March 5, 2016. I’m posting the transcript with slight…
I’ve been thinking about this conversation I had with Jason Calacanis in 2013.
South by Southwest, the annual festival that brings film, interactive media (tech 🙋), and music enthusiasts…
Hello Jr. Devs 🙌,
For this post I want to tell you a bit about your future.
Very soon, there is going to come a day where you find that you’re working in a codebase…
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN is the world’s largest particle collider, operated by a consortium of European governments and…
Happy International Women’s Day!
I had a particularly surprising realization today. You may say it hit me late. But it sure hit me.
For the record, I drink tea. A lot of it. But the coffee culture that saturates the tech industry goes hand in hand with an attitude…
It’s very easy to get caught up in your own idea. Anyone involved in a startup will always be able…
Vision and Grit: The Story of Why We Invested in Homemade
“Get out of your head! You can do this!” This is what Akin, my SoulCycle instructor, says as he’s cranking up my resistance knob on…
It felt only right that our first Medium post should be an introduction to who we…
In rural southwestern Pennsylvania, esteemed architect Frank Lloyd Wright designed one of his best homes, which continues to attract thousands of visitors to this day. Aptly named Fallingwater, the home is built partly on a natural waterfall in Bear Run, where it is…
With a population of 170 million, mobile penetration of 75% percent and IT contribution of 10% to the GDP, Nigeria is fast becoming Africa’s go to economy for new tech startups to step into. A lot of opportunities can…
This is part one of two in a series on the future of work, exploring first the net effect of collaboration technology, followed by a broader landscape view of the technology…
Breaking Patriarchal Tradition
A software development club that I used to run at my high school has 30 members. 5 of them are girls. Amongst the five officers of the club, only one is a…
What would you do if someone told you that being self employed was the hardest way to make a living?
I've been 100% self employed for about two months now. For the past 12 years I was gainfully employed as a web…
A few days ago, my colleague asked me to write an article about what it’s like to be a girl in tech. That got me…
J’ai mis un peu de temps, mais je me suis rendu compte que le Markdown pouvait être méchamment utile aux enseignants. J’en…
Originally appeared here
I know a lot of people have ideas — call them start up ideas or problem solving ideas but means to execute those ideas are possessed by only a few…
A first peek into the trials and tribulations of starting a disruptive light bulb company eliminating electronic waste
When I woke up yesterday morning, my Twitter feed was going crazy — it felt like the…
(Great to see a well-written response from Dean Akinwale to my article. Dean is one of my newest students. This is my response.)
I chuckled inwardly as you said it too, but someone was bound to 😉.
by Garth Sundem
I’ve been enjoying spending time with my family this weekend. But we all brought at least 2–3…
Takeaway: Immersive games that make us feel physically present in a virtual experience can lead to a state of…
It will be interesting to pursue the trajectory of Freewrite, launched by the Astrohaus Office as “the…
For me, Slack is the hipster version of IRC. IRC is free while slack is not. And you can almost replicate slack’s features using IRC and some unique features cannot be replicated. As post mentioned, reason behind slack’s success is the message limit.
To tackle Detroit’s blight issues, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan had an idea for an eBay-style auction website, where Detroiters could bid on unoccupied houses owned by the Detroit…
“Condensed version of previous article”
You’re building your own maze, in a way, and you might just get lost in it.
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When I first met my GoPro, I was smitten. I brought her everywhere — hiking, rock climbing, kiteboarding, on vacation, to music festivals. She was my ever-present companion, making each adventure more special, more fulfilling, and more…
That’s the free text editor I use for most of my drafts. I used BBEdit before that. I have a BBEdit license, but prefer TextWrangler’s…
Je place ici un extrait de Smarter than you think de Clive Thompson (@pomeranian99) que je…
Keeping up with the news is hard. There is so much, and so much noise. How do you know what’s worth reading?
Let’s discover Feedly today. What is feedly?? It is a news aggregator application for various web browsers and mobile devices running iOS and Android, also available as a cloud-based service. It compiles news feeds from a variety of online sources for the user to customize and share…
El equipo de REMINA te da la más grata y fraternal bienvenida a nuestro nuevo blog. Ten por seguro que…
I really enjoy FP languages, but after going through examples on exorcism.io I’m starting to think that purely recursive approaches are awkward for some algorithms. This feels like one of these cases to me. For instance, here is a more imperative approach in Ruby:
Perhaps one of the hardest parts of going through life is knowing when to keep my mouth shut, and when when to speak up. On numerous occasions I have found myself speaking in a conversation in order to try and add my input just to have it be a jumbled mess of “word vomit” — words with no real…
What is this company all about?
I joined a new company in 2014 in Delhi where I worked with some of the brightest minds of the country and not everyone had a top ivy degree. These people were just normal and had immense…
E-volution
Working in an ever developing industry that requires a balanced knowledge of…
That belongs up there in your Hierarchy of Evil. Medium is an unusually civil platform for the most part (yeah, touch wood). The civil…
While it may seem like a daunting task to work at startup while still holding up a full time job (or…
[EN] The 11 digital tools I use every week as Head of Product
“It is a thrilling era to develop digital products. There are so many tools available to help us be more efficient in our work, to allow us to quickly test new ideas, to…
Develop Mobile Friendly Website with the Help of GO MO Group
In today’s generation who does not have a smartphone? Gone are the days when people would sit in front of their personal computer and access any website or information. Today technology is so advanced that we can make transactions on the go. Organizations are also…
This is so, so true. Thanks Mike. I wish I had read this a year ago — I’ve made almost all of these mistakes, and they really didn’t help me 😀
📢 Attention new developers: listen to Mike Coutermarsh!
Six Good Reasons Why You Should Hire Tradeshow Models
Tradeshows are great opportunities to get to remind your current customers that you are still in…
Love it.. I have been through this phase..I used to write but never told or showed it to anybody since I was afraid and wanted it to be perfect. But after publishing 2 of
I started playing piano since I was five. I was never too keen on practicing classical music, but I loved mucking around, playing what I heard on the radio. It was in the 90s, and I remembered playing Backstreet Boys’ songs after hearing them on the…
Need SME business software but don’t know where to start? Start here.
As your business begins to grow and your customer list gets longer, managing daily…
I’ve heard good things about the interning experience at Airbnb. Sounds like you had an engaging experience. Thanks for sharing this.
Knock knock knock, Penny! MP3/iPhone Ringtones
Unsuprising confession: I am massively addicted to downloading and trying out new apps. It is a pretty…
Too true. Can also be compared to people who quit their jobs to become photographers because they think it’s the easy route (there are cases where there are people who are amazing and should totally quit their jobs to pursue this)..as a creative who is working her butt off to learn and become something more, this irks me.
Grace Miserocchi is a senior JMC major from Brentwood, TN. She currently serves on the nomination…
Innovation in education is crucial. As we move forward with technology, so should the way we teach!
I came across this article via my twitter feed today and wanted to share it with the @Showmyhomework community. The quote below is from an article by…
According to the International Association of Information Technology Asset Managers, Inc. (IAITAM), thousands of U.S. corporations and government agencies have the same kind of “sloppy and dangerous” approach to mobile device management (MDM) that…
Missed opportunities
I am mexican. I live in Mexico City. My dad always told my brothers and I that the only thing he was going to inherit us was our education. He made us attend a bilingual school and I am so greatful for it. He passed away last July the 1st, the day of his birthday.
Google Nexus 5X: Not A Very Good Version of Android
Unlike the other Nexus smartphones, Nexus 5X fails to impress us as it lacks behind for Android updates. It was expected to run well as Google has made both the Android and Nexus series. But the latest report says that Google Nexus 5X is not running well on Android updates…
I think there’s a lot of potential in Slash, but, it is seriously lacking a lot of features that SwiftKey has for me to use on day to day basis(especially supporting multiple languages at the same time) . When it catches up, it will be awesome. I don’t know(on the Android market) if it’s easy for SwiftKey to implement the Slash search functions or…
We’ve become a generation consumed by likes and follows. We’ve adapted to the artform of…
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Most of my social media accounts are private. As a young teenager, I was always warned about the dangers online and one of the biggest tasks my parents had me do online was to set my accounts to private. Although this is true, I know that just because my accounts are private does not…
Making a site is not that much easy and a great many people tend to surrender and gather their…
Hiring the Best Call Centre Agents
A call centre is only as good as its agents. While you can train the people to understand your processes and procedures, certain traits must be evident to ensure you are hiring only the best agents. To provide the best call centre services in Calgary, you should look for specific…
Most people generally won’t take advice from a stranger, or at the least not take it seriously…
However, taking the advice of a trusted professional is common practice.
Originally published at wickedying.com on March 9, 2016.
One of my favorite social media apps is Instagram. Instagram is a photo sharing app. On this app I am a private user. This means that only the people that I allow can view my pictures. I have this setting enabled because otherwise, anyone on Instagram that wanted to see my pictures…
An essential step to succeeding in the real estate industry is to develop a broad client base. Middlegate Funding is a financial institute that operates in the real estate industry. This company provides real estate professionals with…
Learning to code is difficult decision to make but also very rewarding.
Autonomous car hits public buss during test drive. It is very delicate matter for autonomous car companies. They test drive more than 30 million miles, and 17 times of minor accident happened. This is first time they admit accident first time. The google autonomous car tried to proceed change the lane to…
Deadline: April 15, 2016 | Apply here Date:June 1, 2016 Cost: $500 Prize:a cash prize (amount…
Today is ended, nothing else happen in business but i read an article shock me a lot, it called “Fans Economy” and quite different from the traditional economy we recognized, may be i have to try
My privacy settings on face book are set to private.Even though nothing is really ever private anymore, i think its a great idea, if you do have a facebook account to set you r privacy settings as private. I do it so there is no one trying to find out personal information on me, and if it wasnt private that would be really easy to do. Anyone could…
I love posts like these! They entertain you and teach you something of value! I am going to try the hourglass trick. Thank you!
Prime Minister Hon. Voreqe Bainimarama this morning receiving a cheque of $1.2m from his Solomon Islands counterpart Hon. Manasseh Sogavare
I love posts like these! They entertain you and teach you something valuable too! I am going to try the hourglass thing it’s sooo interesting!! Love it!
As most of you know, I am currently running my fifth tech startup and just launched the beta site last month. To most people, my job seems glorious, fun, exciting, and full of perks. But the truth is…
Running a red light kills two Springfield citizens
A car accident involving two cars on Monday night on the corner of Ninth and Elm streets caused two people to be rushed to the hospital for severe injures and two people were pronounced dead.
Springfield local television host killed in car accident.
A car accident involving two cars Monday night at 4 p.m. in Springfield caused two people to be rushed to the hospital for severe injures and local television host was killed along with her husband.
My Facebook privacy settings are open because I don’t really care who sees what i post. I don’t use the privacy settings I just watch what i post. I don’t really care who follows me I am fine with it.
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