Today is Ada Lovelace Day, honoring one of the world’s first computer programmers.
To be absolutely transparent, Ada is someone I hadn’t heard of before I saw mention of the Ada Lovelace Day Pledge, which asks 1,000 people to post blogs on March 24 about women in technology whom they admire.
A few notable women that stand out. Marissa Mayer. My close friend Bean. Julia Roy. These women probably couldn’t be more different, but they’re women of my generation with whom I can relate. (more…)
Categories: Social Media
Tagged: blogging, menatrott, sixapart, socialmedia, Technology
Something strange happened back in January 2006. I spent my “un-wedding day” in a foggy haze at a car dealership, where my best friend basically bought my car for me because I was so out of it. I don’t think I even cared what year the car was. I remember signing paperwork and that’s about it. I was waking up from what I was now realize was an abusive relationship.
I had also just started a new job. While I was dating my ex, I had distanced myself a little from my friends because they didn’t like him (and they’d also want me to tell you that they were freaked out about who I became while I was with him). But, with the breakup now made official by a football field’s worth of required distance at all times, I felt I could breathe again. Friends had been inviting me to join MySpace for months and on January 31, 2006, I finally did. (I might have avoided it a few months more had I not found the profile of my one of my best friends from high school. We lost touch in college, and I tried sending her a message but I couldn’t unless I signed up. Bean, for all that follows, I owe ya.) (more…)
Categories: Life · Social Media
Tagged: blogging, gratitude, myspace, philalawyer, socialmedia, socialnetworking, thebunny, tuckermax, Writing
I’ve been holding off on posting a new blog because I knew the next one would be my 50th post. I also wanted to hold off because I thought it’d be nice to mark the occasion by thanking the woman who gave me a reason to blog.
If you don’t know her (and at least half of my subscriber list does), this is Nina.
Today is Nina’s birthday. I love her.
I joined MySpace at the end of January 2006 to stay in touch with old friends. I had never really considered blogging as an outlet for my personal writing (as opposed to the type I get paid to do). One day in February or March, out of curiousity, I clicked the “Blog” button at the top of the homepage and the list of top blogs popped up. Nina’s was on there and whatever her post was, I thought it was hilarious. (more…)
Categories: Friends
Tagged: blogging, Friends, inspiration, nina, Writing
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