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Erica is feminist geek, social community manager at SEOmoz, and a founder of GeekGirlCon. Follow her @emcgillivray.
Category Archives: work processes
Life Goals 2.9
A lot has changed in the past month. 2012 was a hard year where I reached my limit of many things and figured out what I could and couldn’t deal with. More importantly, what I wanted to deal with. I … Continue reading
Change, New Challenges, Shazam! The Future
“The only constant is change, continuing change, inevitable change, that is the dominant factor in society today. No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as … Continue reading
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Because you’re awesome
I’m having one of those days when I want to grab someone by her shoulders and shake her until she can tell me how awesome she is. But I realize this is counterproductive, and that shouting is sometimes just shouting … Continue reading
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Tagged feminism, Geek Girl Con, life and the meaning of it all, sisterhood
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Dreams of Jobs and ‘Real World’ Skills
Even as a child, there weren’t many jobs that I wanted to do. No, there weren’t many jobs that were possible in this plane of existence and at this time. A lot of my actual work came by accident. I … Continue reading
The Joke’s On You, Webmaster
As a gainfully employed person with a busy social and home life, I often find that my websites are neglected. They can fall into such disrepair that my only notion of ‘updating’ them to current standards and design are to … Continue reading
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“At Least I Don’t Beat You.” Making a Prosumer Workplace
Growing up, my father was not always the nicest person and had a tendency to be emotionally abusive. I was an ornery child who liked to point out this behavior when it happened, or at least, complain about it to … Continue reading
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On Being Tired
I’m rather tired. Just a deep bone-tired. I get why bears hibernate. I have dreams, but they stay vague. I try to tease them out. I had this art professor who used to say that your most frustrating days in … Continue reading
Lessons in Design: Redneck Wedding
My mom’s getting remarried in two weeks. I like her fiance Rob, so that’s all good. The only not good part has been that I’m not a fan of weddings and all the heteronormative activities surrounding them, and I’m my … Continue reading
Delicious: New Look, Same Excellent Functions
Social bookmarking tool Delicious got a makeover. It’s a little louder than I expected, considering Delicious had a very stripped down original interface. But they are owned by Yahoo now. I love the little gray arrows around the tags. This … Continue reading
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