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Erica McGillivray is snarky feminist geek, president of GeekGirlCon, & a community attaché specializing in SEO & social media.
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Birthday Bash Day 8: You have friends on the internet?
For complete context about why I’m not having a birthday party for my 27th birthday this year and how you can still celebrate with me, read You’re Invited to My 27th Birthday Bash. “But they’re your internet ‘friends,’” my maternal … Continue reading
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Tagged family, Geek Girl Con, geekery, my birthday, work processes, writing
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Sprinkles Around the Web 6/11-7/01/10
Links I’ve enjoyed from around the web. Your mileage may vary. Me • A photo of me from Seattle’s Gay Pride Parade 2010 on Sunday, June 27th. Environment • Is the BP Gusher Unstoppable? Read the forum of geologists and … Continue reading
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Tagged Android, CSS3, Earth is my home too, environmentalism, feminism, geekery, hot issues, inspiration, recipe, science is awesome, seattle, SEO, technology, web design, WordPress, work processes
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Sprinkles Around the Web 5/28-6/10/10
Two weeks worth of links and other things I found amusing, insightful, or otherwise useful around the web. Your mileage may vary. Me • A photo of me on the set of ExOfficio’s Spring ’11 photoshoot. Yes, that’s how far … Continue reading
Excuses for absenteeism only go so far… Web comic.
I’ve been gone. So I give you a web comic about part of the reason I’ve been gone. (All text and drawings by me.)
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
“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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Tagged prosumer, work processes, writing
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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
Social Media Resists the Market
Synecdochic writes Why Monetizing Social Media Through Advertising Is Doomed To Failure and I tend to largely agree with her. (Her write-up is very layperson friendly for those not in e-commerce or social media.) The only point I disagree on … Continue reading
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Tagged links to the conversation, marketing in the 21st century, web 2.0, work processes
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