• Spring Butterflies

    I took a trip to Montreal’s Botanical Gardens to be surrounded by butterflies. After a long, dreary winter, it was exactly what I needed.

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  • Hey, LA

    I’ve been to Los Angeles a couple of times, but the most recent trip was over 20 years ago. On this visit, what struck me most was the disparity between…

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  • Hairstory: a father-daughter tale

    Every year at the Automattic all-company Grand Meetup, we each have to give a short presentation in front of our colleagues. This “flash talk” can be about anything at all…

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  • The Techie Continuum – Redux

    Based on a post I wrote this past April called The Techie Continuum, I presented a lightning talk by the same name at this year’s inaugural WordCamp US in Philadelphia.…

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  • Photographing the Moon

    I may be cynical about a lot of things, but the spectacular-ness of the natural world is not one of them. So last night, I went down to the corner…

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  • Dynamite Girls

    In the early 1980s, I was a Dynamite Girl. That is, inspired by my subscription to Dynamite Magazine, I formed an all-girl club with a posse of grade-six friends, appointing…

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