Category: Work
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Ageism and Automattic
About a week ago I read an article on age and the workplace that was a bit chilling. It linked to a study, which shows that in the tech industry 43% of employees worry about losing their job due to their age The thought was sobering. Downright sad. And scary. What really gets me about all…
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From Snow to the Snows — in June
Our final full day in Utah was spent on the ski/snowboard slopes at Snowbird. Yes, it was June 10. Let me say that again. June 10. And we were at the slopes. Can you feel hear my heart beating faster? Oh the joy of that day! The altitude got to Chris a bit (on his fourth…
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Our Lisbon Meetup Begins 🙂
Since I work for a distributed company, I only get to see my coworkers in person twice a year. Last year my team met up in Durham, and this year it’s Lisbon. Another team is here at the same time, and another team will be coming halfway to the week so I get to see…
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Fortune Cookie
It’s impossible to be perfect. And this fortune cookie note I got reminded me that it’s okay. How reassuring is that message? My immediate reaction was “Hey, this is how I want to be for others” in my role as a Happiness Engineer. Then I remembered that since it was my fortune cookie, this was about me.…
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Favorite Chrome Extensions
I love extensions. Not too many of them, but certain ones that make my life so much easier to deal with. I thought I might share some of my favorites with you in case it makes your life easier as well. And I’d love to hear about some of your favorites (please feel free to…
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Why yes. This is my Office Today
Office today. Celebrating unseasonably warm temps by camping. #ilovemyjob
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Website Design Series
I get to be a college teacher 🙂 Come join Happiness Engineer Sam Hamdy and myself for these two workshops at Jamestown Community College if you happen to be in the area. The address is: 525 Falconer St, Jamestown, NY 14701. You can call 716-376-7506 to reserve a spot.
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What is Ten Minutes?
That’s a question that hit me hard about a decade ago. I was a freelance writer, struggling to balance writing time and parenting three young kids. It seemed that whenever I got in a writing flow, I was interrupted. Either that, or I would find I had a few minutes of quiet between events, but…