I got this note the other day reminding me that I started using WordPress.com 9 years ago. The friend I was helping set up his site still uses the same theme, so you can see the first post almost exactly the same way it looked in 2009. I’ve learned a lot about writing for the…
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There are a million things I love about my job, but the thing I love the most (right now at least) is that it gives me a way to help people use technology to realize their own dreams and the dreams of their communities. I wasn’t able to be in Detroit for this project, but I spend…
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Several months ago one of my co-workers recommended a little browser extension that says nice things to you every time you open a tab. Sounded a little silly, and wasn’t sure that randomly generated nice thoughts from a glass of water would make that much difference, but I was wrong. I love them. Sometimes I take…
Read MoreIn honor of International Women’s Day I want to tell you about a group of women who played a major role in how I became the woman I am today: The Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity. Specifically the ones who taught at Lindsay Holy Family School in the very early 1980s. I’m not sure they set…
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I don’t understand people who say the reason they don’t like cats because cats don’t have personalities. I mean have they met any cats? Sure they might all be plotting to kill us in our sleep, but the way each one goes about it is quite different.
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This post is part of a series describing what Automatticians do on a daily basis. You can read more posts like this by following the tag #a8cday on WordPress.com and Twitter. 7:30 AM: This is when I intend to get up. If I set the coffee pot to brew the night before, I often manage…
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