Mar 2018
Last week, I was out at the Microsoft MVP Summit in Redmond, Washington. As many people know, I’ve been a Microsoft fan all of my life, so going out to the main campus is like a pilgrimage to me. I made sure to wear some of my MVP gear on the flight out, as it’s […]
Jan 2018
Last year, I added data science to my talks. This year, I’m planning on growing more of my technical skills – learning React, Vue, and Node.js. In terms of talks, servant leadership has joined the family of topics, and it’s a topic I’m excited to present. These are just some of the topics I am […]
Dec 2017
Inspired by the greatest Sarah that I’ve met this year who has introduced me to #SarahConf…. this thread really hits home: I want to talk about something that's bugged me for *months* but I've refused to talk about it. I probably just need to get it out there. … So much of my identity has been […]
Dec 2017
Over the past few days, I saw a lot of people talking with the #PayToSpeak hashtag, and knowing that some of my followers were curious, I figured I better weigh in. Community-Run Events When I know an event is community-run, then I know to expect some degree of #PayToSpeak. Face it – when a community […]
Nov 2017
For the past 9 years, my dear friend Michael Eaton has been holding an amazing conference in Kalamazoo, MI called Kalamazoo X. In 2018, he will be putting on the 10th Kalamazoo X conference. And he has quite the line-up! In 2009, I had the privilege to be invited to speak. I had the speaking […]
Sep 2017
In early August, I had the opportunity to attend Kansas City Developer Conference in Kansas City, MO. This was my first official trip to the city as an adult, as the last time I had been in the city was for the National Catholic Youth Conference in 1997. My experiences this time around exposed me […]
May 2017
Disclaimer: I am not affiliated in any way with Svaha Apparel. It all started with a Facebook ad, and then I noticed them – geeky dresses WITH POCKETS. So what’s a geekette to do when she finds fun dresses WITH POCKETS and fun geeky pieces? She blogs about it! Last weekend, I was busy playing superhero, […]
Jan 2017
Every year, I go to CodeMash with little plans made, knowing that the side conversations can happen and derail any plans. This year was no exception. I went into Friday with no expectations, and it turned out to be great! Drops of Jupyter in Your Hair When I saw the title of this talk, I […]
Jan 2017
For the first day of conference talks, I had some things I wanted to see and others that I ended up not seeing, due to a turn in events. I may have been checking out topics I’ve been interested in, as well as scouting for speakers for Stir Trek (as our call for speakers opens January […]
Jan 2017
As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, one of my personal tech topics that I want to explore in 2017 is data science. For as long as I’ve known, I love data. As a hobbyist in my teens, I was playing with Access and reporting on data. I eventually migrated to Visual Basic talking to Access… which […]