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Author Archives: Desiree

Coworking Conundrums

We boxed up our things, vaccumed the floors, and awkwardly rolled the filing cabinets down the stairs. It’s been a week since we moved out of the Sash Mill and into NextSpace, the cutting-edge coworking space on Cooper Street in Downtown Santa Cruz.
If I said things weren’t stressful, I’d be lying. There are no more [...]

Here’s One For The Ladies

The final half-hour of my day begins with a pleasantly thoughtless dream-state triggered by the sound of the air purifier. I’m watching Margaret shuffle through papers and click through emails. She finishes and looks at me. When I notice her, I snap back into reality. For a minute, we just look at each other. She’s [...]

Geeks on the Beach ‘08

One of the things I like most about being a member of the Quiddities family is the sincere connection our office shares with a number of local geeks. It’s like I can tap into a warm, fuzzy network of pleasantly geeky correspondence. What can I say? We’re social creatures (yes, I proudly count myself amongst [...]

William Goes to DrupalCon

Szeged, Hungary: our very own William Lawrence was on the other side of the world last week. DrupalCon ‘08 was the setting, a conference that attracts programmers from all over the world to meet and discuss Drupal, the popular open-source content management program.
William’s workshop on accessibility was selected for presentation. Quiddities maintains that website administrators [...]

Freelance Camp: How to Get Rid of a Hundred Bagels in Thirty Minutes

On Saturday morning I ran into the office at about 7:00 AM, pre-coffee consumption, in the same jeans as the day before, trying to jerk myself out of the lifeless stupor that usually accompanies oversleeping. All was lifeless. There were no sounds of typing, of air conditioners, of the occasional cough. No trickling fountain. No [...]

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