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So This is What BarCamp Looks Like!

FreelanceCamp2008 turned out to be a museum full of free food, fun workshops, and enlightening conversations. I only know that because somebody told me after the fact. I was there, I just spent most of my time napping on the wooden benches or running to and from Longs.
With PublicMediaCamp2008 approaching, I was determined to avoid [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

O.K. I’m a Geek

So Margaret made me go to the She’s Geeky (un)conference Monday and Tuesday in Mountain View. I must admit she dragged me there kicking and screaming. “I have too much to do to go to a two day conference right now!!” I said “I have the attention span of a gnat!!!” But I went and [...]

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