Month: March 2010
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Congratulations to Clarion Class of 2010
Yes the class of 2010 has been announced. Dear Clarion Class of 2010, Congratulations and welcome. I hope you have an amazing time. I can’t believe it’s been a year already! It feels like yesterday I was running round the house waving my hands and opening bottles of champagne. Here are some things I think…
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Ignite Portland, plus a bit of roller derby.
Speaking at Ignite Portland was a blast. It was scary and interesting and challenging and filled me with a manic kind of energy. You can see my talk here and you can see the full list of talks here. All these videos are brought to you by the fabulous folks at Blaze Streaming Media who…
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Writer’s Block, Shovels, Ignite!
It’s 2am. In a little over 16 hours I will be presenting my first Ignite Portland Talk, How to Hit Writer’s Block in the Face with a Shovel. I love the Ignite format – 20 slides, 15 seconds a slide. It’s really challenging and it has been an interesting process winnowing my profusion of thoughts…
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I didn’t know toes could do that!
I spent a lot of last week flat on my back plagued by a fearsome cold (or as we say in Australia, and the UK, a fearsome lurgy). On Saturday, recovering at last I did a bit of work on the laptop with my feet folded under me. I like to sit that way, it…