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My Brother, the Prescient Presner
BBS. If this acronym means something to you, you might also remember the screeching sound that used to herald the modem’s connection to the pre-web online world. BBSes with multiple…
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Women of a Certain Age
11:30am – Two “older” women enjoy their crepes (one savoury, one sweet) and caffeinated beverages in the downtown Chocolate Restaurant. 12:15pm – They pull out a couple of knitting projects,…
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The Techie Continuum – Redux
Based on a post I wrote this past April called The Techie Continuum, I presented a lightning talk by the same name at this year’s inaugural WordCamp US in Philadelphia.…
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The Techie Continuum
When referring to myself over the years, I’ve always adamantly declared that despite whatever skills I might have, “I’m not a techie.” I didn’t study computer science and I’m not…
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Girls Learning Code Day 2014
On November 8, nineteen cities across Canada – from St. John’s, Newfoundland, to Whitehorse, Yukon – hosted free events for National Girls Learning Code Day, a Ladies Learning Code initiative.…