• 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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  • Five Years of Facebook

    I encountered this unassuming little anniversary reminder on Facebook today: As you can see by the date, I was not a Facebook early adopter. In fact, for years, I called…

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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.…

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