Product Management, Productivity and Personal musings
In a few weeks, I'm going to be a mentor instructor for Ladies Learning Code: CSS Fundamentals for Beginners. You should come learn to code! I think that it's really important for everyone to know just a little bit of code and I'm really excited to help out with the event. If you're nervous, don't …
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Two Saturdays ago, I had the pleasure of being invited to attend the first Founders Collective. The organizer, Meredith Powell, asked me to design a logo for the event in exchange for a ticket (the logo didn't end up getting used because there wasn't quite enough time to refine it). I really wasn't sure what …
I hadn't heard about Tavi Gevinson until today, but man do I like her now! (Incidentally, I also love Stevie Nicks, so I loved the conclusion to this talk.) P.S. Another favourite Ted Talk. And this is genius, and funny! {Video via YouTube.}
This video had me laughing so hard I couldn't speak for several minutes. NSFW because your coworkers will look at you strangely when you snort and cry. And also because there is farting in it ... not ideal for coworker relations. Video via UCB Comedy.
{Or the disappointing outcome of the Pitt Meadows sexual assault case.} Like everyone else, I couldn't help but be horrified when I read about the gang rape of a 16-year-old girl at a party in Pitt Meadows last year. The case was especially horrific because photos and video of the assault were circulated on Facebook. …
These days, the word feminism has a bad reputation. The truth is being a feminist is a jumble of things. First wave feminism was, in a nutshell, about getting women to be seen as persons in their own right, instead of property of the men in their life. Second wave feminism was (again, in a …
I didn't attend Occupy Vancouver this weekend but I did catch part of it. (Nick's parents were here this weekend and we were downtown for a bit on Saturday.) I have to say that I agree with the sentiments of the Occupy Wall Street movement. I think that the gap between the rich and the …
{Image via Flickr ... of adults, just FYI.} Since I'm revealing secrets this week (alley combing, anyone?) I thought I share some thoughts about MTV's Teen Mom. Ya, you heard me. Though I think I've kept it a well-guarded secret on my blog, I LOVE television. So much so that we don't have a TV because …
{Slut Walkers on Granville Street.} As I mentioned last week, I attended Slut Walk Vancouver on Sunday. It was more than I could have hoped for. Thousands of people (I think, I'm terrible at estimating attendees) showed up and all kinds of different people. I was especially impressed by the number of men that attended …
{Image via Slut Walk Vancouver.} On Sunday I will be attending Slut Walk Vancouver. If you're uncomfortable with the name, you should be. (I am too -- see below -- and I feel pretty strongly about this!) Slut Walk Vancouver is inspired by and in solidarity with Slut Walk Toronto. SWT was start in response …
Kate Moore Hermes 