Dave Winer set off a firestorm with his blog post asking Why are there so few women programmers. Lots of people on twitter and his blog called him a lot of unwarranted names, said his straight, white, male privilege was showing, etc. etc. Just a suggestion — if you find yourself getting all bent out…
I was planning to finish off with the single most important thing I have learned in 55 years, but life has a way of running away with me. Between meeting with an after-school program that will be using our game next month, a meet-up in San Jose, getting our update 2.10 ready to go, writing…
Not sure what the average number of people to have bailed out of jail is, nor the average number of countries from which people have called you for said bail money, but I’m pretty certain that I have exceeded both of those averages. As I explained to my niece, Samantha, the other day, when people…
Contrary to appearances, I’m a fairly private person. You might not think so from some of what I write on this blog, but I challenge anyone to read through here and find personal details like the number of my siblings who have passed away or something hurtful someone might have done to me. Since I’m…
Despite what you might think from reading this blog, there is an awful lot about my feelings that I keep to myself, which leads me to #51 of 55 things I have learned in (almost) 55 years – No one really cares about your feelings all that much. Maybe your parents do. Perhaps your boyfriend/ girlfriend…
My long and occasionally-storied career began as an industrial engineer, where I had drilled into my brain one of my most useful life lessons. Here is the secret to mastering your life, reducing your stress by a good 50% — Learn the difference between standard hours and actual hours The business dictionary laughably defines a standard…
Last month, I was super-stoked to be listed in Forbes as one of the 40 women to watch over 40. As I’ve written on here several times, I call bullshit on the belief that start-ups must all be run by Mark Zuckerberg clones. The idea that everyone over 30 has outdated skills is based on…
Because it’s not tomorrow until I go to bed and get up again, as far as I’m concerned this is still technically the weekend so I am going to dispense Mama AnnMaria’s advice on personal relationships. … I blame the internet. My grandmother told me (more than once) that if your husband doesn’t beat you,…
There have been days, especially when I started my first two businesses, when I was seriously stressed. What if I could not make the payroll? What about cash flow when the business was growing and expenses were due now but customers didn’t pay until the end of the month? What if … for most small…
Want to know the secret to getting better at almost anything? Measure it. Rambling story that only appears to be irrelevant …. For many years, I was on one committee or another that awarded funds to aspiring Olympic athletes. Often, my recommendations were at odds with the majority of the committee members, and if you…