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Me Wantz: Happy Sloth Necklace
This necklace is so adorable: You can get for £33.45 from the marymaryhandmade Etsy store. Here are a couple of my other favourites from the same store (Chinchilla, Little Fox, Manatee, Platypus): The...
View ArticleVideo of The Day: 10x10x10
It’s been 4 months since Emma Watson did her awesome He For She speech and it’s great to see this followup video about 10x10x10: The post Video of The Day: 10x10x10 appeared first on Miss Geeky.
View ArticleCool Stuff: The Habit Journal
Exercise more. Drink more water. Eat more fruit. Don’t forget to floss. Drink less coffee. Every other month or so it occurs to me that I should try to be more healthier and keep up with some good...
View ArticleVideo of The Day: Power/Rangers
This came out a week ago, so chances are you’ve seen it already, but I couldn’t resist reposting it here! It’s so good: The post Video of The Day: Power/Rangers appeared first on Miss Geeky.
View ArticleVideo of The Day: The Bubble
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Video of The Day: Our Hidden Relationship with Objects
The videos of the talks from the last Playful are slowly being shared. I really liked this one from Steve Lloyd about how we relate and define ourselves through objects: It’s also at Playful that I...
View ArticleVideo of The Day: A Rap About Technology – Konnie Huq
It’s been more than a couple of months since this happened, but I really enjoyed this talk from Konnie Huq at the last Ada Lovelace Day Live at the Royal Institution. Konnie discusses the influences of...
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Theatre Review: Grimm Tales
This is going to be a short review, but I couldn’t resist writing up something about before it disappears from London. I finally managed to go last Saturday and it’s brilliant. The title of this post...
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Cool Stuff: Enigma Escape
As you might have noticed from some of my recent tweets and blog posts, I’ve gotten slightly addicted to escape rooms… I love the idea and I’m working my way through the list of London rooms. Hopefully...
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What I’ve been up to…
Oh wow, I can’t believe how long it’s been since I last blogged here! The last 2 months have been insanely busy, so before going back to my typical posts I thought I’d do a quick roundup of what I’ve...
View ArticleVideo of The Day: Un-artificial Intelligence at GORUCO
As I mentioned yesterday, I gave a talk at GORUCO, a one-day Ruby conference in New York. I did a 10 minute version of my Un-artificial Intelligence talk, trying to explain some basic concepts of human...
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Geek Jewellery: Baymax Necklace
Hairyyyyy Baby! I loved Big Hero 6 and Baymax is one of the most adorable robots ever, so who wouldn’t want a cute necklace with him on it? I’ve currently only been able to find it in this Japanese...
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Cool Stuff: Enigma Quest
I know, I know, I might be slightly addicted to escape rooms at the moment. This is the second escape room Kickstarter project I’ve backed (the first being Enigma Escape a few months back), but I...
View ArticleUpcoming Talks: September & October 2015
I can’t quite believe it’s September already! As usual, September means conference season is upon us and the next 2 months are going to be slightly insane for me. Want to see me talk? Here are the...
View ArticleVideo of The Day: Learn Reflect Repeat
Two days ago I gave a talk at State of the Browser about having imposter syndrome and how to create a culture of learning. Here’s the video: If you want to check out the full slides, here they are...
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Miss Geeky and the Challenge of NaBloPoMo
I can’t believe it’s been more than 1.5 months since I last blogged here! There has been so much stuff that has happened the past few months, that I still have to write about and I know I really...
View ArticleThe Others: Episode 1
Last year on Halloween I thought I’d have some fun with my Twitter stream and live-tweeted an improvised story about me being in a zombie apocalypse type world. It was so much fun to do, that this year...
View ArticleThe Others: Behind The Scenes
Last year on Halloween I thought I’d have some fun with my Twitter stream and live-tweeted an improvised story about me being in a zombie apocalypse type world. It was so much fun to do, that this year...
View ArticleVideo of The Day: Building stronger teams for better user experience – Lily Dart
On Monday we watched this great talk by Lily Dart as a Talks We Love session at FutureLearn, where we pick a talk that someone has seen and then discuss with everyone what we might want to change in...
View ArticleVideo of The Day: Lily & the Snowman
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Me Wantz: My Favourite Geeky Earrings
I love my collection of geeky earrings. I’ve been slowly adding to it over the past couple of years and they keep being noticed by people! Even though I’ve blogged about a couple of these in the past,...
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How I got into conference speaking
I’ve had several conversations in the past few weeks, where people are surprised to find out that I’ve haven’t been doing conference talks for that long. For some reason, most of them assumed that I’d...
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Time to Talk Day – Anxiety & I
Today it’s Time to Talk Day, a campaign to make people aware of mental health issues and to get people talking about them. I’ve dealt with a lot of anxiety in the past 15 years or so, but have to admit...
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Video of The Day: Greatness by David Marquet
This 10 minute talk by David Marquet got shared last week at work and I just love the ideas behind it. David tells his story of when he became captain of the USS Santa Fe, and started treating his crew...
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Blogging Tips: How to Start Writing
A couple of weeks back I got invited to share my blogging tips for the Women Hack for Non Profits monthly meetup. I couldn’t make the event, but since I’ve been helping friends and colleagues recently...
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Employee Evangelism: Make Your Team Badass
Two weeks ago I gave a talk at The Lead Developer called How To Succeed at Hiring Without Really Trying. This is pretty much the blog post version of my script/speaker’s notes for it! Check out the...
View ArticleVideo of The Day: Kenzo World & Fatboy Slim Mashup
This Kenzo World ad has been making the social media rounds the last few weeks and I can’t stop watching it! It’s directed by Spike Jonze and the first thing that did come to my mind when seeing it the...
View ArticleVideo of The Day: Existing in Tech – Lena Reinhard
Great talk from Lena Reinhard, comparing being in tech with being in space. The post Video of The Day: Existing in Tech – Lena Reinhard appeared first on Miss Geeky.
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How To Brainstorm Talk Ideas
I’ve been doing a lot of talks lately in which I encourage people to share with the wider community what they do (see my Employee Evangelism post). Be it through blog posts or talks or workshops, I...
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Me Wantz: Little Moose Necklaces
Two weekends back I bought this adorable necklace of a rain cloud and since then I’ve gotten so many comments on it! It’s so cute and seemed appropriate given I organize an event called Thundercloud....
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Listening To: Imaginary Worlds
As you might have noticed, this is my 5th post this week! I’ve been trying to figure out how to get back to writing more regularly and sharing more of the ‘stuff’ I’ve been consuming in my spare time....
View ArticleVideo of The Day: Jenn Schiffer at XOXO
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View ArticleVideo of The Day: Reflect & Refactor
One of other the reasons why I’ve not found the time to blog here more: I’ve been doing more talks! I have to admit it is a lot of hard work, but getting to travel, see new places and meet new people...
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The Art of Slide Design
Last weekend I gave a talk at DevRelCon Tokyo called The Art of Slide Design. This is pretty much the blog post version of my script/speaker’s notes for it, albeit split out over several posts! I’ll be...
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The Art of Slide Design: Maximise Signal, Minimise Noise
Last weekend I gave a talk at DevRelCon Tokyo called The Art of Slide Design. This is the second post in this series, covering the first principle: maximise signal, minimise noise. The series is pretty...
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The Art of Slide Design: Make Important Information Stand Out
Last weekend I gave a talk at DevRelCon Tokyo called The Art of Slide Design. This is the third post in this series, covering the second principle: make important information stand out. The series is...
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The Art of Slide Design: Show AND Tell
A few months back I gave a talk at DevRelCon Tokyo called The Art of Slide Design. This is the fourth post in this series, covering the third principle: show AND tell. The series is pretty much the...
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The Art of Slide Design: Be Consistent
A few months back I gave a talk at DevRelCon Tokyo called The Art of Slide Design. This is the fifth post in this series, covering the final principle: be consistent. The series is pretty much the blog...
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Miss Geeky’s Birthday Giveaway
If you follow me on either Twitter or Instagram, you’ll have seen that since last week I’ve started celebrating my birthday! I realized last year that I don’t really enjoy just having 1 party where I...
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Theatre Review: The Silhouette in The Smoke
Two weeks ago I went to The Silhouette in The Smoke, an immersive Victorian drama and murder mystery, set at the London Museum of Water & Steam. I won’t spoil anything about the actual story (other...
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