I went to an AWS Panel last week to represent Canva – which was nerve-wracking – but today I found out I got quoted in this article on Lifehacker!

• http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2015/12/when-should-you-call-it-quits-on-your-start-up/

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Walking through Surry Hills like this. #nofilter #alienbabe

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I found my date. Federation Engineers are the sexiest.

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Saluting a superior officer. #googleparty

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Step into the future. #googleparty

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I’m regretting not shaving my head. We would’ve KILLED IT as Furiosa and a War Boy.

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I’m blue, and @sprongify is dressed in blue. #googleparty

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We found a make out corner. #googleparty

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The problem with the #googleparty is that it ends at 10 on the dot. Too soon!

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Lupita Nyong’o wore an amazing Zac Posen dress with animated LEDs to a Star Wars fashion event in support of Made With Code, Google’s initiative to encourage girl to learn computer programming.

I love every part of this.

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I may have purchased the Cover Girls Star Wars silver lipstick. #intergalactic

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Yay, Amy Allenspach is speaking!

• https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/girl-geek-sydney-meetup-december-2015-registration-19734367023/?aff=efbnreg

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It’s like Farmville, but with Moomins. We’re both obsessed. Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to go brew up some lingonberry syrup so I can throw a party for the Hemulen.

(If you sign up and want to friend me, my code is HYMPJX.)

• http://moominvalley.poppin-games.com/en/

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Kristine Howard shared a link.

• https://photo-editor.canva.com/

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Wow, cool! @Eileen Dunne @Alison Kriegel Save the date. 🙂

• http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-11-29/sydney-to-play-host-to-college-american-football-match/6984376

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No hot water or shower yet, but hey – new toilet.

Renovation Update

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Vegducken prep is happening. #thanksgiving

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Just wrote up a brief recap of CampJS as well as the instructions for my awesome light-up beanie!

CampJS Recap & Beanie

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Vegducken assemblage. #thanksgiving

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“If Ron Swanson was going to eat a vegetable, this would be that vegetable.” #vegducken #thanksgiving

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“The Grinch himself carved the roast beast (vegducken).” #thanksgiving

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Things we are thankful for: our new air conditioner!

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The wonderful folks at Web Directions have made available the video of the talk I gave at Respond Conf back in March: “Responsive Ads: This is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things.” I’m pretty happy with it, other than the constant up-talking which drives me up the wall. (I blame Australia for that.)

Note: I wrote this talk before the recent War Against Ad Blockers began. Crazy how much has changed in eight months!

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In the US, they have “Elf on a Shelf.” At Canva, we have “Dave on a Tree.”

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Fifteen years later, and I’m still listening to this guy rant about web standards.

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Old people. #sydjs

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