Month: January 2015

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    SPIRALIZER!!

    SPIRALIZER!! Zucchini pasta with crispy fried egg. (This is how we get crazy on a Friday night.)

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    Shots!! I needed that.

    Shots!! I needed that. @ Knox Street Bar

  • Spoiler: Exactly as depressing as you expect

    What Silicon Valley Thinks of Women – Breakfast for me is served with a side of rage today. Quotes that resonated:

    • “Researchers interviewed 350 female entrepreneurs, and most cited “lack of available advisers” at the top of their list.”
    • “…venture capitalists talk about the need to get 10-year-old girls into science in order to bring up the numbers of women they will fund, but don’t fund the ones already in the industry”
    • “But the problem for women in the workforce is that there are many more mentees than mentors. Also, the tech industry is changing so fast that women even five or 10 years older may have very little of practical use to share with younger workers.”
    • “Wadhwa often talks about the importance of “pattern recognition” among VCs. The male bankers simply have an idea of what a successful startup founder looks like, and young women like Carey and Mosenthal simply don’t fit.”

    That said, there was a silver lining from this article: I signed up for Glassbreakers. I’m not sure they’ll approve someone from Australia yet, but I figured it’s worth a shot. It’s a great initiative. I’ve met less than a handful of women here that I thought would be suitable mentors for me, but I didn’t want to ask them for fear they’re already swamped with requests. It would be nice to think the next generation won’t have that problem to the same degree.

  • Shared today on Twitter

    Instagramming the Instagrammers at Kinokuniya tonight. Went with quiteriequi to hear eatdrinkpaleo’s… http://t.co/Ci3EQUo4XX


    RT @ninemsn: Why Cate Blanchett took the bus to the AACTAs http://t.co/HrN5G9gmBx


    @codepo8 Congratulations!


    I just signed up for @Glassbreakersco. Join me! http://t.co/FUPmpk4pdu // Not sure if they’ll approve someone in Oz yet, but worth a shot.


    w-g: What Silicon Valley Thinks of Women – Breakfast for me is served with a side of rage today. http://t.co/5JG90Q52Rh


    Power out for anybody else in Chippendale? @mpesce @m_mobbs


    @SerriLaw Ours came back after like 10 minutes!


    @lucykbain I thought so too, but it let me register. I figured they’d have picked up location from LinkedIn and blocked me.


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    Instagramming the Instagrammers at Kinokuniya tonight. Went with @quiteriequi to hear @eatdrinkpaleo's talk!

    Instagramming the Instagrammers at Kinokuniya tonight. Went with @quiteriequi to hear @eatdrinkpaleo’s talk! @ Kinokuniya Sydney

  • Shared today on Twitter

    @KnitGuildNSW @drwitty_knitter Thank you for the reminder! Doing it now. 🙂


    @gilmae I had to read context. I thought at first you really did quit.


    RT @DaveJory: Prince Phillip is delighted to announce he has just received a scholarship to study at the Whitehouse Design Institute!


    Finally curling up with one of the great works of the Western literary canon… http://t.co/WRuVDD904V


    RT @testchick: RT @KeithKlain: RT: January edition of @WomenTesters is now out. Download a copy here – http://t.co/1fOu9OSvFd @WomenTesters


    Reading: “Seattle’s Scarlet Letter Composting System” http://t.co/TqThnfPH4J


  • Shared today on Facebook

    Finally curling up with one of the great works of the Western literary canon…


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    Finally curling up with one of the great works of the Western literary canon...

    Finally curling up with one of the great works of the Western literary canon…