He literally went through 9 jigsaw blades, but the Snook managed to get our new cooktop fitted today. #handysmurf
Month: July 2015
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He’s home! And he brought me Android socks. 🙂
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Note to self: never make eye contact with @LynShoemark while doing yoga. That way leads to a case of the giggled.
Behold the Cabled Hoodie of Doom, the most over-the-top garment I’ve knitted. http://t.co/EUsByj99jL http://t.co/sdEkkg8M0w
@nicwinton Does he “like” you like you?!
Stand back! @dancingman is hard at work! http://t.co/DKrW2O9xkK
RT @HarvardBiz: “As a lady with two robust shoulders, the chip offended me.” Redesigning the Facebook friends icon: http://t.co/H7XIEUAYa1 …
@bitfield I had to actually explain “Little Bobby Tables” to someone the other day. Sheesh.
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Behold the Cabled Hoodie of Doom, the most over-the-top garment I’ve knitted.
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PHPBridge – Get Started – Just discovered this great intro PHP course courtesy of @phpwomen! http://t.co/ikc5lSMBjw
@i386 LINK PLS.
@gilmae But was it paleo? 😛
@twalve I’m paranoid I’m going to miss SydJS tickets. The app doesn’t show the June meetup. Will July be on it? WILL IT?!
@gilmae I believe that @miss_reecie is a big fan!
Healthy Friday lunch! RG @canvavibe: Mediterranean vegetable +chorizo stack #fresh #friday… http://t.co/SBf40bWtHy http://t.co/MfG8UjnK51
@chainedchaos31 @canvavibe Haha, everything in moderation! 😛
I do feel at home here. 🙂 https://t.co/BBF0k5SooG
RT @pomeranian99: “The Computer Girls,” a 1967 Cosmopolitan piece about a weird new field, programming, that was dominated by women. http:/…
Notes and slides from my talk at last night’s FoodTechAus meetup – my first event representing Canva! http://t.co/yicvKYb1qt
@emd3737 Watch out for giant cricket bat-wielding rodents!!
Harper Lee’s ‘Go Set a Watchman’: Read the First Chapter – WSJ http://t.co/SrDzA9w7t3 – Oh, Jem!! http://t.co/5kdbAgLgZc
RT @SlideShareToday: ‘Leveraging Content and Design to Grow Your Food Startup’ by @web_goddess is featured on our homepage. http://t.co/X8G…
RT @ThisMagLife: A Cellar Door Tour Of Your New Favourite Wine Region @MudgeeRegion http://t.co/NqZWwRx2HU via @AWOLaus} #ttot #Wine http:/…
I made gluten-free apple muffins for @KnitGuildNSW, and they are stunningly tasty. I did not expect that. (SELF, DON’T EAT THEM ALL.)
@drkknits @katejf Just bear in mind Australia makes it hard to get back in with a dog! Think of poor Johnny Depp! 😛
@katejf Sure! It was this one: http://t.co/d4IlPWC7SM
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Food Tech Australia July Meetup
Last night I gave at talk at the July meetup for Food Tech Australia. I met the organiser of the group – Liz from YouChews – at a Girl Geeks event a few months ago and ended up volunteering to speak. My first pitch was really geeky: I proposed to talk about the Recipe microdata schema and how it enables you to do some pretty cool stuff with recipe syndication. But then I realised the group skewed more “startup entrepreneur” than “techie geek,” so I scrapped it and came up with “Leveraging Content and Design to Grow Your Food Startup”. Much better!Writing the talk was a great excuse to really research content marketing and learn from some of my colleagues at Canva. I talked about what content marketing is and what benefits it has for a growing startup. I drew heavily upon this blog post about how our Growth team tripled the traffic to our Design School blog, as well as a recent webinar we did with Buzzsumo about the importance of images in your content. I also mentioned a few tools that I recommend for making all this easier, like Canva (of course!), Buffer, and IFTTT. The slides are here if you’re interested.
The talk was held at Fishburners, and there were actually more people there than I’d expected. The other organiser Kevin told me that normally they get 20-25 RSVPs for their events, but this time they’d had 60! I was really floored. I reckon there were maybe 30-40 people actually there on the night. The talk was only 15 minutes or so, and it went really smoothly. (I remembered my Damian Conway training and was suitably attired in dark clothing with my very own clicker.) They had a lot of questions afterwards, and I fumbled and did my best to answer. I also give out Canva credits to the first three people who asked, which was fun.
Overall it was a really positive event. It was my first official talk representing Canva! I learned some new things in the course of putting it together, and I think I could spin it out into a longer presentation with a little more work. I could even pitch it at a more techie crowd by emphasising the automation part more. Several of my colleagues gave me feedback, which was really helpful. And it’s always fun to get to speak in front of a group of passionate, friendly geeks. Thank you to Liz and Kevin again for inviting me! (And thank you to my friend Maria for the photograph.)
(And if you’re a wine drinker, check out The Wine Gallery. The founder gave a short pitch for this new startup, and I was really impressed with the idea and the website.)
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Healthy Friday lunch! RG @canvavibe: Mediterranean vegetable +chorizo stack #fresh #friday #feast #mediterranean #aubergine #zucchini #halloumi
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PHPBridge
PHPBridge – Get Started – Just discovered this great intro PHP course courtesy of PHP Women!
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Just took builders down to see the plumbing in the garage… and promptly locked us all out of the house. Whoops.
Luckily I’d left the back door open with only the screen locked, so we were able to jimmy our way in.
Probably have to replace the screen now. And the builders will probably tack on a “dumbass tax” to the invoice.
But hey, snatching a minor victory from the jaws of defeat. I’m back in the house! And now I’ve got to go to work.
RT @canva: Register for our Create Great Designs webinar series today! http://t.co/MVdTDDE0W0 http://t.co/hCj80w4phT
@darthted I won’t argue that it might not be universal – but I know that I do it a lot. I’ve advised others to do it too for the same reason
@darthted Which I’m now cringing about. But not saying it sounds overly demanding to me. Stupid gender norms. 🙁
Dark clothes without words – Check! My own clicker – Check! Just about ready for tonight’s #FoodTechAus talk! http://t.co/C2UebTYfij
The next @SydTechLeaders event looks great! Well done @darthted @owensenior . (And great to see @paulangov on the bill!)
RT @HarvardBiz: You can negotiate to get what you want without being a pushover http://t.co/MTU6qyTbbU http://t.co/fO7A8nW9vu
I just broke down and googled “thirsty slang.” Because I am officially Old, and I have no idea what the Young People are saying.
Feeling before my #FoodTechAus talk! (at @Fishburners in Ultimo, NSW) https://t.co/eJuBVUvz27 http://t.co/cnV3NyZOWS
Ooh. The Wine Gallery is a startup I can get behind! http://t.co/hgxPvR0d5q #FoodTechAus http://t.co/hAijQ34wXe
I think @developerjack has the most stickers I’ve ever seen on a MacBook. Respect. #FoodTechAus
OMG look what @developerjack gave me! #phplove http://t.co/79v0FVOKb2 http://t.co/1AKYaioky9
Fantastic pitch from @WineGalleryAus. I signed up! #FoodTechAus
All @canva & @poppiepack! RT @developerjack: All about content marking tonight at FoodTechSyd, and what beautiful slides @web_goddess has!
RT @owensenior: @web_goddess there is research that backs up the google article that language has an effect. E.g.. https://t.co/WzvDRgSlYX
@owensenior That is fascinating! I do find it heartening that there is a way forward that is a kind of a compromise.
@i386 @developerjack I should’ve planned better for my first event representing @canva! Next time I’ll bring heaps of stickers. 🙂
RT @MrCliveC: I know that I shouldn’t have laughed at this but I did http://t.co/jVFtwbwElW
@developerjack @allybeaton @PHPWomen I got the last one?! You should’ve given it to someone else – my PHP is so crappy these days!
@keranm @developerjack @MYOBapi Oh, he insisted I take one of those! Very good evangelist there. 🙂 http://t.co/XEgAlQN91i
@developerjack Ooh. I hadn’t heard of that. Looks awesome. Hmm – do they need speakers?? 🙂
RT @GuyKawasaki: Check out @Canva’s latest course on @skillshare (http://t.co/Tj8Pu1mQI6).
Easy and Effective #GraphicDesign #design http:…
@gilmae I just choked on my artisanal muesli. Ha!
