Interested in public speaking? There are a couple very good opportunities coming up.

• The first is Web Directions, Australia’s longest-running digital design, product and engineering conference. It’s taking place on October 29-30 this year. The Call for Proposals is now open, and they’re even having a special brainstorming/encouragement session next week for women who are interested but not sure what to talk about. Anyone who submits a proposal will be invited to a special speaker training session. If you’ve never spoken at a conference before, this is a fantastic opportunity to get some experience.
• The second is Ignite Sydney, which will be happening on October 20th. You can submit a proposal here. I spoke at Ignite #13 back in March and absolutely loved it. It’s scary and challenging but also really rewarding. I highly recommend going for it.

It started out ironic, but then it wasn’t. #shameless #chairdancing

This. It enrages me. And don’t even get me started on what I spend on hair dye, when the Snook’s grey hairs simply give him additional gravitas.

Women who wear makeup earn more and are treated better. This has steep costs, in both money and time.

Source: How Outrageous Beauty Expectations Hold Women Back

• “Gravity Light is an innovative device that generates light from gravity.” What a cool idea! Hardware hacking FTW.
• The Fabric Store Pattern Feature: Vogue #V8884 Trenchcoat. I gasped when I saw it. LOVE.
• Team Tabs is beating Team Spaces, as it should. (I’d buy a Team Tabs myself, but damn, $27?! Maybe I’m actually on Team Tightarse.)

TOR’s “Send to” menu

In my never-ending quest to Automate All the Things, I just discovered how to quickly share from The Old Reader straight to your WordPress blog’s post editor using the “Send to” menu below every post. They don’t have WordPress listed in the official documentation, but with some digging I found out the correct URL to use. It’s this:

http://www.yourblogsite.com/wp-admin/press-this.php?u=%{url}&t=%{title}

Just go into your Old Reader settings page and click the “Social” tab. Then plug that URL (replacing your domain, of course) into the form at the bottom of the page and save. Now when you invoke it, you’ll be taken straight to your Press This editing window with the relevant URL and title pre-populated!

Soundtrack to my morning

The Apple Music Australia playlist creators are KILLING IT.