Month: October 2017

  • Shared today on Twitter

    @mmastertheone Unfortunately on me it’s more of a tunic. Too short to wear out of the house, really!


    @mark_sabbatical @bigyahu @bmatt What?! You’re gonna miss me and @markc wowing the crowd? Tsk tsk.


    Amazing story. Great to see how quickly the severity was recognised and how the team pulled together to address. https://t.co/1KSJVGWp2Q


    Literally just typed /shrug in an email. Slack has broken my brain.


    @johnallsopp @_zouhir I had to check my site to see if my vote jibes with reality. It doesn’t. I use a mix. Yes, I’m the Worst.


    @Mandy_Kerr I have often imagined striking the pose of the dancing lady in a moment of victory or delight. ๐Ÿ’ƒ


    @evanderkoogh Hey, at least on LinkedIn they’ve presumably looked at your CV rather than just spamming a 15-year-old database.


    Applications for @yow_conf Diversity Scholarship close THIS FRIDAY. Don’t delay! We’ll even cover your travel and accommodation. ๐Ÿ›ซ ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ’ป ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ’ป ๐Ÿ›ฌ https://t.co/nmGhM1jMK1


    @jnordwick @metafilter No surprise for me. Been a regular visitor for – ouch – 16+ years.


    @jnordwick As someone who attended the first slashdot meetup in Sydney in *cough* 2002… I can neither confirm nor deny that information.


    @metafilter @jnordwick I already schooled him. ๐Ÿ˜‰


    Trying to reconcile belief that feminine != non-technical with awkwardness of having tech conversations in frock covered in skulls. ๐Ÿ˜•


    #Frocktober has been fun – but Iโ€™m so looking forward to #pantsvember.


    QFT. Great thread. Default to kindness and giving people the benefit of the doubt. https://t.co/G0itN7pjMR


    RT @zarahjutz: So be respectful. Be understanding. Be nice.


    RT @ignitesydney: It’s only 1 day until #IgniteSydney. See you there tomorrow evening!

    https://t.co/bg8L9zsSPY


    @heathergracious @sjhfletcher Looks like Fabricabrac doesn’t have a local organiser anymore: https://t.co/7LesgP2Ykw ๐Ÿ™


    @the_nathanjones Define “large.”


    @the_nathanjones Canva got there without any managers. They’ve since added some though.


    @the_nathanjones Definitely not information silos. So in that respect, then, they don’t have any afaik!


    Really excited to check out the next @indigitek event on Thursday! https://t.co/Ey271T7MAT @Eventbrite


    @unixbigot Was it my #pantsvember that prompted that? ๐Ÿ˜†


    @HANSwerThePhone I don’t think I ever made that joke with you. (I definitely thought it though.)


    Me: I found another photo where I’m making a face.

    Rodd: You look like you saw something nasty in the woodshed. ๐Ÿ˜‚

    https://t.co/T5LyA5LUAK https://t.co/z35CcIGYLQ


    @MichelePlayfair I’m like my own New Yorker caption contest. @hannahcancode has the best one of me ever as her iPhone contact photo for me.


    @MichelePlayfair @hannahcancode WAIT. Wrong @hannahyanfield. See, now I’m making the face.


    @Catharz @evanderkoogh I am an inveterate optimist, which sadly means I get disappointed a lot.


    @diversionary Of course he does.


    @halans Oh. My. God.


    Uh, yeah, so @halans just found my Best Gurn Ever, which happened to be from the last @ignitesydney I did. Timely! ๐Ÿ˜‚ https://t.co/tBg2OcoefK https://t.co/lUcdfV0rng


    @stephenlead ๐Ÿ˜• My final practice runs were SMASHING though, if that cheers you up! (It cheers me up.)


    @halans Are you taking photos again tomorrow?


    RT @20c109: Hey, this is completely false. You can be a programmer and not overwork yourself. Don’t idealize crunch, and don’t work with peโ€ฆ


    @DrKateAdams All the best people do! I dropped an F-bomb in my first keynote. ๐Ÿ˜‚


    RT @rachelandrew: Over at @benotist I wrote about not writing a brand new talk for every event https://t.co/nn00VudmIg


    RT @kylegriffin1: Justin Trudeau arrived for House duties today dressed as Clark Kent for Halloween. (via CBC News) https://t.co/iCjUxVov73


    Day 31. Dangerfield dress. Happy Halloween! ๐ŸŽƒ And that’s #frocktober2017 finished!! https://t.co/Rcsco9tXqk https://t.co/j03nDyy1PE


    Excited for #awsstartupday. @rabbieburns kicking things off with an overview of local startup ecosystem. https://t.co/FypDQOulhI


    Keynote speaker @mkosut giving some impressive stats about startups launching with AWS. #AWSStartupday https://t.co/UwRxcPacZz


    They call it Lex โ€œbecause itโ€™s whatโ€™s inside Alexa.โ€ ๐Ÿ˜‚ Hadnโ€™t noticed that until now. #awsstartupday https://t.co/gIiS9lFjR5


    @VitoCarrozzo Thereโ€™s two more women to my leftโ€ฆ but yeah. ๐Ÿ˜•


    @mattgemmell Thatโ€™s what I figured too. Maybe the joke is just bonus.


    @gilmae Not the way I talk.


    @VitoCarrozzo Iโ€™d like you to meet @mattallen. ๐Ÿ˜€


    @mattgemmell All good. I figured. ๐Ÿ˜‰


    Autopilot released API without realising how many folks would use. I wish more startups would realise value of dev program! #AWSStartupday https://t.co/0Qb9eq2YRn


    Good lessons for every tech company from @chrissharkey @autopilotus. โ€œWe started being successful whet we started saying no.โ€ #AWSStartupDay https://t.co/ebs38RBD0j


    Looks to beโ€ฆ 4 women in the tech track audience, counting me. ๐Ÿ˜• #AWSStartupDay


    โ€œItโ€™s nice to know, weโ€™re going to Nice.โ€ Surprisingly difficult problem but Amazon Polly handles text-to-speech perfectly. #AWSStartupDay https://t.co/loAIG3hB1N


    Hmm. AWS Polly has nice male voices (even Aussie one called โ€œRussellโ€!), so why does Alexa still only have female? #AWSStartupDay


  • Shared today on Twitter

    Looks like there are still tickets available for @ignitesydney this week! Based on dress rehearsal, it will be ๐Ÿ’ฏ. https://t.co/2gyCzoXfRI


    RT @yow_conf: Join our last BNE #yownight before #yow17 w/@LeeRyanCampbell Nov 8 on Cost of Dependency https://t.co/vUrFzOH56S


    Have now been invited to three different “Women in Tech” events in Sydney, all on the same night. So much fragmentation of effort. ๐Ÿ™


    @KittyHybrid All different organisers, slightly different topics. Some more entrepreneur side, some more tech. Hard to choose. ๐Ÿ™


    @pwcc I suspect there will be heaps of A.Burrs running around the US.


    RT @yow_conf: Know someone in an underrepresented group in tech? Tell them abt our YOW! Diversity Scholarship https://t.co/oPSTvOIIRu


    RT @Bitgenics: is giving away a free ticket to @webdirections to help improve #diversityintech nominate now https://t.co/pzlizjTzd7 #womeniโ€ฆ


    Spotify just served up Tom Waits singing “Downtown Train” for me. I feel like I’m somehow being tested…


    @zarahjutz Needs a @yow_conf sticker in there. ๐Ÿ˜‰ (Mine is terrible too!)


    Beautiful view of Sydney this morning at @TwitterAU as the Connected Women #SheStartedIt event kicks off. https://t.co/8hNMTuEAbx


    Kate from @foodiescollect telling us about her career and how she took huge step of starting get own business after mat leave. #SheStartedIt https://t.co/lqDPKn88iM


    Sarah from Wyse Women has crowd chuckling as she talks about being a mum and importance of flexible work arrangements. #SheStartedIt https://t.co/9k7eAxWwSo


    I have a new hero: @drkateadams from @thanklyaus and @BondiVets. Loving her story and life lessons. #SheStartedIt https://t.co/ymzq6X55Wh


    Feather-brick-truck. Listen to feathers in your ear lest they become bricks to the head, then trucks that devastate your life. #SheStartedIt


    โ€œItโ€™s not about your Big Idea. Ideas are everywhere. Itโ€™s about market fit, execution and your support networks.โ€ @drkateadams #shestartedit


    Nice shoutout to @canva from @drkateadams in the story of @thanklyausโ€™s launch. #SheStartedIt https://t.co/EaacAylu8E


    TIL the term โ€œmultipotentialiteโ€. Total ๐Ÿ’ก moment. Thank you @drkateadams. (โ€œF*ck having one job!โ€) ๐Ÿ™Œ https://t.co/q4mNiqKuTp #SheStartedIt


    Great question about mentorship to end the morning. This is relevant to my interests. ๐Ÿ˜‰ #SheStartedIt https://t.co/JYhqx989PJ


    Day 30. Under the Sea dress. Only one day left!! #frocktober #frocktober2017 https://t.co/KoPLwqKfrj https://t.co/bXDQCDXaTp


  • The “Knitted” Laurel Dress

    As you may have picked up on yesterday, I made yet another Colette Laurel dress for Frocktober! I used the same mods as the Big Data dress: sleeveless, notched neckline, and pockets. On this one, I moved the pockets outwards slightly as they felt too close together. I also cut the back in one piece rather than having a waist seam.

    The fabric is called Breezeย by Rosemarie Lavin for Windham Fabrics. It’s actually a quilting cotton that I picked up at Morris & Sons earlier in the year. I bought it on a lark, mostly because it’s printed to look like knitting! I thought I’d make a simple blouse out of it, so I only bought 2m of fabric. Unfortunately that wasย barely enough to make this dress, so I’ll have to wear shorts under it for modesty. Still – cute dress for a hot day!

  • Shared today on Twitter

    Day 28. New Laurel dress! #madebyme #frocktober #frocktober2017 https://t.co/vyamzouPEs https://t.co/35aioi9GoR


    Are you a female entrepreneur with a big idea for a game-changing startup? Get your SheStarts application in today! https://t.co/K74HC4Mafo https://t.co/WC5CubES12


    RT @BicycleLobby: We remind all cyclists to use the proper hand signals. https://t.co/cohE0rgxha


    RT @tmoore: What isย DevOps? https://t.co/da33zLBACG


    Day 29. Vintage-style party dress. #madebyme #frocktober #frocktober2017 https://t.co/Xsga2Z98tf https://t.co/IdzeeUCGup


    I’ve worn 29 different ๐Ÿ‘— with 16 of them #madebyme, and I’m still $153 from my @ocrfaustralia goal! #frocktober https://t.co/5bPN9kNN7E https://t.co/p37gRlaLzp


    @gilmae Rodd is arguing with me right now that Apple’s emoji is incorrect because it puts the tomato on top, “which leads to soggy bun.”


  • Shared today on Twitter

    Day 27. Diner dress from @heartofhaute! #frocktober #frocktober2017 https://t.co/UV7VLKg5z1 https://t.co/1vJjS4Gj2Y


    Itโ€™s all happening at the Hand Weavers & Spinners Guild today! https://t.co/MmFCt8FqYR


    @afcowie ๐Ÿ˜‚


    GREAT NEWS – MACRAMร‰ IS BACK! (Iโ€™m not being sarcastic. I am genuinely excited about this.) https://t.co/VUhabPJOZf


    God help me I think I want to take up weaving. Gorgeous. https://t.co/Af4cfB68NL


    RT @yow_conf: Join our last SYD #yownight before #yow17 w/@LeeRyanCampbell Nov 9 on Cost of Dependency https://t.co/NqAkE2r8zn


    Just emailed about 20 folks on my Dream Speakers List to invite to submit. Academics, artists, scientists, devs, and more! ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐ŸŽจ ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ’ป
    #lca2018 https://t.co/NmtBivns5h


    RT @Xavier_Ho: creative coders, there is a miniconf for you, organised by the wonderful @web_goddess: https://t.co/2tkJnnQ3td


    Watching some complete nutbars on NZ Grand Designs insisting on shielding their ginormous house from electromagnetic radiation. ๐Ÿ™„


    @antday That’s what they wanted! No service at all. Which is why it was hilarious when they tested it by calling out… and the phone rang. IDIOTS.


    @GrantBlackNZ Yeah, the host made it very clear he thought they were wasting money on something spruiked by charlatans.


  • Shared today on Twitter

    @mark_sabbatical Coincidentally, I *was* wearing a red dress!


    And now there are 3. ๐Ÿšฒ๐Ÿšฒ๐Ÿšฒ๐Ÿšฒ๐Ÿšฒ๐Ÿšฒ๐Ÿšฒ๐Ÿšฒ๐Ÿšฒ๐Ÿšฒ๐Ÿšฒ๐Ÿšฒ๐Ÿšฒ https://t.co/h21m4xSMG6


    Video Games Are Destroying the People Who Make Them https://t.co/alS3f3dqh4 // This applies to many folks working in tech! https://t.co/0T5MizWJKY


    The comments on Metafilter are so spot on. Yes, yes, yes. https://t.co/aUGIuyXRxa https://t.co/qeyjXVQv2Y


    @TheRealBnut LOL. That’s my tablecloth from 2 years ago! I wondered where it had gone.


    @TheRealBnut Haha, only after the festivities are over! ๐ŸŽƒ


    @TheRealBnut Oh, I don’t need it. We’re not doing anything for Halloween this year, sadly. Just don’t want to lose it completely!


    @TheRealBnut Just hang on to it until the next time I see you. ๐Ÿ˜€ Thank you!


    @melissa_loh Gorgeous! I couldn’t believe how many jacarandas there were at UQ.


    @TheRealBnut ๐Ÿ˜‚ I do have proof! https://t.co/z8bIoN1uSd https://t.co/PNzYl12W8J


    @TheRealBnut WHAAAAAAA. Sorry I missed this. In the past I’ve just wiped it down with a sponge. If it’s gross though, you can just chuck it.


    @TheRealBnut Yep, fake plastic skull covered in lunchmeats. Inspired by Meat Head! https://t.co/1Tu9LNpKKT


    @TheRealBnut That’s okay. Thank you for trying.


    โ€œFound on stack overflow. Thank you, Internet!โ€ OMG. ๐Ÿ˜ฑ https://t.co/BlnlZSOANP


    @roisinparkes Yes! I initially went with that too but Tweetdeck wouldn’t let me fit in the link URL. ๐Ÿ˜‚


    RT @yow_conf: Rise & shine! Work on your YOW! CTO Summit submission today – CFP closes tomorrow https://t.co/bdiY3E08An


    LOL Chrome autofill. Not quite. ๐Ÿ˜‚ https://t.co/P5pkstLDsU


    @developerjack I can’t be bothered going back to it. If I see it again, I’ll check. ๐Ÿ™‚


    Saturday morning conference submissions… submitted. Any others interested in a great talk/keynote/rant on mentoring in the tech industry?


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