Determination (Part 8 of 11)

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Matthew drove slowly on the way to the airport. Pat was getting in late enough that the rush hour traffic should have died down, but the roads still seemed more crowded than usual. It didn’t help that Matthew didn’t drive much these days—he felt rusty. Consciously he loosened his grip on the steering wheel, then took a hand off completely to flip on the radio for a traffic report.

Funny what technology sticks around, he thought as…

NaCreSoMo 2017

There’s been a lot going on lately, and so it wasn’t even on my mind. But when past participant Josephine said she was doing NaCreSoMo again this year and asked if I was, what could I say?

NaCreSoMo: Are Cat Pictures Still A Thing

Re: Fowler and Uber

Susan Fowler’s “Reflecting On One Very, Very Strange Year At Uber” broke over the weekend, and the number one thing I heard on Twitter was the reminder that this is not specific to Uber. Uber may be particularly bad (see below for past offenses), but many, many women in tech experience things like this. To varying degrees, to be certain, but that includes worse experiences.