Tag: brand
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What Is My Brand?
[Dutch Lock Down Day One Hundred Forty Three] Affirming the chameleon.
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Dutch Lock Down Day One Hundred Thirty Seven
[Actually For Realsies Nervous] Like the first time I jumped out of an airplane.
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It Pours
I completely didn’t write yesterday. I remembered, but then I forgot. That’s how it works sometimes. But I wrote today and published not one, but TWO articles. #WhenItRains WAIT Did I just find my hashtag?!? Holy shit! ASIDE: I once heard a podcast wherein the person said that they were asked to sift through all…
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Let’s Get To Know One Another
I’ve heard of these referred as “Chinese Portrait”, but I can’t find the historical relevance or etymology which makes me think that it doesn’t come from Chinese ancestry at all. Does anyone know?
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These Titles Are Supposed To Be Short
The original title of this post was “Wherein Rain Schedules Out The Next Few Weeks of Blogging per Adam DuVander And Then Freaks The Fuck Out (Just a Bit)” but SEO #amirite I’m sitting in my local bakery thinking about three things – routines, writing, and identity and wouldn’t you know it, that’s exactly what…
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Figuring This Shit Out
One of the things I’m Working On Right Now ™ is this whole blogging thing and social media and becoming an influencer and thought leadership and how many more buzz words can I fit into one boring sentence. #CanIGetAnAMEN And part of figuring out some of those things is blogging regularly again, so here we…
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Making It Up As I Go Along
P is super sick today, I’m working from downstairs AGAIN because connectivity is absolute ASS at our new house, and I’m officially off of sick leave / maternity ramp up. No big deal. Okay, but seriously, can we take a second to celebrate that? OMG I’M FINALLY ONE HUNDRED PERCENT AT WORK AGAIN IT’S BEEN…
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I Can Do This
Today I’m rebuilding groningenrain.nl for the second time. It was hacked. There were pharmaceutical ads all over the site. Sometimes replacing the entire site from the index out; sometimes only specific posts. Sometimes entire tags were replaced. It was ugly. I called godaddy, my hosting provider, and they said the damage was extensive and to…
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Ready to Talk?!? The Science of Presenting Your Research
Five weeks ago I did a talk for a research group at the local hospital and had an absolute blast. I’m starting to think I might be good at this speaking thing. And this training thing. And other things.
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Thinking About Writing A Collaborative Book
hrm… or maybe i should just write a book on my own. but something that i’m willing to write a whole hell of a lot about. and also speak a whole hell of a lot about. being a woman in tech. just another unicorn. a call to arms. a call to horns. the book i’m…
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Hello, My Name Is
I am in the midst of a new position within Red Hat and part of the new responsibilities include applying to public speaking opportunities all over the world. And since you have to include a short biography with these applications, I decided it was time for a bit of an overhaul. For perspective, here is the old…