It took me a few days to get this drafted, mainly because I was suffering from ‘Startup Weekend Hangover’ as fellow attendee calls it. His suggested cure? Don’t stop doing startup weekend stuff – keep doing it! From Sept 21-23, I attended the Lean Startup Machine which focuses solely on Eric Ries principles of Lean …
Entering the FLOSS world can be confusing. Often, you just want the back ground information to some simple questions. What is Ubuntu? What is Unity? What is LinuxMint? How does this compare to what I use now? While surfing the web, I came across Nixie Pixel’s OS Alt show. A short show focused on a …
I’m still recovering from this weekend. I took the Friday off before the event and realized at 6am Monday morning, trying to wake up for work, I made a huge mistake and should have taken the Monday off after the event. I honestly didn’t think it would be that intense and sleep deprived. Now I …
Being a heavy computer user – I think most of us are these days – a common problem vexing many of us is repetitive strain injury (RSI) from mousing, typing, texting, video gaming – yes those last 2 are real!! I too suffer from RSI and unfortunately have experience the ‘bad’ side – extreme pain …
The next few posts will be a series about the lessons learned from the Startup Mastermind group I have started. I thought maybe others out there that would benefit from the support of creating a community and these posts will journey that. First let’s give you some background about the idea: Do you work full … Continue reading »
It’s been a long time since I’ve posted and no I have not fallen of the off the face of the earth. It’s been a busy last few months, with my decision to continue to work full time and complete my professional accounting designation. However! School is rushing to a close and I’m in the … Continue reading »
Going on three weeks since I posted and the reason for the delay was that I didn’t feel inspired to post. I was talking to some friends about that a few days ago saying, ‘Oh maybe I should diversify my blog a bit more or maybe I just don’t feel like writing.’ Whatever the reason, … Continue reading »
Last week, I went to a Meetup for a walking labyrinth meditation and after the session a group of 10 of us went out for a coffee/tea and a chat. The conversations started out as usual with new group and then… and I can’t quite recall how it all happened but the organizer asked me … Continue reading »
On the weekend, I decided it was time to sharpen and improve my WordPress skills. Ladies Learning Code in Vancouver was offering an all day beginner’s workshop to WordPress. Perfect! Prior to signing up, I was quite weary that it might be too programming heavy, but after reading the course description and asking a few … Continue reading »
