I hate introducing myself. It’s very hard to introduce someone but especially yourself. So here’s what I’ve learned about giving awesome intros: Talk other people up. This may seem counter intuitive, but if you are doing a round robin set of intros, be sure to help others talk themselves up. For example, in a recent […]
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When you hear that a 13 year old, black girl is giving a keynote at OSCON, what do you think? Wow, she must be a child prodigy, what did she do? Who are her parents? She got that keynote because she’s a 13 year old, black, girl. I’ve heard all three options and a few
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I sit around and wonder what to do with my life. What’s my purpose in life? And then I read about someone like Irena Sendler. This amazing woman saved the lives of 2500 children! Can you imagine? She helped 2500 Jewish children in Poland find homes with Catholic families so they would escape the concentration
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This woman fought off a mountain lion with a small log – a mountain lion that was attacking her husband. It took persistence and multiple tries – at one point she tried to stab it in the eye with a pen. The husband has had surgery and lots of stitches to repair the damage but
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