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Response to the Crotchety Olde Geek’s Career Advice for IT Newbies

After watching the Crotchety Olde Geek in his debut of “Career Advice for IT Newbies”, I had to compose my thoughts on this. Bob and I have had some interesting conversations that have helped me find my way where I am today, and I truly appreciate...

Published Thu, Jun 13 2013 10:21 AM by Coding Geekette

Filed under: Careers, Simplex-IT, Crotchety Olde Geek

Recent and Upcoming Community Engagements

It’s been awhile since I’ve posted here, but I’ve had a lot going on and hardly any time to write. Here are some of the things that I’ve been up to. Shaker|LaunchHouse This is a startup accelerator/co-working place in the...

Published Thu, May 23 2013 3:09 PM by Coding Geekette

Filed under: Presentations, Tech Events, stir trek, Back to my Roots, aitp, that conference, condg, strangeloop

Getting Kids Into Programming

While on Twitter yesterday, The Linux Foundation tweeted a link to this VentureBeat article on why your 8-year-old should be coding. Being a programmer and now a mom, I have to question 8 years old as the right spot. For me, especially watching my son...

Published Thu, Apr 18 2013 8:59 AM by Coding Geekette

Filed under: Geek Parents, programming for kids, Scratch, Squeak

.NET Study Group – Preparing for Exam 70-480

In case you haven’t heard, there are a group of us who are meeting online on Wednesday nights from 9:00-10:30pm EDT to go through the HTML5 & CSS3 JumpStart program in preparation for Exam 70-480: Programming in HTML5 with JavaScript & CSS3...

Published Thu, Apr 11 2013 2:45 PM by Coding Geekette

Filed under: Caught in the Web, ASP.NET, HTML5, CSS3, HTML5/CSS3

The Productive Desktop

After spending the past month dealing with personal things – new niece, nephew’s birthday, Easter, and my son’s 1st birthday, I’m back. I’ve transitioned off of a client, and I’m now working from home on another client’s...

Published Wed, Apr 10 2013 1:04 PM by Coding Geekette

Filed under: General Development

Sample Browser App for the All-In-One Code Framework

As I’m taking a break to wind down a bit before tonight’s adventures, I figured I should tell you guys about the Sample Browser app in the Windows Store. (Sorry, guys – no Windows Phone app yet.) This was the app you mentioned briefly...

Published Mon, Feb 18 2013 8:01 PM by Coding Geekette

Filed under: Visual C#, Windows 8, all-in-one code framework, mvp13, Windows 7, ASP.NET

The One Code to Rule Them All

I’m at the Microsoft MVP Summit this week, which means that there are a lot of things I won’t be able to share due to all sorts of non-disclosure agreements, lawyers, etc. However, there may be some cool non-NDA stuff that I’ll be able...

Published Mon, Feb 18 2013 7:30 AM by Coding Geekette

Filed under: Visual C#, visual studio, Microsoft, Windows 8, all-in-one code framework, mvp13

Microsoft Made Me Cry – Child of the 90s

I’m technically a child of the 80s, but I can relate to many of the things in this video. Damn you, Microsoft, for making me get all teary-eyed, especially at all of the old school computer references. Here… maybe some of you will get all...

Published Thu, Jan 24 2013 8:28 PM by Coding Geekette

Filed under: Microsoft, Back to my Roots, Internet Explorer

Exciting Adventures at CodeMash – Part 1, Precompilers

Every year, CodeMash sells out quicker than the last. It’s growing in size and popularity beyond belief, which is a good thing. Overall, it’s been a great adventure. As I mentioned in my past precompiler selection article, it was tough to...

Published Sun, Jan 13 2013 10:48 AM by Coding Geekette

Filed under: Tech Events, CodeMash, speaking, improv

Exciting Adventures at CodeMash – Part 2, Session Days

With CodeMash coming to an end, I figured I better recap my experiences while they’re still fresh on my mind. I’ve recapped my Precompiler experiences in the previous post. Now, let’s see how I did on the days with sessions. Thursday...

Published Sun, Jan 13 2013 10:17 AM by Coding Geekette

Filed under: Events, Community

Asshattery in Technology – Why WiT Struggle at Tech Conferences

As I’ve just finished another CodeMash, I’ve got to admit that there were a lot more women there than at past CodeMashes. All the awesome ladies at #codemash! /cc @codemash twitter.com/alycit/status/… — Alyssa Diaz (@alycit) January 12, 2013...

Published Sat, Jan 12 2013 9:02 PM by Coding Geekette

Filed under: Diversity, WiTty Perspectives, conferences, asshattery

The Excitement of Mentoring

Mentoring is a topic that has always been an interest to me. A few years ago, I wrote a blog post called “On Mentoring…” as I was curious about mentoring programs out there. At Central Ohio Day of .NET 2008, Brian H. Prince mentioned...

Published Thu, Jan 03 2013 6:00 AM by Coding Geekette

Filed under: Careers, mentoring

CodeMash Decisions, Decisions… Precompilers

This morning, as I get settled in after a wonderful holiday season, I’ve been looking at the precompiler descriptions and session descriptions for CodeMash. It’s hard to believe that CodeMash is next week! Here are my thoughts so far just...

Published Wed, Jan 02 2013 10:32 AM by Coding Geekette

Filed under: Events, Tech Events, CodeMash

Central Ohio Day of .NET this weekend!

The past couple months have been crazy, between wrapping up things for the year at one of my clients and the overall craziness of parenthood, that I forgot to mention – I’m presenting on PowerShell 3.0 this weekend at Central Ohio Day of Read...

Published Tue, Dec 04 2012 9:04 AM by Coding Geekette

Filed under: Presentations, Community, CODODN

Experiencing Baby Smash! firsthand

For quite awhile now, I’ve heard people talking about BabySmash! with all sorts of awesomeness. But I didn’t realize just how awesome it could be until we installed it here for Logan. Our Setup We have our media PC hooked up to our TV so that...

Published Wed, Oct 17 2012 12:03 PM by Coding Geekette

Filed under: Geek Parents, BabySmash

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