KBlog by Kimberly Blessing | The Places I Call Home

The Places I Call Home

Posted November 2, 2006 at 11:43 AM EST | Categorized as Just Sayin, WTF?

I used to just split my time between the East Coast and the Midwest… soon I’ll get to add the West Coast! Crazy!

Map of the U.S. with arrows pointing at Philadelphia, PA, Minot, ND, and San Jose, CA

Jason Wishard stopped by on November 30, 2006 at 8:31 PM EST and had this to say:

Word on the street is you’re now working with a little “friendly” financial company??

SXSW Interactive in Austin, Texas, March 7-11, 2008
WebVisions 2008 in Portland, Oregon, May 22-23, 2008
Voices that Matter: Web Design in Nashville, Tennesee, June 10-13, 2008 (Get $200 off with code WDDSPKR!)
An Event Apart Boston, June 23-24, 2008 (Get $50 off with code AEABLESS!)
Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing at Keystone Resort, Colorado, October 1-4, 2008

Berners-Lee and friends promote web science study This article mentions that Web companies are stepping forward to say that they would want to hire grads of Web Science programs.
Duran Duran � A Blog from Nick The Durans have a record player in their dressing room, and they listen to a different album before each show. Nick ends by suggesting what I always tell people... go back and listen to your vinyl. You'll appreciate your music so much more...
Science Has Become the New Frontier for Title Nine Under Title IX, US government agencies have set up programs to look for sexual discrimination at universities receiving federal grants... in science.
Zimbabwe introduces $100 billion banknotes Roughly equal to one US dollar, they're not even enough to buy a loaf of bread. Inflation in Zimbabwe is officially 2,200,000% but other estimates put it at 9,030,000%.
Women break to front of tech It's nice to see that a national newspaper with fairly broad readership has this type of coverage, and that it doesn't paint women in tech as the odd ducks.