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What makes one a librarian?
Besides style guides, who even knows? Why are you not shelved by call number with the rest of the reference collection, stupid books? While I’m not the first to tackle librarianship and identity, by a...
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More about be(com)ing a woman in STEM
This image links to an interesting infographic. “STEM” is Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. We have a shortage of STEM majors of any gender in the US right now, but the shortage of women in...
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Learn Python with me!
I’m taking An Introduction to Interactive Programming in Python through Coursera, and I’m hoping other folks in Anchorage will be interested in taking the course with me! I want to plan a weekly...
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I’m taking An Introduction to Interactive Programming in Python through Coursera, and I’m blogging my thoughts about it, when I have them. If anyone wants to chat about the class online, I’m happy to...
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My First Hackathon – #hAKathon
I did a hackathon this weekend. (It’s funny. I did a whole lot of work to get skills-based volunteering practiced among librarians, and I ended up doing my first successful SVB as part of the software...
View ArticleIntro to Python – Week 1 – Musings
About class (and teaching/learning programming): In Week 1 we covered functions, the modulo operator, comparisons, and if/elif/else. They offer a tool called “Pystep,” where you can see functions being...
View ArticleAnchorage Programming Workshop – First Class!
Level up! Anchorage Programming Workshop held its first class last night, on GitHub, and I think it went really well. Besides the two teachers, four people showed up—fewer than we want, long term, but...
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Usability testing on our OPAC
I have a confession to make: until last week, I hadn’t ever done any formal usability testing.* In many ways, we’re still working our way through the findings of a usability test done several years...
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Keep on MOOCing?
I’ve enjoyed the Coursera Python MOOC so far, though I didn’t end up with a local—or even a distance—cohort of people taking it with me. Things have been kind of hectic, both at work and with outside...
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Web Fundamentals
I don’t know if I mentioned, here, that I was signed up to teach “Web Fundamentals” at Anchorage Programming Workshop (“APW,” or “that monthly workshop where women learn to code”), earlier this month....
View ArticleGiving Away Our Lunch
I’m not the first to post about this, and I hope I won’t be the last. But it’s been bubbling through my consciousness lately, and it has to come out. (Also, blame Andy, with his “librarians don’t blog...
View ArticleGetting buy-in on user centricity
I’m working on a post about professional association involvement, but honestly I got sidetracked by some other projects, including the LITA Forum. And the post is taking forever, because, seriously, it...
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Arguing for inclusivity
A surprising* number** of people*** are upset by the idea of a Code of Conduct/Statement of Appropriate Conduct/Anti-Harassment Policy (which I’ll refer to as “a CoC” or “CoCs” for the rest of the...
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Impostor syndrome
I’m going to say something I probably shouldn’t (for, indeed, what other purpose do blogs have?), but I hope that doing so will help other people, if they’re having similar issues. My admission: I’ve...
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So you want to learn to code?
Image courtesy of @nails_by_nette A friend asked me how one might learn to code, if they’ve never coded before. I rattled off some of the resources I knew about, but promised to send links. And then I...
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#cs50 reflections – first two weeks
I’m taking CS50x through edX this year, along with some local ladies. My goal for myself is to get through the projects a little faster than one per month (yes, they’re called “weeks” in the...
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Refocusing
I wrote down all of my projects (that I could remember) and color-coded* them I’ve had occasion, lately, to think about how I spend my time and energy. Between the health stuff, MPOW’s looming...
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In defense of Women in Tech (WiT) groups
I’ve been rolling this post around in my head for a couple of days, in between attending conference and binge-(re)watching Firefly. It turns out, I have put a lot of time and effort—and, more...
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Need to tell a bunch of coworkers unpleasant tech-related news?
Test sites with http://filippo.io/Heartbleed/ So, here’s a thing I don’t see many people posting about: how and when it’s best to share unpleasant technical information. It seems really relevant today,...
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Keep on MOOCing?
I’ve enjoyed the Coursera Python MOOC so far, though I didn’t end up with a local—or even a distance—cohort of people taking it with me. Things have been kind of hectic, both at work and with outside...
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