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Women, Technology and Blogging: Happy Ada Lovelace Day

Today is Ada Lovelace Day. Bloggers all over the world are taking a few minutes to acknowledge the contributions of women in technology and science — women like Ada Lovelace, who managed to write the first computer program and dream of a world of advanced computers while Charles Babbage was still trying to get his [...]

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An Ebook Launch From the Inside

Today, my new ebook, “Discover Your New Job Online,” goes on sale at Lifehack. While I’d love it if you purchased a copy or passed the news along to someone else interested, this post is really about how I got to this point: what happened to get the ebook ready to go and the decisions [...]

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Odds and Ends

First of all, I’m getting some great information from the survey I asked you to fill out on Friday. If possible, though, I’d like to get a few more responses. So, if you’ve filled out the survey, thanks! If you haven’t, I’d really appreciate if you could click here and take the survey. So far, [...]

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Survey: Taking Freelance Writing to the Next Level

I’m working on some projects to help freelance writers, and I’ve reached the point where I need some more information before I can move forward. I’ve put together a short survey — just three questions — and I’d really appreciate it if you could spend a minute on answering those questions. Click here to take [...]

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WiseBread: The Book

I’ve been contributing posts to WiseBread for a while now. A couple of those posts have made it into a book: 10,001 Ways to Live Large on a Small Budget. The book is drawn from the best WiseBread posts on how to live, eat, shop and have fun on a small budget. 10,001 Ways to [...]

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A Few Small Changes

You may notice that there have been a few small changes around this site. Most importantly, there are some new links along the right hand side: while they may appear to be ads, they’re actually links to several of my other projects. Working Your Way Around the World is my book on on building a [...]

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In Recognition of Ada Lovelace Day

Today is Ada Lovelace Day. If you aren’t familiar with the name, Ada Lovelace was the first computer programmer — ever. In the 1840s, Lovelace wrote programs for Charles Babbage’s Analytical Engine (the first computer). Ada Lovelace Day is meant to commemorate her contributions to technology, as well as offer an opportunity to recognize women [...]

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The New Shop

You may have noticed the new shop on the sidebar. I’m experimenting a bit with making this site self-sufficient, without adding advertising. For right now, most of the shop’s offerings are t-shirts, but I’m also working on a few other projects that I think y’all will find useful. Please let me know what you think.

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In-depth Invoicing

I have an article in the current issue of WOW! Women on Writing about freelance invoicing. The article just went live and is located here.

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Happy St. Patty’s Day!

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