Will Work For Music*
Note: This was originally posted on an internal work blog. Then I remembered that my co-workers aren’t the only people with digital music libraries. Tomorrow morning I will get into a 16′ rental truck...
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Doing the core team meetup on Tybee is great, because it means I don’t have to abandon the kid for a week. Doing the core team meetup on Tybee is rough, because even after staying up working late with...
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Happy birthday, Matty! Where would I be without you? Well, if we hadn’t met in 2003, I probably wouldn’t have learned the name of Maroon 5, so there’s that. Since you stole me away from grad school...
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A Bakery? Also, OMGOMGOMG!
This post has the potential to be as long as the scarf I made Matt for his birthday. Knowing that, I’ll try to keep it short and to the point. Opportunity knocked last week and I decided to answer. No,...
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Poem for Kevin’s Birthday
My friend and co-worker Kevin Conboy‘s birthday was yesterday. I’ve known him since 2000. Since everyone still called me Jen. Since before I started dying my hair. I posted this originally on a company...
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The Problem with Rescue Time
Last June I wrote a post outlining my typical day, with the post-end call to action to bring more balance into my life, specifically by not working so many hours. Back then, I was typically sleeping...
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I wanted to have some books at the Jitterbug on the shelf by the couches. Since my mom moved down here in October, I’ve had boxes of books sitting in a $65/mo storage unit one island over…mainly...
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Baby Sea Turtle Hatch
As many of you know, I’m one of the volunteers with the Tybee Marine Science Center’s Sea Turtle Project. This involves dawn patrol on the beach checking for turtle crawls in nesting season...
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Today I turn 41. It’s also the end of my quasi-leave of absence, and on Monday I’ll be returning to full-time work at Automattic on the Dot Org Team. When I do so, it will be in a new role; I’m posting...
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My Name Is Changing
My name is not really Jane. I started going by Jane instead of Jen in 2001 when I moved to Seattle and took a job at Microsoft. How did I wind up as Jane? Needed a nickname (the MS “alias” that ruled...
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