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Month: August 2012

Design for DigiGirlz

Posted on August 17, 2012 by Cheryl

On Wednesday, I had the unique experience of teaching 110 high school girls an intro to interaction design workshop. Officially entitled “Making the World Easier With Interaction Design”, this was a course I built from scratch after offering to teach the subject

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Design, Speaking, Women in Technology, Work career, digigirlz, education, girls-tech, IGNITE, interaction design, Microsoft, STEM, talks

The Friends You’ve Only Sort of Met

Posted on August 14, 2012 by Cheryl

I’m squarely in the middle of the pack of the Internet. I’m not famous and never will be, but I’ve been around a fair bit and have worked in a number of places, so there are many social networking connections to manage.

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Biography, Meta, Technology career

Delusions of Glamour

Posted on August 13, 2012 by Cheryl

Last night, an audience member approached me in our theatre’s lobby after my performance in TheatreSports. “Hey there… you see my husband standing over there?” [She indicated a tall bald man leaning on a railing across the room.] “He said you really

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Acting, Biography, Humor improv, performances, pop culture

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