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Women in tech summit – Philly 2017

This past Friday April 21 and Saturday April 22 I attended the WITS (The women in tech summit). As always there was a mixture of workshops and talks. Friday jumped right into it while have some time to network. Saturday had a phenomenal key note speaker who really set the tone for the day. I met some very lovely and talented ladies from all over the east coast. Every time I am in a WIT type event I am always so floored by how much talent can be in one room at one time. Sensational. I attended workshop about teams, personal branding, AngularJS, and using GIT. I attended some very informative and inspirational talks from other women in the technology field. Since this is my first post I wanted to keep this short and sweet. Here is a clip from one of the talks I attended. The lady who is…

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Amazon December holiday shopping gift guide

Most of this list is very budget friendly items under $100, even the more expensive tech options are still good in comparison to other sites. As always I suggest doing your homework for your online shopping. I love amazon because I can compare their sellers and with Amazon prime two day shipping is a breeze. Here are some of my favorite finds this season on Amazon. I have a feeling that a number of these will show up as deal items in the coming week! Perfect amazon gifts for the men in your life The Beard bro – For the ultimate beard trimming guide this little tool packs a of style for a clean cut look that even barbers are using! BeardScape beard and hair trimmer – If you know someone in the market for a beard/hair trimmer (or just needs an upgrade) this little wireless guy is a dream. It includes…

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5 Basic & Important blogging tips for new bloggers

I know when I started I had no idea of some of the tips I’ve written below. As a designer I see blogging from a designer point of view with an emphasis on making the experience as easy as possible for the reader. Reply to as many of your comments as possible. I can’t stress how annoying it is to love a blog, comment or ask a question on the regular to get no response, ever. Using an outside commenting system like disqus.com is helpful in keeping track of your comments and for readers to know they have replies. Also, disqus helps eliminate comment spam and you don’t have to annoy your readers with a cache to do it. Utilize snippets/breaks. Not everyone wants to scroll for a million years to get to content they want to actually read. Using snippets and breaks in your posts is a good way…

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