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These days I’m:

  • working as Technical Project Manager
  • advising an amazing start-up
  • fighting cancer
  • Reading The Gunslinger by Stephen King

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The Blog

  • Meta AI Privacy Hoax: How to Actually Opt Out

    Meta AI Privacy Hoax: How to Actually Opt Out

    If you have seen a post on your feed claiming that a legal spokesperson from 60 Minutes advised you to copy and paste a status to protect your privacy from Meta AI, I have some news for you. It’s a hoax. Posting a status update does not change the legal Terms of Service you agreed to when you signed up for Facebook or Instagram. These “chain letter” style posts have been… … read the full article

  • A Cat Saved My Life Once

    A Cat Saved My Life Once

    18 years ago, my old cat Loki literally saved my life by waking me up before the house started on fire. Here is a snippet from what I wrote at the time: I was up in bed snoring away about 45 minutes ago and my cat woke me up. He was digging at my bedroom door and howling. I woke and yelled at him that he better have a damn good… … read the full article

  • On Corporate Personas

    On Corporate Personas

    This is a bit of a podcast-but-written light rant, but I wanted to try something different with my writing. Or rather go back to my own less structured style for this one. 🎧 Prefer listening? Here’s a dictated version. Not the original dictated version as it is even longer and more ranty and may or may not have included curse words. Note that it does not perfectly match the text. Corporate… … read the full article

  • Some Momentum

    Some Momentum

    It has been a full couple of weeks. Interviews, client work, and making progress on a couple of personal projects have kept me nicely occupied. Not in an overwhelming way, just enough that I can feel some real momentum again. Compared to the slower stretch toward the end of last year, this pace feels genuinely good. I am also noticing how much I have missed being in conversations. Talking things through,… … read the full article

  • Speaking at Women in Tech Global Conference 2026

    Speaking at Women in Tech Global Conference 2026

    I wanted to share some news. I will be speaking at the Women in Tech Global Conference 2026 this May. My session is called The Messy Middle: Career Longevity in Tech. When I talk about the “messy middle,” I am not talking about age or being at the end of a career. I am talking about the phase many long tech careers reach where the path stops being linear, expectations shift,… … read the full article