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girlvinyl | 13 years ago | on: Your most productive time. How do you do it?

Hi Todd! 1. I like morning and afternoon. I do a lot better when it's sunny outside.

2. I don't have a problem with it. In fact, I prefer it.

3. I wish people would explain exactly what they want. What is the goal here? I also don't work well when others assume I know everything they know. Breaking down the preferred end result and then explaining why they haven't arrived there is most helpful. Follow that up with specifically what I can do to help them reach their goal and things usually end up successful.

4. I don't believe in MB. I prefer business-y things, but have pigeon-holed myself in the tech world. Ooops.

5. I am constantly on phone/IM with my team. I actually quite enjoy phone calls and feel this is likely an anomaly. Most people don't like it, but I see it as a way to communicate more effectively and avoid email.

6. Split! I actually love working from our offices because I am an 80% remote employee. Facetime, IRL with my co-workers is invaluable. I feel they're more forthcoming and much more willing to share ideas when it's just stopping by my desk. Phone calls, IMs and emails are purpose-driven, which removes a lot of off-the-cuff creativity and brainstorming. I like being available in person for people to just grab me and talk about what's on their mind.

girlvinyl | 13 years ago | on: Silicon Valley's dirty secret - age bias

Actually, no, not as much. That's the point of the article. Age bias is cited significantly more frequently in California. That's why the article is news. The first 1/3 of the article provides a few paragraphs worth of hard numbers and statistics.

girlvinyl | 13 years ago | on: Why I Decided to Spend More Time Working from Home

I honestly think the best approach is a blended one. Some time physically in person with your team, and the rest of the time WFH. I find my occasional trips into the office (2 hours away) to be incredibly useful and productive. The key is finding the right balance between in office and WFH to get the most done and benefit the most psychologically.

girlvinyl | 13 years ago | on: Why it is Awesome to be a Girl in Tech

This image is implying that women are objects to be bought and sold and "controlled". Thus the currency. That's why it's offensive. Women are not "objects" to be controlled or bought. It has nothing to do with solidarity.

Also, your example talks about "making fun of" someone. The image in the OOP example is reducing a woman's personhood to nothing but that of an object. It is intended to mock her existence and imply that she has no personal agency beyond what a man would choose to control her with.

girlvinyl | 13 years ago | on: Reddit Readies For ‘Inter-website War,’ Major Subreddits Ban Links to Gawker

The speech of these users is still free, but there are consequences to what they say. For example, the consequence here is that their creepshots results in others naming them and exercising their own right to speech as well. I'm also not at all calling for censorship. As I said, the creeps want their free speech and are getting it, as well as others exercising their rights too. I do think it is quite unfair that the tumblr with names was deleted, but again, Tumblr has a right to police their site as they see fit.

Ultimately, I think it is exploitative of the reddit corporation and their masters to allow completely disgusting and clearly immoral content. This is 2012. The internet isn't the wild west anymore.

girlvinyl | 13 years ago | on: Todon't

Interesting. I really love having my todo list and projects in Omnifocus. It helps me finish things and relieves a ton of anxiety. For me, using it actually reduces stress and is pleasant.

girlvinyl | 13 years ago | on: Abuse of Youtube's copyright infringement claim process for doxxing purposes

When you submit a takedown notice to youtube or google for user content hosted there, their takedown mechanism IS a DMCA takedown. They explicitly state that when using the wizard. They just accept via email, fax, postal mail and additionally via their own mechanism that they created which allows for self-service creation.
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