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Eight Great Lessons from Working Dads

Social Computing

One of the most memorable things about this year’s Women in I.T. luncheon at TechEd, was Scott Bellware, who attended, telling me afterward that he was surprised to learn how much women talk with each other about work life balance. He thinks that men of course think and worry about this all of the time, but it is not something men generally discuss among themselves. (“How ’bout those Mets, huh?”)

So seeing this article “Eight Great Lessons from Working Dads” on MSN’s CareerBuilder.com about men and work/life balance definitely caught my eye.

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BlogHer conference Santa Clara, CA July 30

Blogging

If this was near me (NYC or Boston) I would definitely make the effort to attend the one day BlogHer Conference. Even though I am not very political, I am very interested in the voices of women in the blogging world – especially technical women. How we represent ourselves? Do we just be a techie or can we women techies? Do we blend in or show our ti**ies (tee hee). (shut up, Sahil – I’m just making a point). And how does what we do today affect young women coming into the world of tech (and blogging). But it’s in California – all the way across the country. No can do. Bummer.

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Summertime in Vermont?

Purely Personal

Well, my summer hasn’t really gone as planned (or should I say: fantasized) and I keep thinking maybe it’s just not here yet- summer. A few things that remind me that it really is summer – fighting with the Japanese Beetles who are after my hollyhocks, roses and beans, watching the tiger lilies disappear (deer grazing) and yes I have been in my kayak some 4 times. What’ been missing in its entirety and normally defines summer for me is cycling. But I don’t want to talk about that – too disheartening. However last night I actually had a little summer fun – going to the Vermont Mozart Festival event at the famous and beautiful Round Church in Richmond (12 miles away).

And to continue my summer journey, I actually picked berries around my property this morning. Mmmmm. Now back to the grind…

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