Voluntarily quitting my job at Google gives me sort of these “anti-Christmas” feelings every morning. Let me unpack that: When you were a kid, do you remember the days immediately following Christmas? You wake up every morning and for a little while, as you rub sleep from your eyes and your brain begins to boot [...]
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Quitting my job at Google
10-Jun-11Food bank work and wine tasting, yum!
24-Apr-09A small contingent from my team at work spent about 4 hours today sticking barcodes on cases of gatoraid and chips, then loading them onto pallets at the Second Harvest Food Bank in Watsonville today. I’m a whiny bitch, so I was very unhappy about getting up SO FREAKING EARLY for a work-related activity (I’ve [...]
Job interview in T-minus…
23-Mar-07I’ve got a job interview in a few hours, and I’m nervous as heck. My stomach is threatening not to cooperate, and I have been half awake for the last 3 or 4 hours. I also had all kinds of crazy dreams. Like, sitting in a lounge waiting for my name to be called when [...]
I don’t work for Comcast.
12-Mar-07I find this very odd. Two of my friends today asked me “How’s working for Comcast?” or something like that. (Granted, one was a postcard dated March 2… but I GOT it today). I don’t work for Comcast… Never have. Probably never will. It’s just a very odd coincidence that a friend asked me over [...]
Wow. I didn’t even hear about this before now, but today while reading some of my work-related rss feeds, I came face-to-face with the story of AOL’s big screw up last July… and the fact that now they’re being sued for $5k a person-whose-data-was-released… wow. Here’s a link to the complaint and here’s a story [...]
How to write business emails
17-Aug-06I’d been telling people I worked with in the Writing Center that in a business environment, emails should be short, easy to reply to, and direct. I thought I knew what that meant… I’m a good writer, confident in my ability to be professional and clear… direct and concise… I asked a client a question [...]