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March 14, 2023March 13, 2023Habits

The Life-changing Magic of…Accountability

Photo by Andrea Tummons on Unsplash

I’ve learned something about myself in the past few years. If I have a team that’s excited to collaborate on something, I stay engaged and focused. If it’s just me, I fail every single time. I need that external accountability and I’m not the only one.

March 7, 2023March 6, 2023Travel

New Zealand: The South Island

Milford Sound

This is the third and final installment of my New Zealand travel series. This post chronicles our final leg of the trip to the South Island: Te Waipounamu.

February 28, 2023February 27, 2023Travel

Trip to Middle Earth: New Zealand’s Wellington

Amber in Wellington

Wellington is located at the Southern tip of the North Island. It is built along a protected harbor with houses climbing up the slopes surrounding it. It’s truly gorgeous.

February 21, 2023February 20, 2023Travel

New Zealand: The North Island

Hobbiton

This is a trip report from our honeymoon to the North & South Islands in New Zealand this past January. This post is focused on the North Island, except for Wellington.

February 14, 2023February 13, 2023Books

Writing in Community: Badass Sisterhood Anthology

Badass Sisterhood Anthology

I wrote a story for the Badass Sisterhood Anthology with a group of lovely women I met in an online writing community.

February 7, 2023February 5, 2023University Classes

2022 Computer Science Capstone Course Update

2022 marked our third year running UW-Madison’s computer science capstone course and we scaled it significantly this year.

April 21, 2022April 21, 2022Presentations

Product Strategy: Aligning Executives & Teams

Product Strategy

Before we get to Product Strategy, let me first point out that I’ve been quiet on the blog for several months, but […]

June 16, 2021June 16, 2021Book Review

Book Review: The Practice by Seth Godin

The Practice

I began reading Seth Godin‘s blog and books when I worked at National Geographic for his insights into digital marketing, but soon […]

June 1, 2021June 1, 2021Simplification

On Being Intentional in a Post-Pandemic World

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The world opened up again and I got sick. I suppose it was inevitable. My second-grader went back to school with her […]

April 18, 2021April 18, 2021University Classes

Computer Science Capstone Article

Computer Science Capstone

Last fall, I taught UW-Madison’s Computer Science Capstone class and it was a blast. The Computer Sciences department just published an article […]

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