FeelingElephants

Here's the story behind my blog's title.

I use the power of the internet to take human trafficking offline for my day job, but what I say here is mine, all mine.

3 Favorite Images from Hopper

I love the social community for Hopper. The Twitter list was hoppin’, the blogs rolling, and the pics have been popping up all over. Here are my 3 favorites:

Inspirational Quote:

“He bit his lip and realized how right the Protector had been to stop him from offering her [...]

Mutual Appreciation Societies

Gettin' Funky With It With Several Hundred of My Best Friends

A mutual appreciation society is a group of at least two people who admire and support each other. I’m in one with my Mom–we brag about each other all the time. I’m in one with my housemates–have I mentioned again how articulate and [...]

Poster Debrief

My poster on how to get other people’s money for research went well. I had some lovely comments, especially emphasizing that calls from applicants are unwelcome. I don’t think that asking for audience participation was effective (I only got about 10 offers of advice), but I received lots of positive comments about the design. Horray!

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Together, We Are Big Fish!

Photo by Katy Dickinson

At the awesome Sponsor Party at Grace Hopper this year, held at the Georgia Aquarium, the stars of the show were the Buluga whales and the Whale Sharks. But just as cool were these guys on the right.

Photo by Katy Dickinson

They were smaller than nearly everyone, and [...]

Hopper 2010 Breeds Innovation, Inspires (Geeky) Creativity

I love the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing. Every year, I come back with new motivation, a new perspective, and new resources. I’ll be doing nine posts on Hopper today, given that I’m terribly behind because I focused on tweeting during the conference this year.

Below is my first post-Hopper product for [...]