Tag: Talks

• 24 May 2018

  Making Them Pay: Tales from the Immutable Stack

  This is pretty much the entire text from the talk I delivered at Paymentsfn 2018 on May 24, 2018 in Durham, North Carolina. In his story The Mystery of Marie Rogêt, Edgar Allan Poe wrote “Experience has shown, and a true philosophy will always show, that a vast, perhaps the larger, portion of truth arises […]
• 29 September 2017

  Gratitude: September 2017

  A few things I was grateful for this month: 1) Sydette Harry’s AffectConf Talk Finally! A talk at a tech conference by a black woman about *us* and how *we* survive and what *we* need. 2) Orphan Black I realized I was a season behind so I raced through season 4 and am just rounding […]
• 9 February 2017

  My SupConf NYC Experience – Part II

  You can read Part I of my SupConf NYC experience here …………. So after months of preparation and practice, SupConf arrived!  The day before the conference, we had a speakers and organizers dinner at the venue so we could familiarize ourselves with the space and also get to know each other. Aside from getting to […]
• 6 December 2016

  My SupConf Experience – Part I

  I joined the Support Driven community last year after searching around for groups and newsletters catering to people working in tech support. In the time since I initially signed up, the amazing newsletter and Slack group have come to be an invaluable part of my life and professional development. When I am confused or need […]
• 21 November 2016

  Me speaking last week at SupConf NYC 2016

  This is the excerpt for your very first post.
• 24 March 2016

  Talk the Talk

  This year I’m making a greater effort to try and speak at conferences. It appears to me that it is one of the popular paths towards tech stardom (for better or worse). Here are topics that I am (currently) interested in talking about in a conference format: – Graceful Exits (see blogpost on this topic […]