#jesslist – Is Back.
What’s a #jesslist? A few years ago I was very depressed and was wandering around feeling like I wasn’t worth anything, at all, to anyone. It got me thinking about what made me me, and what lifted me up and it’s music. So each month I made a #jesslist (yes
4 Months of Freelance – Taking Time.
I burnt out. Earlier this year my brain hit a max that I should have identified earlier but thems the learnings. In February I had a lot going on in life that I was going at head down and with the attitude of “onward through the fog” – not great.
Inspired.
I draw a lot on inspiration for working on the web and in my career from places outside the web. Mostly in other creative fields like music and acting and lately cooking. I have been a giant music fan my whole life but have zero musical talent. I wanted to
Her Name is Margaret Hamilton
Yesterday I saw a lot of gifs going around on some of the great people who were honoured with the Freedom Medal from Obama. Such wonderful people included Ellen, Tom Hanks, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Michael Jordon, Diana Ross, Bruce Springsteen, Bill & Melinda Gates and more. You can see the whole
5 Thoughts on Sigur Rós’ Route One.
I was working from home today and had a plan to not listen to any music. Well, after checking the internet streams late in the morning, found I just happened to be lucky enough to catch the lifestream of Sigur Rós’ Route One for quite a few hours and have
Radiohead are My Favourite Marketers.
I remember being 16 years old, sitting in front of my boombox, legs crossed, waiting for Paranoid Android to be played on the radio with a finger on the record button ready to tape the new Radiohead single. Today it’s a bit different, now I use the internet, making recording
Rdio I’ll Miss You & Fav Albums of 2015.
Music streaming service Rdio is shutting down for now, as it’s been acquired by Pandora. The whole adjustment has felt like a slow breakup to me. Slowly they’ve shut down pieces, including opening the Rdio app on my phone just to receive these sad messages and opening the app at
November – I’m alive
November list is a bit late and in all my attempts to get this posted on time, life takes a steep uphill at this time of year and December is in full swing. The upside though is Canada is experiencing Fall part 2 and it doesn’t feel much like Christmas
Women in Tech Toronto – Launched.
My lovely developer friend Amanda and I were chatting in a Slack group about a month ago, and found the conversation not what we were expecting. So we ran through a few options in our heads and decided with the rise of slack that we’d start our own. I purchased