Things I wrote
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I recently read a biography about the Mitford Sisters, an interesting read about six sisters and their lives in Britain during the interwar period. One of those sisters was an author, and I wanted to read one of her books to understand more about how she saw the world.
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I preordered <em>Inclusive Design Patterns</em> by Heydon Pickering when it was announced last summer. And this past week I've been spending time reading through the patterns and learning more about accessibility.
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I tweeted about this yesterday, but I figured since in my string of tweets I talked about putting my energy into this site, I should probably write about it here.
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Lupi, along with her friend Stefanie Posavec, trade postcards every week for a year with a data visualization on it of something they tracked in their lives for a week.
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And in light of the work I did to write the talk on performance and then reading and listening to the discussion on JavaScript, I've been reminded, yet again, that we <em>really</em> like to make assumptions.
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I finished the final book in The Mapmakers Trilogy yesterday. It was with the typical sadness when you finish something you truly enjoyed and you just want to be able to dive back into the world of the characters you've come to love.
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Lately I prefer to read fiction before bed, I think because I want to be taken into another world after living another day in our world. And I wasn't really sure what to expect with this book, but it surprised and challenged me.
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Elise Albert captures many of my thoughts about being a woman, work, and ambition.
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I'm lucky enough to work with Mat Marquis and experience his smart thinking in so many different ways that it was really great to see his ideas on JavaScript all in one book. <em>JavaScript for Web Designers</em> is a really great introduction to the basics of JavaScript and written in an accessible way for those who aren't comfortable with coding.
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I loved this book, and I love that Le Guin wrote it based on the landscape of Eastern Oregon and that I know that because she shares so much about how she came to write the book.
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I read the second volume of <em>Berlin</em> in just two days. Part of the reason is because I'm fascinated by history, especially the two World Wars and the interwar period of the twentieth century. I find it fascinating because so much of it changed not just those years of history, but the history of much of Europe and the US for years to come.
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So when I came upon a review of <em>The Six: The Lives of the Mitford Sisters</em>, I was intrigued. These women came out to society during the interwar period and the six of them took dramatically different turns in their lives. Many of them met Hitler, one is a famous author, and several of them married either late or divorced early.
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This past weekend I was hunting through what has become a rather long wish list in my digital loan app from the library. I came across <em>Stella by Starlight</em> by Sharon M Draper and spent a few days reading.
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I spent the past week reading a chapter or two a night before bed from Ursula Le Guin's <em>Wizard of Earthsea</em>. I spotted this book at our local Powells and didn't think I wanted to read it, but then happened on it again in the digital library app and decided to give it a try.
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Over the past 10 months I've been getting back into drawing and now, painting. It's been great for me, a way to do something that is completely away from the screen. And over that time I've picked up various books on both drawing and painting but none of them appealed once I started reading, so I never finished them. But this past week I sped through <em>Urban Watercolor Sketching</em> by Felix Scheinberger. I <em>really</em> enjoyed this book.