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A brief look back onto 2021
I’m not one to do year review blog posts often, but I am feeling drawn to look back onto 2021 because it has been transformative in many ways…many unexpected ways. A year ago, at the end of 2020, I finished…
On #INWED21 and every other day, we are Stronger Together
Exactly a month ago to this day, on 23 June, it was International Women in Engineering Day. It is a day that celebrates females in the STEM fields. I had an incredibly busy day that day, and I worked until…
Paying it Forward in the Pandemic… Let’s Learn LinkedIn
We have just entered the 2nd half of 2020. The world is still in turmoil as the grip of the global COVID-19 pandemic shows no signs of easing up. In South Africa, we are almost 100 days into lockdown. While…
Happy Birthday Mozilla – A tribute
31 March 2018 marks the day… Happy 20th birthday Mozilla. The reason I love Mozilla is not only because: Their San Francisco offices made me (and others) feel more at home than anywhere else in Silicon Valley The programs we…
Why Mentoring = MAGIC
Yesterday morning, a young gentleman took me for breakfast. And while I was blessed to have a great weekend with many amazing moments, this was undoubtedly the highlight. No, it wasn’t a date. (apologies if you were expecting juicy details.…
Cut Yourself Some Slack
Last week was a tough week for me. In fact, it was probably the hardest week since I’ve started working this job 7 months ago. In between client meetings, stakeholder engagements, prep work, travelling, making system changes emanating from the…
IT’S MY BIRTHDAY!! (so here’s a gift for you)
It’s the 16th of October. And that means it’s my birthday today. Happy birthday to me! To celebrate, I want to give you some very special gifts. These have helped me, and I hope that in some small way it…