How to Submit a Talk to a Conference

I’ve been on both sides of the proverbial conference table. I have been the one submitting proposals, hoping against hope that they will pick mine, and I have been on the selection committee, struggling to choose between hundreds of awesome proposals when you only have a few talk slots available. Through these varied experiences, I’ve learned a few things about what works and what doesn’t when submitting a conference proposal. Continue reading “How to Submit a Talk to a Conference”

Gmail “All Mail” Folders in Thunderbird

I discovered that my backup was full, so I began investigating what was taking up so much space. Of course, pictures were a huge one, but surprisingly, my mail was also a huge one. Now, I get a lot of e-mail, but I also try to clean things out and I keep my attachments pretty well cleaned out as well. So, I was very surprised to see how big my Thunderbird folder was. Continue reading “Gmail “All Mail” Folders in Thunderbird”

Playing Ticket to Ride with a Four Year Old

I love strategy-based board games, and I have a four year old that loves to play games with me. There aren’t many board games for four year olds that aren’t mostly (if not entirely) chance-based, so I wanted to find a way to start introducing my son, Liam, to games with some strategy in them. Ticket to Ride seemed like a good choice, but he’s only just learning to read so the city names are currently beyond his ability to sound out. Sticky notes to the rescue!

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