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Units of Measure

I gave a flash talk about the metric system at the company’s annual grand meetup in October. My talk was mostly based on what I read in the book Whatever Happened to the Metric System, by John Bemelmans Marciano. I talked way too fast, to try to stay under four minutes. This was the fourth (annual) flash talk I’ve done, and my favorite! It was a fun … Continue reading Units of Measure

Deborah BeckettDecember 16, 2015September 17, 20171 Comment
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Acquiring a unicorn

A couple years ago I went to Vegas for a meetup with some coworkers. We worked on some projects, I triaged some bugs for their team, we saw a magic show together — the usual Vegas stuff. During our visit Mike Adams entered a new ticket into our internal tracking system noting the need for a baby unicorn to be developed on my behalf. As … Continue reading Acquiring a unicorn

Deborah BeckettFebruary 2, 2015September 17, 20172 Comments
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Barcelona, the first few days

Originally posted on pyjammy dot blog:
I have a lot to recap about Barcelona, so I’m going to break it up a bit. So of course I was supposed to arrive the afternoon of Monday the 5th, but as we all know, that didn’t happen. I finally arrived Tuesday afternoon, tired but excited. See how excited I am? Got to the apartment where everyone was… Continue reading Barcelona, the first few days

Deborah BeckettJanuary 14, 2015July 23, 2018Leave a comment
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Automattic Intro

All new employees at Automattic are encouraged to make an intro video so everyone else can get to know them better. Continue reading Automattic Intro

Deborah BeckettAugust 29, 2012August 30, 2012Leave a comment

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