Web workers are a busy group, and it can be too easy to get buried in our work while rarely surfacing to keep up with the latest news, trends and other information that we should be learning. Read More »
Bio:Dawn is a consultant, event organizer, blogger and technology enthusiast with years of experience in technology and software. By day, she is a mild-mannered consultant who helps companies build online communities, but by night, she is part of Legion of Tech to make the world (or at least Portland, OR) a better place for technology workers. Dawn is the author of the Fast Wonder Blog and the book “Companies and Communities: Participating without being sleazy”. She is a co-founder of Legion of Tech and an organizer for Portland BarCamp and Ignite Portland. Follow Dawn on Twitter at @geekygirldawn.
Recent Posts
Lately, I’ve been hearing too many people talk about what people must do. If you start a blog, you must post three or four times every week. Your company must engage in conversations on . Everyone must have a newsletter. Read More »
Shhh, don’t tell anyone, but I have a little problem with my task list. About a week ago, I noticed that my task list had this distribution for prioritization: 90 percent “highest,” 4 percent “high,” 1 percent” normal,” and no tasks at all at the “low”… Read More »
Today is the first annual Community Manager Appreciation Day, and it’s about time! Community management is one of those web worker roles that can be done from almost anywhere, and many of you are community managers in some form. Read More »
Very few things in life come without any risk, and most of the really interesting things have a proportionally high risk associated with them. Being a web worker, for example, comes with significant risk, whether you are on your own as a freelancer, or working in a corporate… Read More »
We’ve all experienced times of boredom in our work. Maybe you’ve been doing the same work for too long, whether it’s a corporate job or just the same types of client projects over a long period of time. Whether you are a freelancer working on client… Read More »
I’ve been spending a lot of time lately thinking about the personal, professional and private information we share online, especially in light of all of the recent discussions about the changes to Facebook’s privacy policy. I actually believe that online privacy is more of an illusion than… Read More »
