mother hen, recovering academic computer scientist, he/him
Seattle, WA
Joined August 2008
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If you’d like to hire any of the wonderful former Stripe employees who are leaving, email [email protected]. We’ll let you know as soon as the directory is ready.
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👋 In February, @stripe approached my client and had asked if we were interested in building for Stripe what we had built on Slack’s platform. 1/20
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sorry for the slow reply, i’m opening a pi restaurant and it’s keeping me busy 22/7
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Lego Nintendo done!! The TV was definitely the best part. So much fun, highly recommend as a soothing pandemic activity!! Obviously I’m already thinking of ways to hack the TV to display other things. 😄
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I'm teaching a course based on my "Security Engineering" book for masters students and final-year undergrads. The first two videos are now online, and open to all: lightbluetouchpaper.org/2022…
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One of the things I've been working on over the past year is learning & using more inclusive language, particularly around gender, race, and ability. Why? Because words matter.
This is a comprehensive, useful reference: apa.org/about/apa/equity-div…
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7.6M streams = $22,800. We own our masters so we keep 100%, divided by 3 band members = $7,600 income for 2021. Did you know we got a 10.0 on @pitchfork? To calculate your own #SpotifyUnwrapped multiply streams by $0.003, divide w/label and bandmates wrappedforartists.byspotify.…
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I'm proud to work with Matt. This thread is worth a read.
There's undoubtedly good people at U of M. It's time to step up.
This happens sadly everywhere. So if you know of bad things at your institution, please find the courage to speak up, especially if you're less at risk.
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I asked, "If you had the full attention of the full faculty for 5 minutes, what would you most want them to hear?"
That led to this presentation, which I gave for our Inclusion Minute on Feb 4: docs.google.com/presentation…
I encourage all to read it, it's not long
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Now that we've established that undergrad research significantly increases chances of getting accepted into PhD:
Can you help spread the word about MIT's *PAID* research internship for undergrads from underrepresented groups?
App deadline is in 1 week!
oge.mit.edu/graddiversity/ms…
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One thing I've learned as a white man over the last 25 years: the default in the workplace is not equal, the system isn't fair to Black people, women, ... "Neutral" is at best accepting those unfair defaults. At worst, actively reinforcing them. No such thing as true neutrality.
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In the midst of a tough week in Nigeria, we have some positive news to share.
Paystack will be acquired by @stripe to accelerate online and offline commerce across Africa.
paystack.com/blog/company-ne…
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It's the first day of fall classes at UW and I'm happy to share the syllabus for my undergraduate seminar on Data Ethics: annaeveryday.squarespace.com…
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@BlkInComputing #BlackinComputing until undergrad I didn't even know what coding was. Until 2019 I never thought I could do it. This year I tried my hand at it and realized I love it! #YOUCANDOIT
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This hour on @WBUR, we're revisiting out conversations with @CornelWest, @tejucole, @edpavlic, and Raoul Peck.