A bumper edition this time around because I’ve skipped a few months #sorrynotsorry The Trailblazing Human Computer Who Represented a New Age of Working Women – As an African American woman working at NASA in the 1950s, Annie Easley ushered in a new way for women to work and dress The Defiant Ones: As youngRead more about Best of the Web – July 2018 Link Roundup[…]

Pasang Lhamu Sherpa defied societal norms to climb Mount Everest: Nepal ‘needed a hero’ The Confidence Gap #deletefacebook My life as a fangirl made it impossible for me to find my real life soulmate Stinking Bishop: The story of Britain’s smelliest cheese involves monks, drunks, and endangered cows. These ants have evolved a complex system of battlefield triage andRead more about Best of the Web – April 2018 Link Roundup[…]

Decolonizing roller derby How many calories Olympians eat How ants build bridges using very simple rules Exercise can slow the ageing process – a professor explains how The Science-Backed Reasons You Shouldn’t Share Your Goals Nerve agents: what are they and how do they work? Video highlights of ‘Meet the Stemettes @ BAE Systems’ panelRead more about Best of the Web – March 2018 Link Roundup[…]

The Names We Choose For Ourselves Our growing tendency to “chunk” our experiences could explain why life speeds up The Physics Of Figure Skating Why We Learned to Fight Tim Minchin: These 9 Life Lessons will Make you Laugh – and Learn The Things That Come to Those Who Wait The good guy/bad guy mythRead more about Best of the Web – February 2018 Link Roundup[…]

Insight Driven Design – Llara Geddes @the_llara Llara Geddes is Head of UX at Beauty Bay Wireframes ≠ UX Design gone wrong – A project for a big bank that had no empathy for the users. The idea was to provide resources for students and teachers. It had a great design that everyone loved butRead more about DotYork 2017 – Conference Notes – User Experience and Needs[…]

The Afghan All-Girl Robotics Team Just Had Another Major Win She’s fighting for recognition as a Japanese street artist, and paving a path for other women 89-Year-Old-Photographer Pokes Fun at Herself in Silly Self-Portraits Why It’s Great To Be A Woman In Tech My mom; I love her and it’s a secret. I love herRead more about Best of the Web – December 2017 Link Roundup[…]

My favourite Christmas tunes, for listening to while wrapping presents 🙂

I absolutely love Stranger Things, the story and the 80s setting. The songs from the last series stuck in my mind so much I ended up making a playlist. I’ve been listening to this on repeat since October! It even works for the gym 🙂

What We Do in the Shadows is unmissable – whether you like vampires or not Seeing Earth from Outer Space The Forgotten Female Codebreaker Who Helped America Defeat the Nazis The Americanisation of the English language: a frightfully subtle affair Tidying up A Sense of Appreciation Is the Single Most Sustainable Motivator at Work TheseRead more about Best of the Web – November 2017 Link Roundup[…]

Photographer Spends Years Documenting His Daily Commute on the New York Subway The wonders of japan Leomie Anderson on fashion racism and being a face of Fenty Attacking models doesn’t combat lack of diversity Hooping with Hijab Research: For Better Brainstorming, Tell an Embarrassing Story I’ve never had any desire to reach the top. WhyRead more about Best of the Web – October 2017 Link Roundup[…]