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What is this Act trying to address and why is it important? Are there any potential negative side effects of implementing algorithmic transparency? Can it even be done? I answer these questions and have some of my own, as I take a look at this new bill that impacts advertising, privacy, data science, and content moderation.Continue Reading →
There are a ton of great books and blog posts on how to be an effective leader as an introvert. As a recently promoted Technical Program Manager, I thought it would be an opportune time to share my own story on how I made it this far as an introvert in the corporate world, and tips on how to navigate yours.Continue Reading →
“Is this who I really am? Who am I, really?” — these are questions I asked myself early on in my career as a web developer. Maybe it was because I found myself in situations that seemed too good to be true, and felt like I didn’t deserve it.Continue Reading →
As a cat owner, these are supplies I can’t live without, for quality of life purposes for both myself and my cat. Whether you have a new kitten and you’re not sure what to get, or you have an old furball that needs an extra toy, this is the essential list of cat accessories for your pet. There’s a plethora of practical, aesthetically pleasing and cat-friendly products out there and I’ve put this together from my most used items for Ysera from the past year.Continue Reading →
This is a personal journey of how I got into the gaming world. Instead of just going through my employment history, I’ll share a bit about what lead up to how I landed a job at Twitch, and some tips if you’re looking to get a job in gaming or any other industry.Continue Reading →
So you have your website set up and started blogging. What else can you do to improve your posts? You should optimize your blog for search engines like Google — afterall, the majority of your traffic will come from organic search. After you’ve implemented the basics of SEO for search engine rankings, you can use these tips to further optimize your articles.Continue Reading →
If you’ve been mulling over what to get your bridesmaids, maid of honor, or even another bride, I have the perfect gift you can give them. I’d like to think of these less as “cheap personalized gift ideas for her” but more as “the highest quality personalized gifts for the best value”!Continue Reading →
I planned to purchase foil-pressed stationery from a website, but after realizing it would cost me upwards of $1000, I decided to seek out alternatives. I experimented for hours, scoured the web, and watched tens of YouTube videos for tips on how to get great results with making gold foil stationery at home, and came up with these results. Hope my findings will save someone else some time and money!Continue Reading →
I haven’t been in QA for the last couple of years but I recently wanted to automate some UI testing that I’ve been doing manually. When I found out that Selenium IDE no longer supports the latest version of Firefox, I went to look for similar tools and although Ghost Inspector is my favorite, I ended up using a tool called SnapTest for this particular project I was working on. Here are my thoughts on both of these tools, and why you should use them.Continue Reading →
This is Part II in a series where I’ve decided to break out a presentation over the course of several posts. I originally presented the consolidated version of this to a group of Web Design students as a guest lecturer at Philadelphia University in March 2015. These are some of the points I made during those 2 hours, based upon my experience over the last 15 years.
In this post, I’ll review the first experience I had with my company’s website redesign and my proud moments of applying a designer’s comps to pixel-perfection… back in the day before we thought about front-end performance, dynamic data “breaking” fix-width containers, SEO, accessibility, and before smartphones and tablets!Continue Reading →
