Category: Me
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Everything I’ve Learned About Reader Funding and Paid Memberships
“There’s no right or wrong way to be autistic.”
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Seattle Immigration Rally
A huge crowd at Westlake Park in downtown Seattle Sunday night, speaking out.
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Longreads Best of 2016
My favorite time of year! So many great stories, and more lists coming this week and next week. Huge thanks to Sari Botton and Mike Dang for putting this together.
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A Letter From My Daughters, and a Letter to Myself
It’s shortly after 5 am PT. In the other room, my daughters, already awake, are writing a letter to Hillary Clinton, thanking her for inspiring them and millions of others. I am in the dining room, staring at apoplectic headlines from publications that I trust, knowing that millions of Americans in other cities don’t read…
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The Truth About Working from Home
I spoke with PSFK Labs about Automattic‘s “distributed” work model — at 430+ employees, we’re one of the world’s largest companies where everyone works from home (or anywhere they please). There are pros and cons to any work situation. How a company performs depends a lot on who it hires, how those people get along, how…
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Instructors and Community Make a Difference
WARNING, PEOPLE: The following is an exercise testimonial. A year and a half ago I was chatting with my sister in law about starting to exercise again. And by “again,” I mean I don’t think I had worked out regularly in more than 15 years.