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Being intentional about my next opportunity
It's time to take a step back, reset and focus on what is truly meaningful to me.
read more ❯❯Should you ever settle for a job you aren't excited about? [ ask sharon #1 ]
Job searching is hard. Not only is it difficult to find a job that matches your skills and interests, but it's also a challenge to find a role and company that fulfills your needs. When you get an offer for a job that doesn't meet your expectations, should you take it so you can end your search, or should you keep looking?
read more ❯❯Why it took me years to build my own site
For a long time, I hoped to build my own website, but kept losing motivation. Days, weeks, months and years would pass and I would be disappointed in myself for not having my own website.
read more ❯❯📢 announcing my new initiative [ ask sharon ]
[ originally posted on www.linkedin.com ]Announcing my new initiative: opening up an anonymous question box for career-related questions.
read more ❯❯Akita Project Feedback Report
[ originally posted on community.interledger.org ]The Akita Project is a project made for the community, so it's very important to us to receive feedback and understand if we are genuinely solving problems. What did our users have to say?
read more ❯❯What the WOOF 🐶 is Web Monetization? — Akita
[ originally posted on community.interledger.org ]The Interledger team invited Elliot and I to write a small piece for the Web Monetization Community's showcase for MozFest 2021. What have we been building in the space?
read more ❯❯Akita — Grant Report #1
[ originally posted on community.interledger.org ]We received a Mid-level grant from Grant for the Web to build The Akita Project! We're four months into our six month project...what have we achieved so far?
read more ❯❯Doing My Bit To Help Build the Web Monetization Community
[ originally posted on hackernoon.com ]I first came across Web Monetization mid-2020. In this article, I give an overview of what excites me about the technology and community, and what I've been building in the space.
read more ❯❯A Web Monetization Story: An interactive Web Monetization tutorial for online creators
[ originally posted on devpost.com ]The process behind building 'A Web Monetization Story' for the hackathon 'Betahack - Let's Fix The Internet'.
read more ❯❯How can you support websites without having to deal with annoying ads?
[ originally posted on dev.to ]A widespread business model for websites is to serve you ads based on data they collect about you. That's not great. Are there other options?
read more ❯❯🐶 Akita: Get Involved in Web Monetization With or Without the Price Tag
[ originally posted on dev.to ]The project submission post for the 2020 Web Monetization hackathon hosted by DEV x Grant for the Web. What is Akita and what problem does it solve?
read more ❯❯Kickstarting a project idea: going from 0 to...0 - Part 1
[ originally posted on dev.to ]Ideation for a hackathon project is both exciting and difficult. For the 2020 DEV x Grant for the Web hackathon, Elliot and I threw down a LOT of digital sticky notes. Was it a good process in the end?
read more ❯❯Relationship verification… Let’s get lazy!
[ originally posted on blog.openj9.org ]It’s complicated… Relationship verification is very important, but can we be a little lazy about it? This article explores how we can increase JVM startup by procrastinating bytecode verification.
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