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To the Youth on National Walkout Day
BANNER IMAGE CREDIT: ANDREW GOMBERT/EPA-EFE/REX/SHUTTERSTOCK This is not a post about guns. This is about our future. When I was in middle school, I didn’t have to worry about being shot. I clearly remember the day we had an armed intruder drill, and learned how to hide, low to the ground, along the wall closest […]
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Reflections on my Two Week Digital Detox
This past December I did something I haven’t done in years: I took a full two-week digital detox. As soon as my vacation started I deleted all my social media apps from my phone, left my laptops and tablets at home, and boarded a flight to Orlando. What I learned during my time away from […]
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Announcing Trendy Techie Contributors!
Exciting news! Trendy Techie has just passed its 4th birthday, and to celebrate four years of geekiness I am thrilled to announce the Trendy Techie Contributor series! Over the last four years, this blog has transformed my life. When I started Trendy Techie I had no idea how instrumental it would be to my personal […]
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Out with the Old: Selling Your Old Gadgets
We techies have a tendency to chase after the new, leaving our old gadgets in our basements or the landfill. Here’s how you can sell your old gadgets to save waste and earn cash!
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The Fashion Week Incident that Made Me Stop Writing About Fashion
When I launched Trendy Techie in 2013, it was first and foremost a fashion blog. But then I went to fashion week and everything changed.
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2016 in Review: the Year Everything Changed
Last year, I said that 2015 was a year of healing, and 2014 was the hardest year of my life. Looking back on 2016, I’m going to label it the year of change. Change is constant, and the only thing that is constant is change. If you’re not changing, you’re not growing, and if you’re […]
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Win a Pair of Felix Gray Computer Glasses
I’ve partnered with Felix Gray to offer a pair of glasses in Nash style (just like mine!) to one lucky reader.
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5 Reasons Why Every Girl Should Take a Business Class
Of all the skills that schools offer, business skills are the most transferable. Here are five ways that taking business classes can help you make a strong entrance into your career.
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Trendy Techie Meets Prime Minister Trudeau
On June 1, 2016, I had the incredible honour of being one of eight young Canadians to attend a private meeting at Parliament Hill with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and COO of Instagram Marne Levine. It is such a rare opportunity for a young person to share her honest opinions about a country with its leader, and I am truly honoured to have been invited to this discussion.
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Trendy Techie Turns Three!
This week marks the third year I’ve been adventuring as the Trendy Techie. Three years ago I launched Trendy Techie to start more conversations about young women in tech and share my stories from the inside as a millennial working and learning in the tech world. So much has happened in the past three years […]
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