tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2918637884993974272024-03-04T23:08:00.760-08:00Deep Thoughts by Siobhan QuinnSiobhan Quinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14908970658480399870noreply@blogger.comBlogger81125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291863788499397427.post-53906702676075783792011-05-09T10:07:00.000-07:002011-05-09T10:11:37.752-07:00foursquare shout-out in "Gotta Share" Musical @ Gel<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/soAk3F0wX9s?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Yesterday was Foursquare Day (4/16/11) and it was our biggest usage day ever - <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px;">breaking 3M in 24 hours! </span>Thanks from the foursquare team.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">And also, thanks for the cake! (from <a href="http://palermobakery.com/">http://palermobakery.com/</a>)</span><br />
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<br /></div>Siobhan Quinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14908970658480399870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291863788499397427.post-73958855343036219272010-12-30T21:30:00.000-08:002010-12-30T21:30:23.345-08:00Goodbye Zoe<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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You were full of life, joy, and love. We talked about changing the world, but the light you brought to it already had. We will miss you.</div>
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Over the last few months there's been a lot of public discussion / accusation / explanation around why there are few women working at technology startups.<br />
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Silicon Alley Insider <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/heres-a-big-reason-why-startups-are-so-male-dominated-2010-12">pointed out</a> the lack of women applying to "maker" (engineers, product managers, and designers) positions at small tech companies. TechCrunch asked everyone to <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2010/08/28/women-in-tech-stop-blaming-me/">stop blamming men</a> (I agree with their argument), but then also published a fairly upsetting post by a guest blogger explaining that women <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2010/10/09/women-startups-childre/">would rather have children than run startups</a>. <br />
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All of this discussion around the "mythical" woman in tech confounds me. I know a number of smart, ambitious women in technology. So I wonder, why doesn't tech press doesn't notice them as well?<br />
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My opinion is that women in tech (at least the ones I know) focus on Getting Things Done more than <i>talking</i> about Getting Things Done, and therefore don't build as strong of a public reputation as our male counterparts... but that's just one explanation ;)<br />
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Anyways, to dispel the myth and prove that we <i>do</i> exist, I thought I'd shine the spotlight on the awesome women engineers, product managers, and designers (aka: "makers") that I've worked with. Not all of them are in startups, but they are all fantastic.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><b>(Bold </b>indicates they are at a startup, or were early enough at their company that it was a startup when they joined.)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">(Also note, these are <b>only the Engineers, Product Managers, and Designers</b> I know... I should likely add women in other fields. But this list is in response to SAI's article which specifically spoke of women "makers", and other fields are generally more gender-balanced). </span><br />
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<li><b>Amanda Peyton (Co-Founder, MessageParty)</b></li>
<li>Amy Chang (Director of Product Management, Google)</li>
<li>Amy Wu (Product Manager, Google)</li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Andrea Sharfin (Product Manager, Flixster)</b></span></span></li>
<li><b>Ashley Granata (Co-founder, Fashism)</b></li>
<li>Avni Shah (Product Manager, Google)</li>
<li>Beth Liebert (Product Manager, Google; Product Manager, Ideo)</li>
<li>Bhanu Narasimhan (Product Manager, Google)</li>
<li><b>Bindu Reddy (Co-founder, MyLikes, Product Manager, Google)</b></li>
<li><b>Brooke Moreland (Co-founder, Fashism)</b></li>
<li>Daisy Stanton (Software Engineer, Google)</li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Elaine Montgomery (<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;">Head of User Experience Client Access, Deutsche Bank; UX Designer & Manager, Google) </span></span></li>
<li><b>Ellen Beldner (Principle Designer, LinkedIn; Director of User Experience, ChoiceVendor; Designer, Google) </b></li>
<li>Hannah Tang (Software Engineer, Google)</li>
<li><b>Hayley Barna (Co-founder, Birchbox) </b></li>
<li>Heike Schmitz (Former Engineering Manager at Google)</li>
<li><b>Hilary Mason (Scientist, Bit.ly; Co-Founder, HackNY.org)</b></li>
<li><b>Irene Au (Head of User Experience, Google; VP of User Experience, Yahoo) </b></li>
<li><b>Jen Fitzpatrick (VP of Engineering, Google)</b></li>
<li>Jenna Bilotta (Senior UX Designer, Google)</li>
<li><b>Jessica Cheng (Co-founder, Color; Software Engineer, Google)</b></li>
<li>Johanna Wright (Director of Product Management on Search at Google) </li>
<li><b>Julie Jalalpour (CRM Project Manager, Twitter) </b></li>
<li>Julie Parent (Software Engineer, Google)</li>
<li><b>Katie Jacobs Stanton (VP, Twitter; Product Manager, Google)</b></li>
<li>Kerah Cottrell (Web Designer; Senior UI Designer, Google)</li>
<li><b>Kristina Holst (Engineering Manager, Facebook; Software Engineer, Google)</b></li>
<li>Laura Granka (User Experience Researcher, Google)</li>
<li>Leslie Yeh Johnson (Product Manager, Google)</li>
<li><b>Lori Park (Software Engineer & Product Manager, Google) </b></li>
<li><b>Lucy Zhang (Co-founder, Beluga; Software Engineer, Google) </b></li>
<li><b>Mari Sheibley (Lead Visual Designer, foursquare) </b></li>
<li>Marisa Bauer (Software Engineer, Google)</li>
<li><b>Marissa Evans (Founder, Go Try It On)</b></li>
<li><b>Marissa Mayer (VP of Location & Local Services, Google; VP of Search Product and User Experience, Google) </b></li>
<li>Maryam Kamvar Garrett (Senior Software Engineer, Google)</li>
<li>Maureen Heymans (Senior Staff Software Engineer, Google) </li>
<li><b>Mina Radhakrishnan (Product Manager, ModCloth; Product Manager, Google) </b></li>
<li><b>Minnie Ingersoll (Product Manager, Google)</b></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Mira Dontcheva (Research Scientist, Adobe) </span></li>
<li><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Mizuki McGrath (<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;">Engineering Director, Search & Ads)</span></span></b></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Natala Menezes (Senior Product Manager, Amazon)</span></li>
<li>Neha Narula (PhD Candidate MIT, Software Engineer, Google)</li>
<li><b>Niniane Wang (CTO, Minted; Engineering Manager, Google; Engineering Manager, Microsoft) </b></li>
<li>Nori Heikkinen (Software E<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">ngineer, Google)</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Radha Chandika (Software Engineer, Google) </span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Renee Levie Budak (Founder, The Testing Team; <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 14px;"><span class="fcg">Director of Product Management and Quality Assurance, MyLawsuit.com) </span></span></b></span></li>
<li><b>Rose Yao (Product Manager, Facebook; Senior Product Manager, Google) </b></li>
<li><b>Roseanne Marie DeHaven Wincek (Cofounder, ImTheMusic) </b></li>
<li>Ruchira S. Datta (Software Engineer, Google)</li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Sha-Mayn Teh (<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;">Staff Software Engineer/Engineering Manager, Google)</span></span></li>
<li>Sheridan Kates (Product Manager, Google)</li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Sheryl Sandberg (COO, Facebook; <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 14px;">VP, Global Online Sales & Operations, Google)</span></b></span></li>
<li>Shimrit Ben-Yair (Product Manager, Google; Software Engineer, Actimize & Nice Systems)</li>
<li><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Shirin Oskooi (<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;">Director of Product Management </span></span></b><span class="at" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: inherit; line-height: 15px;">at </span>DriverSide, Product Manager, Google)</span></b></span></li>
<li><b><span class="at" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"></span>Siobhan Quinn (myself - Product Manager, foursquare;</span> Product Manager & Software Engineer @ Google)</b></li>
<li><b>Soraya Dar<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">abi (Co-founder, Foodspotting)</span></b></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Steph Hannon (Product Manager, Google; Software Engineer, Cisco)</span></li>
<li><b>Susan Wojcicki (VP of Product, Adwords & AdSense at Google) </b></li>
<li><b>Tammy Camp (CEO at ComCorp, Inc)</b></li>
<li><b></b>Tessa MacDuff (Senior Software Engineer, Google) </li>
<li>Tina Chen (Designer, Google) </li>
<li><b>Tina Huang (Software Engineer, Twitter; Software Engineer, Google) </b></li>
<li>Yael Shacham Shazeer (Senior Product Manager, Google)</li>
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... and these are only the women I know directly. There's tons more of amazing tech women building great, impactful products. I hope this little post helps them get the recognition they deserve!<br />
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And if you know any great female Product Managers, Engineers, or Designers, please add them in the comments. Would love this list to grow!<br />
<br /></div>Siobhan Quinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14908970658480399870noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291863788499397427.post-31912384252395210372010-05-25T11:59:00.000-07:002010-05-25T11:59:40.432-07:00Google Web Fonts: Bringing Typography to the Web<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">Designers and developers have aspired to use rich typography on the web for a long time, but it has been an elusive goal until now. In the past few months, all modern browsers have begun supporting the CSS3 @font-face standard, and this support has created the potential for a rich visual experience online.</span><br />
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I am excited to share that last week, at Google IO, we launched the <a href="http://code.google.com/webfonts">Google Font Directory</a> and <a href="http://code.google.com/apis/webfonts/">API</a>,<b> </b> which brings a diverse collection of high quality web fonts to everyone, for the first time. </div>
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With a couple lines of HTML and CSS, designers can safely create web pages using a choice of fonts (as opposed to the standard 9 “web safe” fonts that can be expected on all browsers), preserving all the advantages of true text over images or proprietary rich media plugins: real text is searchable, accessible through screenreaders, zooms crisply, and can be translated.</div>
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Here’s a few cool examples: <a href="http://www.smashingmagazine.com/">Smashing Magazine</a>, <a href="http://littlebirdllc.com/">Little Bird LLC</a>, and the new <a href="http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2010/05/new-themes-in-google-forms.html">Google Docs Form Themes.</a> Note: see how Little Bird LLC web fonts can be <a href="http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=en&tl=no&u=http://littlebirdllc.com/">translated by Google's translation tool</a>.<br />
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Congrats to the passionate team that made this happen, especially David Kuettel, Raph Levien, Jeremie Lenfant-Engelmann and Marc Tobias Kunisch!</div>Siobhan Quinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14908970658480399870noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291863788499397427.post-85848519252601169582010-05-08T21:53:00.000-07:002010-05-08T21:57:25.459-07:00What should come first for Bump Technologies? Product or Platform?<div style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
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The Driskill in Austin was packed with Silicon Valley types, many waiting in line to order beer at the bar. I bought 2 cases for the group I was with and became a sudden hit... and yes... was "trending" on FourSquare. <div>
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Thanks to <a href="http://www.designspongeonline.com/">Design Sponge</a> and my friend Michelle, I learned of <a href="http://www.hollyshouses.co.uk/otherproducts.html">Holly's Houses</a>. A small company in England that makes personalized stamps of your home.<br />
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<div>Identifying these clothes, and then finding where to buy them, is still a very manual process. With such high demand, why aren't the networks partnering with designers to streamline this? The opportunity doesn't only apply to Gossip Girl, from <a href="http://www.amctv.com/originals/madmen/">Mad Men</a> to <a href="http://www.icarly.com/">iCarly</a>, design lovers and young girls alike would be clamoring for clothes worn by their idols. (Actually, <a href="http://www.stylelist.com/2009/07/10/banana-republic-is-mad-for-mad-men-and-you-could-win-a-walk-on/">Banana Republic did partner with Mad Men</a> - good for them!)<br />
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Fashion seems like one product placement opportunity that I actually <i>want</i> as a viewer. I am sure others are thinking about this opportunity too. Meanwhile, a lot of wallets are waiting. :)<br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"><i>Note: </i></span><a href="http://www.seenon.com/"><span style="color: #444444;"><i>Seen On</i></span></a><span style="color: #444444;"><i> is another site links viewers to clothing featured on popular shows. But they are only able to list a small subset of the fashions worn.</i></span><br />
</div>Siobhan Quinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14908970658480399870noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291863788499397427.post-10761923213595079852009-11-13T07:02:00.000-08:002009-11-13T07:03:53.363-08:00"We Feel Fine": The Book!<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1439116830?ie=UTF8&tag=wefeelfine-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1439116830"><img src="http://www.wefeelfine.org/book/pages/158-159.jpg" width="400" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.wefeelfine.org/">We Feel Fine</a> is "an exploration of human emotion on a global scale". And now it's also <a href="http://wefeelfine.org/book/">a book</a>.<br />
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Built by friend <a href="http://www.kamvar.org/">Sep Kamvar</a>, and <a href="http://www.number27.org/">Jonathan Harris</a>, We Feel Fine continuously crawls recent blog posts for expressions of human emotion, looking for phrases like "I feel" and "I am feeling". The project then groups and slices these emotions along different demographics, giving us a picture of what people are feeling around the country and the world. <br />
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Congrats to Sep and Jonathan, can't wait to see what you two do next.Siobhan Quinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14908970658480399870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291863788499397427.post-82807908723032401572009-10-31T23:26:00.000-07:002010-01-23T15:58:00.910-08:00Cole Valley Halloween<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Halloween on Belvedere Street in Cole Valley - best Halloween ever.<br />
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</div>Siobhan Quinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14908970658480399870noreply@blogger.com0Ashbury Heights, San Francisco, CA, USA37.764557418802532 -122.4483776092529337.762436918802536 -122.45202560925293 37.766677918802529 -122.44472960925293tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291863788499397427.post-21452773892723978472009-10-04T09:44:00.000-07:002009-10-04T09:44:51.276-07:00Dogs on TV<object height="340" width="560"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/5G7bGBUlx2M&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/5G7bGBUlx2M&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object><br />
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</div><ul><li>Last night I emailed Hotel X in Seoul, asking for 4 rooms, over email, providing no payment info. </li>
<li>Today, Hotel X's website says they have no rooms, so we book rooms elsewhere</li>
<li>This evening I got an email from Hotel X, saying "no! we already booked your rooms!" </li>
<li>Immediately after get 4 confirmation emails</li>
<li>I say "sorry but we thought you were booked and booked elsewhere" </li>
<li>Get an email saying "We already have your rooms! and we will add 1 sock and 2 underwear and complimentary breakfast" </li>
<li>I say "sorry, we will stay with you next time"</li>
<li>I receive email saying "Did you see we are offering breakfast <span style="color: red;">complimentary</span>???" (yes, they made it red)<br />
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<li>I apologize again saying we've already paid for other rooms. </li>
</ul>Siobhan Quinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14908970658480399870noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291863788499397427.post-23577363913283056932009-07-29T14:32:00.001-07:002009-07-29T14:32:31.920-07:00Mad Men Season 3 Teaser!<embed src="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f8/1119352258" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashVars="videoId=29428616001&playerId=1119352258&viewerSecureGatewayURL=https://console.brightcove.com/services/amfgateway&servicesURL=http://services.brightcove.com/services&cdnURL=http://admin.brightcove.com&domain=embed&autoStart=false&" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" name="flashObj" width="440" height="373" seamlesstabbing="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" swLiveConnect="true" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></embed><br /><br />Can't wait to watch!Siobhan Quinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14908970658480399870noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291863788499397427.post-87522397599698566082009-05-31T19:39:00.000-07:002009-05-31T19:43:37.549-07:00Great Wall (Half) MarathonThis looks amazing. I've been to Beijing before, but only for a few days. This would be a great chance to see more of the country. Couldn't do the full marathon, but I could handle the Half. Anyone else in?<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/H-kEVEHSBRM&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/H-kEVEHSBRM&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Siobhan Quinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14908970658480399870noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291863788499397427.post-53937790136110954392009-03-29T09:19:00.000-07:002009-03-29T12:34:07.601-07:0010k over the bridge<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Y2ULETZYE36ieDvHQ6IWvvkd_wm8SlS-HSJT75xNHygA9Hp61C1rac5tMtNBUyQDRoglBJRPOCzLnm_BLUCou4T5DDjfgvT2Wuuc0bn_InKAoqG56TPeO4uF2gFUY8nVY6B2plAlWXvU/s1600-h/photo-710504.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Y2ULETZYE36ieDvHQ6IWvvkd_wm8SlS-HSJT75xNHygA9Hp61C1rac5tMtNBUyQDRoglBJRPOCzLnm_BLUCou4T5DDjfgvT2Wuuc0bn_InKAoqG56TPeO4uF2gFUY8nVY6B2plAlWXvU/s320/photo-710504.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318645307420735634" /></a></p>Just finished the Presidio 10K. Weather couldn't be better.Siobhan Quinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14908970658480399870noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291863788499397427.post-75998785999145531672009-03-28T15:49:00.000-07:002009-03-28T16:06:19.513-07:00Back on the Water<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMmoI7nFarYmfIYbk-eMB8iWGPl4_UjspHVbM4Pv7Bc5dUmlJhzdvgemxwBCwMiQYmFQ7wxb-Xi3Dd3d-Y50DSwXfzINZd92mOUgoFt7qjoBYuWtUD6sdeNT7NH7t16B1VMucA-hOxYn4/s1600-h/sculling.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 282px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMmoI7nFarYmfIYbk-eMB8iWGPl4_UjspHVbM4Pv7Bc5dUmlJhzdvgemxwBCwMiQYmFQ7wxb-Xi3Dd3d-Y50DSwXfzINZd92mOUgoFt7qjoBYuWtUD6sdeNT7NH7t16B1VMucA-hOxYn4/s400/sculling.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318378014422941586" border="0" /></a><br />I've been working a bit too much lately, so am making an effort to get away from the laptop and go outside... and it doesn't hurt that the weather has been so gorgeous in San Francisco. :)<br /><br />I decided to get back into an old sport - crew. I used to row in high school, but have not been in a boat for 10 years. Here's a pic of a few of us at the Greenlake Regatta back in '97 (I think...). Heidi Hurn (at the top of the pyramid) went on to row for University of Washington, following in the footsteps of her brother - Hans (bottom, second from left). I am middle row, on the right. I went to UW too.... but wasn't quite tough enough for UW's championship crew team.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3J2UNGH5Y1TuJ5UrBLkfnL2bxuT7URw9M3LeWJm6tr9GSgu5UZs6RLl41c9uh0LlZzKY2bndKaBPhJCExsPiuahIK8_NsTVM4LfdEHNhfq_UwWYkzFEO1NSmcSCQRPeKtY47ZwkGA5xA/s1600-h/greenlakeregatta.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 272px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3J2UNGH5Y1TuJ5UrBLkfnL2bxuT7URw9M3LeWJm6tr9GSgu5UZs6RLl41c9uh0LlZzKY2bndKaBPhJCExsPiuahIK8_NsTVM4LfdEHNhfq_UwWYkzFEO1NSmcSCQRPeKtY47ZwkGA5xA/s400/greenlakeregatta.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318377786232302818" border="0" /></a><br />After some looking around, I found that <a href="http://www.pacificrowingclub.org/">Pacific Rowing Club</a> is building up a small masters program and rows near me, on Lake Merced.<br /><br />My first day was Friday. It was awesome. Practice started at 6:00am, before the sun rose. The people were great and very patient as I fumbled with oars, the boat, just about everything.<br /><br />What is pathetic is that I could barely lift the boat! I guess running doesn't do much for my arms :\ I am pretty weak right now but hopefully that will change soon.<br /><br />Anyways, very excited to see how this goes!Siobhan Quinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14908970658480399870noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291863788499397427.post-70676307870738362532009-03-19T14:02:00.001-07:002009-06-23T10:50:26.080-07:00Trying out Drafty.com<span class="panel-wrapper"><a class="photo left" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/48889079811@N01/169745715" original_width="240" original_height="182"><br /></a><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/55/169745715_508f66bf15_m.jpg" alt="Shellen's writing a Reader blog post. Happily. by massless" title="Shellen's writing a Reader blog post. Happily. by massless" class="photo center" original_width="240" original_height="180" style="margin: auto; display: block; float: none;" width="240" height="180" />While in SXSW I ran into friend and one of the original Blogger guys, Jason Shellen. When we first met up at the conference, he was in the middle of launching a new service, drafty.com</span> - a super simple way to post and share to multiple blogging platforms. Sending this post from Drafty now. Pretty cool so far Shellen!<img src="http://www.drafty.com/images/stats.gif?id=110" style="border: 0pt none ; width: 1px; height: 1px;" />Siobhan Quinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14908970658480399870noreply@blogger.com0