live / work Atlanta tragedy, and on being an Asian American woman today Guess what: I still sweat a little every time I speak up in a group. This is because as an Asian American woman, I’ve never belonged in any room.
live / work Ketchup Pasta Sauce Dinner was an array of mismatched ceramic ware, flanked by the rice cooker in the corner. It was a permanent fixture in the dining room that we never used, because even twenty steps from the stovetop felt too far removed from the food.
communication Why Your Team Needs a Win Outlet As humans, we thrive on those words of congratulations and recognition, especially if we’re shy introverts who don’t regularly ask for it.
communication There’s a right way to ask for help This is the second post in a two-part series titled “How to say you’re busy.”
communication Three different states of “busy” This is the first post in a two-part series titled “How to say you’re busy.”
live / work I’ve been a designer, caterer, and product manager. I’ve never stopped coding. I taught myself every “How to write HTML” tutorial from Webmonkey and experimented ruthlessly on my little webpages hosted in Geocities’ Sunset Boulevard. AOL dial-up brought the world wide web to my sleepy suburban household and I was hooked.
live / work Dream Jobs Are Nubby They don’t have sharp edges and clearly defined silhouettes. They slip and slide between vocations, and inhabit the hidden crevices of all of them.
communication How I Use 750 Words to Write Daily-ish If you’re trying to start a writing habit, you have to try 750Words.com.
communication Me Talk With Food It astounds me that we have so many ways to communicate. Words, written and spoken. Body language. My favorite way to communicate is with food.
live / work “Why don’t you work for yourself?” This is the third installment in a three-part post on leaving a career I loved, choosing to be unemployed for an arbitrary period of time, and indulging in a heck of a lot of tea and think-time.
live / work “Why don’t you focus on just one thing?” This is the second installment in a three-part post on leaving a career I loved, choosing to be unemployed for an arbitrary period of time, and indulging in a heck of a lot of tea and think-time.
live / work "Why don’t you take some time off?" This is the first installment in a three-part post on leaving a career I loved, choosing to be unemployed for an arbitrary period of time, and indulging in a heck of a lot of tea and think-time.
live / work How to Start a Blog: A Guide for Procrastinators I made a promise to myself that I wouldn’t publish any of these posts until I was sure I could keep the habit up: either a continuous streak of four months, or a series of eight polished posts that I was excited to publish.
live / work How to Care About Everything The biggest part of loving your job is caring about what you do. Being present. It’s on you to stay interested enough to avoid zoning out on conference calls.
communication Email Mirroring: to Emoticon or Not To Emoticon? Lean in. Lower voice. Get louder. Cross your legs. But how does one commune in this way when most of our work conversations happen over email and chat?
management I Don’t Want to Sound Like a Robot Management is a funny thing. You get into management because you care about people and processes and doing things right. But a peculiar threshold emerges as you’re given more people and responsibility to manage.
communication Why The Future of Work is for Everyone You don’t find much fully distributed working in the wild yet. In 2014 “remote” still meets with mostly head-scratching. What if every employer, large and small, worked this way?
