Tag: blondebyte
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The iOS 27 Features Nobody’s Talking About (But Every Woman Should Know)
Every year, Apple holds its Worldwide Developers Conference and every year, the tech press descends like a flock of extremely caffeinated seagulls to tell you about the thing that is going to change everything. This year it was Siri AI. The glowing orb. The rebuilt assistant that is “profoundly more capable and personal.” Those are…
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Houston, We Have a Problem — I Said Yes to a Space Startup
A few weeks ago I told you the quiet part out loud. I told you about the layoff, the health insurance panic, the identity crisis that nobody warns you about, and the very specific terror of being a woman over 50 in tech who suddenly has to prove she still exists. I told you about…
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Progress at What Cost? The Data Center Moving In Next Door
My neighbor Dave thinks the windowless beige building going up off the highway is an Amazon warehouse, but I haven’t corrected him. Partly because I don’t have the heart, and partly because the explanation of “that’s a data center that drinks more water in a day than our entire neighborhood does in a month, and…
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No Prince Charming, No Superman. Just Me, My iPad, and a Really Good System.
In January of 2025 I sat in a doctor’s office and was given some news I wasn’t expecting. Lymphomatoid Papulosis. Advanced. Pre-Stage 1 Lymphoma territory. Indefinite oral chemotherapy. A genetic marker that means this isn’t something I manage for a while and move on from. This is something I learn to manage and live with.…
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The MacBook Neo Is Fantastic. Just Not For Me. And That’s Okay.
Let me set the scene for you. I have an L-shaped desk the size of a small aircraft carrier. Two large monitors. A 45-inch primary display connected to my MacBook Pro. A 34-inch LG on the left. Two Bluetooth keyboards. Two Magic Trackpads. An iPad Pro docked and ready. Cables everywhere. Dongles multiplying like rabbits…
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Help! Reese Witherspoon is Trying to Steal My New Boyfriend!
Let me stop you right there, Reese. I love you and love your work. If Legally Blonde had been set in an Apple Store, It’d be my life story. But when you showed up on my feed announcing that you were going to teach women about AI – I need you to understand something important……
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The Sickest Job Hunt: How Technology Kept Me in the Game When My Body Wanted to Quit
Last week I said the quiet part out loud. I told you about my cancer diagnosis, my chemotherapy, my layoff, and the very specific terror of watching my health insurance countdown like a timer. I honestly wasn’t sure how it would land. Vulnerability on the internet is a gamble, and professional vulnerability even more so.…
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The Quiet Part Out Loud: Laid Off, Over 50, and Still Standing
Let me say the thing nobody says. Getting laid off after 50 is terrifying. Not inconvenient. Not frustrating. Not “a blessing in disguise” — at least not at first. Terrifying. And if you’re sitting in that place right now, whether you just got the call or you can see it coming from three cubicles away,…