Learning (Lib)Tech – Stories from my Life as a Technologist Skip to content Learning (Lib)Tech Stories from my Life as a Technologist Menu About Me About this Blog Contact Me Twitter GitHub LinkedIn Flickr RSS Reflection Part 2: My second year at GitLab and on becoming Senior again This reflection is a direct continuation of part 1 of my time at GitLab so far. If you haven’t, please read the first part before beginning this one. Continue reading “Reflection Part 2: My second year at GitLab and on becoming Senior again” Author CynthiaPosted on June 17, 2020June 28, 2020Categories Update, Work cultureTags GitLab, organizational culture, reflectionLeave a comment on Reflection Part 2: My second year at GitLab and on becoming Senior again Reflection Part 1: My first year at GitLab and becoming Senior About a year ago, I wrote a reflection on Summit and Contribute, our all staff events, and later that year, wrote a series of posts on the GitLab values and culture from my own perspective. There is a lot that I mention in the blog post series and I’ll try not to repeat myself (too much), but I realize I never wrote a general reflection at year 1, so I’ve decided to write about both years now but split into 2 parts. Continue reading “Reflection Part 1: My first year at GitLab and becoming Senior” Author CynthiaPosted on June 16, 2020June 28, 2020Categories Update, Work cultureTags GitLab, organizational culture, reflectionLeave a comment on Reflection Part 1: My first year at GitLab and becoming Senior Is blog reading dead? There was a bit more context to the question, but a friend recently asked me: What you do think? Is Blogging dead? Continue reading “Is blog reading dead?” Author CynthiaPosted on May 8, 2020May 7, 2020Categories UpdateTags reflectionLeave a comment on Is blog reading dead? Working remotely at home as a remote worker during a pandemic I’m glad that I still have a job, that my life isn’t wholly impacted by the pandemic we’re in, but to say that nothing is different just because I was already a remote worker would be wrong. The effect the pandemic is having on everyone around you has affects your life. It seems obvious to me, but apparently that fact is lost on a lot of people. I’d expect that’s not the case for those who read my blog, but I thought it’d be worth reflecting on anyway. Continue reading “Working remotely at home as a remote worker during a pandemic” Author CynthiaPosted on May 4, 2020May 2, 2020Categories Work cultureTags remoteLeave a comment on Working remotely at home as a remote worker during a pandemic Code4libBC Lightning Talk Notes: Day 2 Code4libBC Day 2 lightning talk notes! Continue reading “Code4libBC Lightning Talk Notes: Day 2” Author CynthiaPosted on November 29, 2019Categories EventsTags authentication, big data, c4lbc, code, code4lib, digital collections, privacy, reference, teachingLeave a comment on Code4libBC Lightning Talk Notes: Day 2 Code4libBC Lightning Talk Notes: Day 1 Code4libBC Day 1 lightning talk notes! Continue reading “Code4libBC Lightning Talk Notes: Day 1” Author CynthiaPosted on November 28, 2019Categories EventsTags c4lbc, digital collections, intranet, MARC, metadata, teachingLeave a comment on Code4libBC Lightning Talk Notes: Day 1 Presentation: Implementing Values in Practical Ways This was presented at Code4libBC 2019. Continue reading “Presentation: Implementing Values in Practical Ways” Author CynthiaPosted on November 28, 2019November 28, 2019Categories Events, Work cultureTags c4lbc, organizational culture, presentation, valuesLeave a comment on Presentation: Implementing Values in Practical Ways Implementing Values: Learning from GitLab: Transparency This is the sixth value covered in a series of blog posts on what we can learn in implementing values that are the same or similar to GitLab’s CREDIT values. For background and links to the other posts, please check out the overview post. Continue reading “Implementing Values: Learning from GitLab: Transparency” Author CynthiaPosted on September 6, 2019August 31, 2019Categories Work cultureTags GitLab, organizational culture, reflection, valuesLeave a comment on Implementing Values: Learning from GitLab: Transparency Implementing Values: Learning from GitLab: Iteration This is the fifth value covered in a series of blog posts on what we can learn in implementing values that are the same or similar to GitLab’s CREDIT values. For background and links to the other posts, please check out the overview post. Continue reading “Implementing Values: Learning from GitLab: Iteration” Author CynthiaPosted on September 5, 2019August 30, 2019Categories Work cultureTags GitLab, organizational culture, reflection, valuesLeave a comment on Implementing Values: Learning from GitLab: Iteration Implementing Values: Learning from GitLab: Diversity & inclusion This is the fourth value covered in a series of blog posts on what we can learn in implementing values that are the same or similar to GitLab’s CREDIT values. For background and links to the other posts, please check out the overview post. Continue reading “Implementing Values: Learning from GitLab: Diversity & inclusion” Author CynthiaPosted on September 4, 2019August 31, 2019Categories Work cultureTags GitLab, organizational culture, reflection, valuesLeave a comment on Implementing Values: Learning from GitLab: Diversity & inclusion Posts navigation Page 1 Page 2 … Page 47 Next page Cynthia Technologist, Librarian, Metadata and Technical Services expert, Educator, Mentor, Web Developer, UXer, Accessibility Advocate, Documentarian View Full Profile → Follow Us Twitter LinkedIn GitHub Telegram Search for: Search Categories Events Librarianship Library Academic Public Special Tours Methodology Project work Technology Tools Update Web design Work culture Follow via Email Enter your email address to receive notifications of new posts by email. Email Address: Follow About Me About this Blog Contact Me Twitter GitHub LinkedIn Flickr RSS Learning (Lib)Tech Add your thoughts here... (optional) Post to Cancel