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Vanessa Hurst @DBNess New York, NY

technologist, girl scout, teacher. building @codemontage. founder @devsforgood & @girldevelopit. open tech + culture FTW.

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@BlackGirlsCode @AbbyBobe @6Gems @cnbehler wonderful! :)@AbbyBobe @6Gems hey wonderful @BlackGirlsCode team! My friend @cnbehler would love to help out in DC - what's the best way to set her up?Looking forward to Ladies of Open Source & LibTech night with @OpenITP and @CodeMontage next Wednesday 5/29 http://t.co/pSfFKadNH0
5/23
2013
Another things I am not making up: Amazon joins Yahoo as the second web giant to monetize fanfic this week. http://t.co/1evQ7Rgf90 Fandom!
Retweeted by Vanessa Hurst@refunite @DataKind would love to see contributions to / lessons from @RapidFTR from those events. Great theme!when I figured out what virtual memory was all about my mind was BLOWN. WHY ARE COMPUTERS AWESOME
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5/22
2013
@sethjuarez tough to tweet fully, but in essence: freedom & enough $$ to visit many distant friends (I moved away every couple of years)Finally took a few minutes of downtime and realized I recently achieved one of my childhood dreams :) #gratefulLooking forward to speaking at the Social Innovation Summit 2013 at the UN! See you there? http://t.co/4TMkHM0Eh4 #SIS13 via @socinnovationTrying to change a habit? 1. Know your triggers 2. Don't mistake 'familiar' for preferred. 3. Don't shut down new information #ncwitsummit
Retweeted by Vanessa Hurst@kmitts @alexstran @codeforamerica @Dharmishta sweet! Would love to see the awesome crew at @exversiondata in on this.@theresafreet YESHuge fan of @maritacheng, her work founding @RoboGals, and her goal of a ‘nation of makers, not consumers’ http://t.co/M2UsEmRSGcWondering where the lady hackers are? @Skillcrush found 75 of them in this "music" city: http://t.co/czTmGaw1l2 thanks to @marthakellyI am officially in love with a twitter bot @instacompliment@writespeakcode is making our venue requirements - #1: pumping room for nursing moms. do other conf orgs think about that? prolly should.
Retweeted by Vanessa HurstWrite/Speak/Code: The professional dev conference for women developers, by women developers. #NYC, 6/20-6/22 http://t.co/0Ymt2wPIjE #tech
Retweeted by Vanessa HurstWe've gotta help the unicycle girl & STEM ed staffer win this! http://t.co/CJ3znWQnEq (also @onemedical is great, happily liked them on fb)Save 10million lives with your #iOS skills: http://t.co/r4TSFwduCi Join @KinsaHealth as a Lead Mobile Engineer
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5/21
2013
RT @KinsaHealth is more than just a thermometer..its about the idea that our health is linked to the health around us http://t.co/toDQCyvJtCPics of the @leanimpact event in sf. Thx to @thehub for hosting! (cc: @dbness and @erinmkidwell) http://t.co/Z51BW5c72r
Retweeted by Vanessa HurstInstructor prep session for @Barnard_Athena Entrepreneurs-in-Training & @GirlScouts Leadership Institute http://t.co/AIFfGHNKXX
5/20
2013
@wirehead2501 #storyofmylife“I hate to hire all you girls but you’re too damned smart.” How to be a woman Programmer http://t.co/opx8t1TEjI
Retweeted by Vanessa Hurst"It placed upon [women programmers, & esp managers] the terrible burden of being not only good but the best" http://t.co/3bl0aS0ZKQ
Retweeted by Vanessa Hurst"This is what a programmer looks like." http://t.co/ccqJdm0REC
Retweeted by Vanessa Hurst+500 "@erinmkidwell: This is important. You should read it. "How to be a "Woman Programmer" @nytimes http://t.co/xlzhlEQyuT"My dear Prue on her sweet unicycle heading to Capitol Hill to promote STEM education: http://t.co/T5EyXilcs9 (FB Votes & RTs appreciated :)@lsblakk look out for @erinmkidwell! She rules :)
5/19
2013
Home sweet home @ City Hall Park http://t.co/8Qns12i7C1Someone needs to invent a combo breastfeeding pillow/laptop tray
Retweeted by Vanessa HurstTHIS RT @Skillcrush: World's youngest female self-made billionaire pledges her money to empower other women http://t.co/frQ447XFuQ
Retweeted by Vanessa HurstI'm spending Geek Pride Day (5/25-26) with @codeschool and @newrelic at Free Weekend: http://t.co/eRVtxgiU42Are men welcome in @TheOpEdProject workshops? Yup. Especially when, like one of the guys today, they show up in "I am a feminist" t-shirts.
Retweeted by Vanessa HurstHad a blast preparing this with @jjordanwade and @aimee_simone this week. Get an entire Free Weekend of @codeschool. http://t.co/JLB8yLYEj0
Retweeted by Vanessa Hurst@AbbyBobe Congratulations!!!Tailgating Y Combinator - Two days before my YC interview I was in Atlantic City hacking the slot machines... http://t.co/l3WzeRRJhd
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5/18
2013
I'm at Terroir (San Francisco, CA) w/ 2 others http://t.co/dlhCCL3LrfI'm at Chez Papa (San Francisco, CA) http://t.co/IlsWKIOVRhDelightful catchup & future of tech discussion with @mlewislogic. Perfect start to final day in SF. http://t.co/SP4gXosaH3
5/17
2013
#io13 nightcap (@ ThirstyBear Brewing Company w/ 25 others) http://t.co/99hg53QFK6Love @gogoSlava's take on entrepreneurs: those who see walls, then run through them. Get our heads hurt, keep going...So inspired by @ml_jepsen: she saw problem w/the expense of hardware, rolled up her sleeves, moved to Asia, & killed it with @pixelqi #io13Bam "We're not manufacturing coders. We're creating comfort with the world of coding." @DBNess #leanimpact” @leanimpact @girldevelopit
Retweeted by Vanessa HurstReally looking forward to the EDesign Lab Hackathon for Open Source K-12 Education http://t.co/zkwBPg1WaT June 1-2 in NYC #hackforchangeGreat news: our leadership team is doubling in size. Please welcome new chapter leaders @cecycorrea and @ClassicallyGeek!
Retweeted by Vanessa HurstWow. @IBM announces the end of Lotus 1-2-3 after 30 years of honorable service. Thanks @mkapor for its brilliant run! http://t.co/x3O0DtcuOq
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5/16
2013
Great night out with @WhyNotGirlNow at the @leanimpact #sf launch. Inspiring speakers! Loved @girldevelopit's mission. I want to be a coder!
Retweeted by Vanessa Hurst"What's up ladies, you wanna learn how to code?" @girldevelopit at @leanimpact #LeanImpactSF
Retweeted by Vanessa HurstSteve Aoki at Google I/O - fine with it. @DBNess
Retweeted by Vanessa Hurst.@DBNess "We're not manufacturing coders. We're creating comfort with the world of coding." #leanimpact
Retweeted by Vanessa Hurst.@DBNess "People think an MVP is a small version of your perfect solution. It's not." #leanimpact
Retweeted by Vanessa HurstAt @HubBayArea for @leanimpact SF launch with @DBNess to talk about how the lean startup model can be applied to social enterprises.
Retweeted by Vanessa HurstSF Launch party with @LeanImpact (@ The Hub w/ 3 others) https://t.co/Xk8jnw75vhPUMPED for "Online Learning Made Social with Google+" by @pamelafox of @coursera & @girldevelopit, @amitfulay of Google+ #io13.@timbray emphatically urges devs to "get out of the password business!", maintaining passwords is like "peeing in the internet pool" #io13grateful to finally meet the amazing @lizthedeveloper, co-leader of @girldevelopit SF @gdisf and instructor at @Hackbright at #io13Reason #98573 Recruitment Needs Disruption: @soundadvicejobs just tried to recruit a company to be a Ruby dev based on a Github profile -_-Congrats @TechCocktail @frankgruber & @noreaster on raising $2.5M in funding from Tony Hsieh's @DowntownProjLVhttp://t.co/uCDEKxlq15Where my heart lives at #io13 cc @DevsForGood @CodeMontage http://t.co/DNxu9oRpvBLess than an hour in & already meeting awesome open source developers #io (@ Moscone Center w/ 21 others) http://t.co/tnIZJDfjwt
5/15
2013
I'm at @ZeroZeroSf (San Francisco, CA) w/ 7 others http://t.co/DbvSJkR1DO@pamelafox we gave 15 minutes left of littleBits building, then social time after that I thinkLovely to be in a room full of women techmakers, addressed by a woman VP. Thanks, Google :) #io http://t.co/JTGPSiMmgDJoin @DBNess and @TopCoder in the quest to get more girls into #STEM! http://t.co/m7ohQd3sve
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5/14
2013
@geekgirlweb @jonmarkgo @WriteSpeakCode no worries! NYC is hoppin@jonmarkgo yesss let us both leave NYC to hangout with each other in SF! See you at I/O soon :)@geekgirlweb you can come to @WriteSpeakCode instead :)@DingleDojo thanks! :)Current status: Installing #nodejs for @edesignlabsorg #opensource #education projectsWebsite is up!! Finalizing ticket sale start today! Cc @TheOpEdProject @CodeMontage
Retweeted by Vanessa Hurst"In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock."tons of jobs open @nytimes but none for the "traditional" reporter tons for anyone who can do metrics, data, program http://t.co/HqHuewvG7l
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5/13
2013
All I want for Christmas is infinite venues for @GDIsf events.
Retweeted by Vanessa Hurst4 spaces left in our @RailsBridge June workshop! http://t.co/FrLHtlBgpX
Retweeted by Vanessa Hurst@erinmkidwell the second the pilot lets me turn my phone back on...
5/12
2013
Only thing better than a free massage when you're sick is a wise young TSA employee explaining how totally ok the... http://t.co/OzLjdFDeQdIf you're looking for a way to help all moms this mothers day, check out http://t.co/s34LDMVcpT
Retweeted by Vanessa HurstI see you, @DBNess. | MT @WoodrowWilsonTF: http://t.co/agipUClSTF: What Most Schools Don’t Teach http://t.co/2fy2DFfVJz
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5/11
2013
I may never adequately capture my gratitude for animated gifs. How I'm feeling: http://t.co/LJ3HwQ5PnNHoping the #tcweek crowd will live tweet lightning talks today. I'm too sick to speak and thoroughly bummed to miss other talks, too :(CONGRATS @DBNess of @girldevelopit, Kosar of @Samasource & @ashleymmeyers of @codeforamerica for winning to speak @ #LeanImpact's SF Launch!
Retweeted by Vanessa Hurst@eacarlson @GDIdet scientifically validated - I helped review applications & they list where they heard about the program. Tears are fair :)Couldn't be more proud to read @GDIdet & @eacarlson helped inspire @girlswhocode applicants via this @freep piece http://t.co/PyodewbVws"...Girls Who Code will give me an opportunity to turn my life into something worthy of remembrance." - @girlswhocode applicant #thefuture"I want technology to be simple in [people's] eyes where they will not become frustrated" - @girlswhocode applicant #thefuture #ux"I don't think people need to grow up in order to be something... why wait until I grow up?" - @girlswhocode applicant #thefutureFlava Flav selling vodka encrusted with rhinestones http://t.co/C5utGXbnFF
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5/10
2013
I'm at Du-par's Restaurant & Bakery (Las Vegas, NV) http://t.co/bjupDbbLdoYum "@girldevelopit stickers and cookies at #qcmerge http://t.co/Hcy7vJApRW"@jonmarkgo @WorkInProgress come hangout with me & @yourpalmal! Will be here til Saturday night :)I'm at @WorkInProgress (Las Vegas, NV) w/ 2 others [pic]: http://t.co/dFRYBVIdP5@suziam @zappos @yourpalmal so great to see you! Excited to potentially check out the hackerspace, too :)TIL @Zappos calls its Executive Assistants "Time Ninjas"I'm at @Zappos HQ w/ @yourpalmal http://t.co/NxsyqMj4VM
5/9
2013
@sethjuarez not this time :( will ping you if I do!MOOCs are like when TVs came out and people videotaped radios to create TV shows. Education has to be much more - @Naveen_Jain_CEO #tcweek
Retweeted by Vanessa HurstI'm at Downtown Construction Zone (Las Vegas, NV) w/ 2 others http://t.co/BmokPfP0uhNBD, just strategizing how to get top Vegas earners like exec chefs & pool waitresses to become angel investors http://t.co/556QfMS17agood morning from @downtownprojLV :) @ Las Vegas http://t.co/6aOYnCbVNh
5/8
2013
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