I’m building a new website under my new(ish) name: Eileen Whitener Why? I’m pretty comfortable working in a CMS like WordPress, but I’ve been wanting to give building something (with tons of help from existing frameworks and resources) a try. I’m juggling a handful of new projects, including new teaching and speaking adventures, and I wanted a […]
Read MoreNaNoWriMo, or National Novel Writing Month, is an annual challenge to spend the month of November writing at least 50,000 words. You don’t have to consider yourself a “writer” to participate, and there’s no penalty for missing the mark or huge reward for success, other than the knowledge that you’ve written a book-sized quantity of […]
Read MoreFor a long time I have had a complex relationship with the term “metrics.” I like having something to work toward. I love knowing what success at something looks like so I can try to replicate that success. But sometimes when terms like “metrics” and “Key Performance Indicators” come into play, I start to worry […]
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