music in all forms is inspiring an art form – the medium sound soft melodies, edgy riffs, ear poetry so many genres, styles to explore what is considered good music differs dependant on culture, context and experience no matter the style or composition music inspires, comforts and provides release —— This entry is part of … Continued
Author Archives: Melany Gallant
Ladies (and gentlemen), get your geek on
I’m fortunate enough to be a part of a local networking and learning group called Girl Geek Dinners Ottawa. We meet on a monthly basis to network, learn and share ideas about technology and related topics. The mission of these get-togethers is to make technology accessible to all age groups and people, particularly women. Sarah … Continued
six word fridays: change
when today ends, change is coming in three sleeps – a new job no more long commutes – horns honking fighting traffic, wasting time in traffic instead a shorter, less stressful drive closer to home, closer to family new career challenges too; shifting focus miss what i do now? certainly yet looking forward to new … Continued
aiming to suck less
I learned a lot at the Blissdom Canada conference last week. Namely, to suck less at writing. And I’m going to do my best. At the first Canadian social media conference for women there were sessions and dialogue centred on blog writing, monetization, working with brands, blogging for social action and more. Here are a … Continued
six word fridays: treat
my treat: the opportunity to attend Blissdom Canada – blogging conference for women 2.25 days of fun, learning, sharing inspired now, excited now, validated now striving to “suck less” (@sweetsalty‘s advice) here i go —- The above is my contribution to Six Word Fridays, a meme started by Melissa at Making Things Up. Why not visit … Continued
my journey to Blissdom starts with Tanner
Through luck of the draw (literally), I’m attending the Blissdom Canada Conference in Toronto next week. The Blissdom ticket was part of a prize pack I won for donating to the Tweetathon for Tanner, a fundraiser held for a deserving boy a couple of months ago via Twitter. The tweetathon auction raised $30,000 to help … Continued
six word fridays: enough
i have had enough of… laundry, dirty dishes and toothpaste smears in the bathroom sink (i need a house-cleaning service STAT) bumper-to-bumper traffic and no alternate route my city’s current mayor; i want change (Ottawans, whatever your choice, make sure you vote Oct. 25th!) the Ottawa Senators slow start to the season; c’mon team! DD’s ongoing … Continued
show me a sign
My husband and I sign with DD. And she signs back. I knew this was something I wanted to do when I saw a friend’s daughter signing at around 14 months of age. I wasn’t even pregnant yet but I marvelled at the way this toddler could communicate what she wanted; what she felt and … Continued
new shoes
On the weekend I downloaded several photos stored on our camera. While sorting through them, I came across this photo taken two Sundays ago in the late afternoon. We had just come home from purchasing DD new shoes. I love the joyful energy of this photo as she races down the street. In her new … Continued
my 10 photos for 10-10-10
I’m participating in a photo meme today called The 10Photos Project. The goal is to take a photo every hour from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. to commerate that it’s 10-10-10. I’ll be uploading the photos to my Flickr account with the tag “10photos” and also to Twitter with the hashtag #10photos. I’d like to add … Continued