As any author can probably tell you, coming up with titles for your novel is extremely difficult. In my experience, the title either comes to me with minimal effort or cause or never comes to me at all. Pretty Deadly – my book reimagining Cinderella as a psychopath – is Read more…
This tweet inspired me to follow up on the piece about AI art and writing that I published yesterday. I couldn’t agree more. In 2011, a venture capitalist wrote that software was eating the world. More than a decade on, I think it’s fair to say that today, the technology Read more…
Lately, there’s been a lot of discourse about the impact of AI art and writing, and I’ll admit that I feel a bit of trepidation about the abilities of recently-unveiled artificial intelligence projects. There are so many possibilities to fear—its ability to replace creative workers, the hollowness of its art, Read more…
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve met someone — almost always a man — who, upon learning that I am an engineer, responds, “Wow! I thought you must work in marketing or something!” And I get it: I’m a blonde woman who works at a startup, which makes Read more…
This post is just a rant, so if you’re looking for something insightful, I suggest you look elsewhere. You know that phenomenon in which you look at a chair on some website and then it haunts you for weeks? Worse yet, when you buy some random item you clearly need Read more…
In 2018, a conflict erupted at Google when a male software engineer proclaimed that women were less suited to working in technology. Many people came to his defense by citing a study from earlier that year that purported to find that, in countries with higher gender equality, fewer women worked Read more…
Growing up, I was almost unconsciously tracked into the same advanced classes as all of the other little girls — English, social studies, art. I loved it. I thrived. And clearly, because I’m blogging about my life and thoughts in advance of a book release, I am an artist, in Read more…
I lived in Silicon Valley for five years before I realized it was an actual valley. You can see it on any topographical map, or even a roadmap if you note where the roads go windy and understand that means there are hills. I should have noticed sooner. But it Read more…