Great Gift Ideas in my Italy Gift Guide or My Amazon store!

Entries Tagged as 'Tech Talk'

How to Network for Life (And Why You Should)

August 3rd, 2007 · 18 Comments

New here? Check out “Best Of” for some top posts, subscribe to my RSS feed - http://feeds.feedburner.com/MsAdventuresinItaly or receive email updates!
In certain circles, the words “networking” or “networker” have a slighty negative connotation to them - adding themselves to the ranks of car salesman or ticket scalper. The word “schmooze” sounds greasy on purpose, [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: Italy · Tech Talk · Work

FemCamp: A Mortadella Party?

May 28th, 2007 · 14 Comments

Saturday I attended the (first) FemCamp (a BarCamp) in Italy, at Bologna. The location was prime, inside a tech lab for women, TechneDonne.
I’ve heard some say that the easiest way to describe a BarCamp (in Italy) is chaos. They are totally correct. But I don’t see how having low expectations of anything will help [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: Bologna · Culture · Italy · Tech Talk

FemCamp, Moo Notecards, Me in Italian Glamour

May 25th, 2007 · 15 Comments

Tomorrow I’m heading with Michelle down to Bologna for the first FemCamp, a BarCamp for women and technology and new media. Don’t know what BarCamp is? It’s basically a series of “unconferences” - informal get-togethers organized by the participants themselves, using an online wiki that anyone can edit or add to. The topics are proposed [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: Culture · Girl Geek Dinner Italia · Italy · Tech Talk

Girl Geek Dinner Italia Recap

April 2nd, 2007 · 13 Comments

Friday night I was lucky enough to have grabbed an invitation to the first Girl Geek Dinner in Italy (thanks for the heads-up Deirdré). I wanted to post about this as soon as I got back to the house - unfortunately that night I came down with a stomach virus that is making the rounds [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: Girl Geek Dinner Italia · Italy · Milan · Tech Talk