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Out on a school night!
212 years ago
Last night I went to the Ben Harper and Relentless7 show at The Fillmore. Here’s my crappy video of their awesome cover of Queen’s Under Pressure:
Ben Harper & RELENTLESS7 – Under Pressure cover from Veronica Belmont on Vimeo.
The show was really great – as previously mentioned I’m not a big concert-goer these days, but I had a blast. Although, today my head feels like a blast went off inside of it (lightweight).
Anyhow, thanks to Jordan for the invite to the show! Their new album White Lies for Dark Times came out this month, so check it out.
The “Girl Power” post
72 years ago
Recently I had the opportunity to sit down and chat with two of my favorite organizations: Girls in Tech and Women 2.0. Both interviews covered some of the same ground, like my history and how I started working in this industry, but they definitely go about it in different ways!
For the Girls in Tech meetup, I went down to Santa Cruz (you’ll hear the tale of my harrowing journey) to NextSpace, a great co-working location in town (also home to the 12seconds.tv team). I had a glass of wine pre-interview, so I probably said more than I should on some topics…
Veronica Belmont as guest in Girls in Tech from Allan and Sun Lundell of Awake Media at NextSpace on Vimeo.
Saroj Yadav is the interviewer in the clip below, which was shot in my living room. The full blog post about it is here.
Yesterday I participated in the Upgrade Your Life program at Intel in Santa Clara. The company invited a group of female bloggers down to learn more about Intel and discuss mobility, clean tech, education, and women working in technology. The best part was meeting other women whose work I’ve admired from afar for so long:
Sarah Anderson, Beth Blecherman, Natali Del Conte, Gina Hughes, Erin Kane, Mia Kim,
Sarah Lane, Victoria Pericon, Helena Stone, Christina Tynan-Wood, and Maria Webster.
Disclaimer: Intel did house and feed us for the trip, but we’re obviously not required to write about the event. I just had a really great time meeting and networking with like-minded women and getting to hear their perspectives on the industry. So thanks to Intel and Emily Goligoski for setting everything up!
Clips to tide you over before Star Trek
6Somewhere else in the world right now, someone (probably millions of someones) is seeing Star Trek before I am. In the meantime, here are a couple of videos I thought you might enjoy!
These are a few of my favorite things (today, and in 9 seconds)
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BuzzFeed 9 Seconds 5/5/09 from BuzzFeed on Vimeo.
BuzzFeed asked me to pick a few of my favorite stories from today and try to recap them in nine seconds! I was a little rushed at the end as the clock started ticking down, but I got it all out. It was fun to edit some video again, it’s been a while since I’ve tinkered with good ol’ iMovie. In case you were wondering, the brief theme song is a snippet of Jonathan Coulton’s “Tom Cruise Crazy” (which is one of my favorite songs of his).
If you haven’t checked out BuzzFeed yet, you should. It’s where I probably spend 90% of my free internet time.
Links:
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