by Dawn May | Feb 21, 2017 | Non-technical
Last March, I had the amazing opportunity to participate in the “Women in IT” conference that was held in Delavan, WI. This event preceded the Spring Technical Conference for the Wisconsin Midrange Computer Professional Association. I found myself among a large and diverse group of women who were either retired from the IT field, currently working in IT, or just starting out in their careers. The icing on the cake was that we all have a background on IBM i! Also in attendance were college students from Gateway Technical College, and students from local high schools.
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by Dawn May | Oct 13, 2015 | Non-technical
Everything is Design: The Work of Paul Rand was an exhibit at the Museum of the City of New York. I had heard a bit about Paul Rand and how he had worked with IBM, so I made sure to see the exhibition before it closed on October 13.
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by Dawn May | Jun 15, 2015 | Non-technical
This spring has been amazingly busy and I haven’t had much time to write about technical topics. This week, I’ll share with you my busy work schedule and my one-day spring break.
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by Dawn May | Apr 7, 2015 | Non-technical
Several weeks ago, I received a telephone call from an IBMer in another organization. She found my name in the IBM employee directory as someone who works with user groups. I’m one of eight people in IBM that has “user group”as part of their job responsibilities.
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by Dawn May | Sep 8, 2014 | Non-technical
Recently I attended the IBM Power Systems Technical Symposium in Melbourne Australia, followed by a similar conference the next week in Auckland New Zealand. This was my first trip to the southern hemisphere and what a great trip it was! In addition to speaking at the conferences and talking with IBM i clients, I took some vacation and was a tourist for a few days.
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by Dawn May | Aug 4, 2014 | Non-technical
This week marks the 5th year of “i Can” – five years already?! When I review the long list of blogs that have been published, only a small number have content that’s dated – most of the blogs are as applicable as when they were first written. New readers of this blog might want to review the older articles.
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