Grace @ SXSW 2019

Grace @ SXSW 2019

Hey friends! If you’re anything like me, you were so busy working on all-the-things that you left it to the last minute to plan for SXSW. (If you’re going, that is. If you’re not, kudos to you! Enjoy the peace at home!) If you’re looking for a...
It’s Prime Time!!!

It’s Prime Time!!!

… and by “prime,” I mean the number 43. Because that’s how many years I will have been alive, today. Crazy, right? I’m not big on birthdays, but I AM big on supporting the wonderful people who work for the greater good. So in...
“I Want to Pick Your BRAAAAINNNNSSSS!!!”

“I Want to Pick Your BRAAAAINNNNSSSS!!!”

Whenever someone says to me, “I’d love to pick your brain. Can we grab coffee sometime?” I immediately want to run screaming, “ZOMBIEEEEEES!!!….” The tougher thing now is when a friend introduces someone to me who’d like to “pick my brain”: I want to save face for my friend, but geez, I don’t want to feel obligated to let the FoF (Friend-of-Friend) pick my brain just because they know someone who knows me. I read this article — https://www.linkedin.com/…/learning-say-introductions-sloan… — and decided I’m going to make rules of introduction for myself, just like I did with my “Work With Me” page (https://gracerodriguez.com/workwithme).