Karen Alma
What I think about. Things that happen to me. Stuff I like. And other things.
Category: Travel
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I spent a few days in Sri Lanka just recently and one of my colleagues suggested I buy some tea. I’m not a very good shopper when it comes to touristy things but I guess, when you are in the place known for amazing tea, why not get some, right? So I took a look…
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Having worked in customer support for over 5 years, I’m always noticing good or bad experiences with support staff out in the world. Spoiler alert: We had an amazing experience at the Jayco Motorhome Factory yesterday. Here’s the story. Some time ago we noticed a bump under the linoleum in the kitchen area of our…
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Working hard. Trying to enjoy the outdoors before it gets too hot. Also, having to put on bug spray in the morning is stupid. What the heck, Texas!?!
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Last week I gave a talk at WordCamp Buenos Aires on Trabajando a Distancia: Retos y Oportunidades. In English, that’s Remote Work: Challenges and Opportunities. I’ve been wanting to speak about remote work for a while since it’s what I do and have done for years. They approved my talk with a few adjustments and I…
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This year has meant a lot of travel for my family. Without really meaning to, we made a theme out of visiting every National Park we found near our travel path. At each visiters center we bought a sticker for me to put on my laptop. After the top got covered up I moved…
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My office for the day is on wheels somewhere in Eastern Washington. Mobile hotspot is holding out for the most part. Good times. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Karen (Kuster) Arnold (@iamkarenalma)
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During our free time in Whistler during the Automattic Grand Meetup, we took a hike out to an old train wreck. In 1920ish sometime, a train was hurtling down the track going twice as fast as it should have been, and the cars flew off the track when the train went around the bend. Apparently,…
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Whenever Bugs Bunny is hanging out in the desert, the landscape is dotted with big tall cactus that look kind of like this: The funny thing is, this type of cactus doesn’t grow in every part of the desert of the Southwestern United States. It grows in some parts of Arizona and down into Mexico, but there are vast bits of desert with…
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These selfie stick things are not as easy as they look. This series of pictures made me laugh.
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As I mentioned here and here, I was recently in Brazil at WordCamp Rio de Janeiro. My colleague, Erica Varlese and I talked to the attendees about how to do great support. Here’s those slides:
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I was looking through my post drafts and I realized that I never published this one about WordCamp Lima. Am I the only one that types up drafts and never publishes them? Probably not. Go look in your drafts right now and publish something. Quick! Then come back and look at my pictures of WCLima2014. #betterlatethannever…
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I recently traveled to Brazil for WordCampRio followed by a series of speaking events and meeting with local tech folks. You can read this post written by my colleague Erica (also in Portuguese) for more details. Oh, by the way, we’re hiring. I never imagined I’d go to Brazil, Portuguese seemed really scary. As it turns out, since…