Organizing books on my Kobo e-reader
I used my Kobo e-reader for two things: reading library books (synced from OverDrive); and downloading free public domain classics from Standard Ebooks.
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The books I’ve gotten my library to buy me
I started submitting materials requests to my local public library in late 2024 after hearing about it on a podcast episode about queer romance books; the podcast guest Adib Khorram mentioned it offhand. I’d never even known this was a possibility, and I immediately started requesting books.
One year at Fern, a reflection
I left Google in January 2025 at the end of my maternity leave. That had never been my plan, but when my relocation request got unexpectedly denied (to another Google office my organization already had a presence in, not remote, yep I’m still bitter), I quit.
The case of the disappearing SME meeting
I documented internal Search infrastructure at Google for about five years, from 2018 to early 2023. (From 2023 until my resignation in December 2024, I worked on content strategy and operations for AI Overviews. Similar skillset, but very different output.)
2025 reading recap
I finished 76 books this year, my highest year since I started tracking back in 2020. (And by a substantial amount––my second-highest year was in 2021 when I read 56 books.) I wasn’t working Jan-June, but my reading was actually consistent the entire year (no spike for those months). I have a toddler and a slightly-more-than-half-time job, so I’m really proud I was able to carve out time for…
You already have everything you need: modern romance in *The Materialists* and *Writers and Lovers*
I recently watched the movie The Materialists (2025) and read the book Writers and Lovers (2020). Both pieces have very similar, and very of-the-moment, takes on money, men, and exhaustion.
Books I’ve read
All the books I’ve read since January 2020.
How I used Claude Code to restructure and redirect files
Any technical writer working on a large documentation site with legacy docs knows the pain of site reorganization projects.
Reading Ann Patchett’s nine novels
Over the past 33 years, Ann Patchett has published nine novels at a fairly regular cadence (2-4 years in between books). I can trace my interest in Patchett’s books to a 2019 post on the blog Cup of Jo about the book The Dutch House. After reading that post, I promptly got on the library waitlist (it was very long), got off of it, and then never read the book. In fact, five years went by before I…
Getting into technical writing: a primer
Over the past few years I’ve talked to a number of people who are interested in getting into the technical writing field. After years of meaning to do this, I finally took some time to write up the thoughts and resources I typically share with people looking to get into the field. This is far from a comprehensive guide and notably doesn’t include much specific resume or cover letter advice.