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#codepenChallenge – Candyland
I got this challenge done under the wire, but it turned out to be a lot of fun! I took the chance to practice some jQuery, which I’m still very much a beginner at and still learning about in my Udemy course. This week’s challenge was to create something inspired by Candyland. This is one…
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PNC/MLA 2019 in Boise, Idaho
I attended the annual meeting of the Pacific Northwest Chapter of the Medical Library Association this past week in Boise, Idaho. I look forward to this conference every year because it’s a fun, low-stakes way to share your professional activities and learn about what your colleagues have been up to. And this year gave me…
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#codepenChallenge – Monopoly
This month’s CodePen challenge theme is board games, which I am so excited about because I LOVE board games. Settlers of Catan is my current favorite, but my friends just gifted me with a cat version of Monopoly (Catopoly, of course) that may steal the top spot. For this specific challenge, I created a Monopoly-inspired…
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#codepenChallenge: Fast and Slow
To flex my web development muscles, I’m trying to tackle these super fun CodePen challenges each week. If you haven’t heard of these, CodePen issues weekly coding challenges based on a monthly theme. They’re a great opportunity to be creative, learn new skills, and connect with the web developer community. October’s theme was “Opposites”, and…
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What Brought Me to Web Development?
I recently made some big life changes (new city, new job) and this new chapter in my life has made me unusually reflective. I’m a librarian by training and prior to this move, I thought I knew exactly what my long-term career plans were: work at an academic library as the medical librarian, do research…
Kathryn Vela
Librarian at Large
Kathryn Vela 