I need to get back to personal blogging, it’s really nice to read back on.

I’m excited for this weekend.  I’ve been sick for the past week (since last Friday) and it’s time for something a little more cheery.  Here’s the rundown of what I’ve got planned:

• brunch at my favorite secret French spot
• a nice sweaty workout both mornings
• cookie decorating and setting up the Christmas tree at the loft
• a couple holiday parties
• Tronathon LAN party with the Expensify crew
• mani/pedi with my sister
• Christmas shopping (hopefully online)

So, yay.  I’ll probably snap some pictures.

Tomorrow (December 8th) I’ll be speaking at Parisoma Innovation Loft following the live broadcast of day two of the TED Women event.  When I was invited to speak, I was honored.  TED is about “ideas worth spreading” and not a platform for talking about my startup, which suits me just fine since I’ve been wanting to branch out and talk about some things I’m passionate about aside from Twilio.

My Topic: The Power of Money & Technology to Make Us More Connected

I’m fascinated by the fact that we trade with money, and a couple years ago I learned that the earliest writings ever found were of an accounting ledger.  Money and standard currency are something we take for granted, but even in the United States our currency has gone through several major transitions since the country was founded.