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Coming into the new year with some life updates!
🇺🇸 Moved back to the US!
🌴 Specifically, Los Angeles.
⚡️ And incredibly excited to share that I’ve joined the design team at @Netflix!
This is a dream. Looking forward to working with this amazing team!
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friend throwing an event? buy a full price ticket. friend started a clothing line? buy a shirt. friend wrote a book? buy your copy.
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celebrating the best guy’s birthday today and *marrying him* tomorrow. happy birthday to my forever love @obinnaokwodu!
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the magical black women of Twitter, Slack, Black Lives Matter, Ebony, LinkedIn, Black Girls Code, & the list goes on
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Anyway, here's a simple reminder to pray for your friends. People are silently struggling. I hope you are a soul they can confide in.
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some shots today from the beautiful @browsercompany office in brooklyn, andddd it’s also my first month on the team. here’s to this new adventure 💫
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So at UT, we say "what starts here changes the world".
A UT alum has the whole world playing Pokemon Go.
\m/
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me coding earlier: I'm srsly the dumbest person to walk this earth
me now that everything works: I'm am the developer version of Beyonce
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Plant I ordered vs. plant I received 😂.
In some way I feel like I deserve this for choosing to order a plant online.
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we came, we saw, we conquered. Justice Scalia, I think we did just fine. #StayMadAbby #blacktexasex
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your skin has been kissed by the sun. // because it's #unfairandlovely day and it's such a… ift.tt/26Uxhz2
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So in August, I did a thing. I gave my first conference talk at @framerloupe on designing tech for different markets and the video is now out! 🌍
I really can't say thank you enough to @jornvandijk, @koenbok, @ibwatson & Team @Framer for everything. 🙏✨
piped.video/18liNRp86Jc
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I cheated on my regular nail lady and my nails came out trash. I saw her today and she gave me a super side eye and "told you so". 😫
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I believe that there exists a prince w/ more substance than charm, that a princess can save herself & still find him
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Hope John Lewis is looking down with joy. His district, incl. parts of Fulton, Clayton, and DeKalb are doing what needed to be done.
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If you're Interested in learning how to code, design and potentially join/found a tech startup.
This cohort is open to talented women across Africa. Apply!👇🏾✨
We are super excited to have Dara Oke @daraoke Country Director at Alter Global as part of the Resplash Mentor Network!! 💫
If you are yet to apply, please check the link in the bio. Applications closing in 2 days!
#Resplash #MentorReveal #ResplashAcademy #ResplashMentor
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I'm constantly inspired by those building tech ecosystems across Africa. 🚀
Thanks @Framer for letting me share some awesome communities and companies doing great work in this space (to name a few: @paystack @forloopAfrica @usable_ @hotelsng)
Learn how African startups are attracting and developing top-tier tech talent from @framerloupe speaker @daraoke — bit.ly/2NiuE9V
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Nigeria’s youth are being kidnapped, killed, assaulted, extorted at the hands of a government-funded gang. Reform won’t fix this, #EndSARS
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A few days in and haven’t explored much but Dakar, Senegal is truly a special place.
ALT A quiet street in Dakar.
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Today the world watched Nigeria kill unarmed citizens.
The world saw, on Instagram live, a man scream for his life as death approached, after being shot by those that exist to protect.
I’m still shaking.
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Friendsgiving meets #MannequinChallenge
(@LadyWoldu @afriikaana @JoshuaKissi @Karensthoughts1 @Anthonyesque @zikoraobiageli @DirectedbyL)
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@AMixedReaction @theREIGNYseason girl just put your creds on here and let's tag it #BlackTexasEx #StayMadAbby
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I need to be released from the urge to put “please” at the beginning of every ChatGPT prompt
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📣 Hey aspiring product designers in 🇳🇬, this one’s for you. Apply by May 8!
All the praise to @mbraimah_ & @namnsoukpanah for bringing this to world. I’m looking forward to joining an awesome group of mentors.
It’s official, we’re now accepting applications for the Inaugural Kimoyo Fellowship. The program is designed to transition aspiring designers in Nigeria into active professional roles in the UI/ UX design industry.
Applications close May 8th, Apply here - forms.gle/5tVcVZ1rBFPzx4b78
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Y’all, my best day ever was captured on video! I’d happily have @Jerry_K2TR mat talk me every morning 💃🏿
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Just saw that someone online commented that I afford my photography equipment with my husband's money.
Didn't know I had one.
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We are in the middle of a global pandemic, 40 million Americans are unemployed, U.S. police are beating and murdering citizens, the U.S. President is mobilizing the military domestically.
2020.
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College students preparing for recruiting season: pursue all the opportunities, don't let the no's get you down, believe in yourself.
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Been watching VC/Tech Twitter for days and just keep reminding myself to keep my thoughts in drafts because
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I can’t even explain how hard it is to get Nigerian food in LA right now because of this Tik Tok trend.
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My print from @seeinblackphoto came in the mail! Framing this stunning shot by Samuel Trotter.
Much much love to the see in black crew.
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Today, someone handed me the aux. nothing short of an honor in our community.
But... iPhone 7. This is getting complicated.
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In 2020, after 4 years of terror, people truly went to the polls to vote for a fascist. Perplexing.
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My annual tweet to say that Interact has been the most impactful community I’ve had the fortune to be part of for the past 6 years. My journey has been shaped by this group of people.
If you’re under 24, I encourage you to apply ✨
Applications are now open for the 2022 Interact Fellowship!
Learn more and apply here by February 15th: joininteract.com/fellowship.
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ooo this is so good
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"she grinds from Monday to Friday, works from Friday to Sunday" - bey. // Hi, I'm Dara, a … ift.tt/20cjs9U
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Kanye shading Taylor, Nicki checking Miley. Black artists aren't here for it today. NOT ONE BIT.
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My thoughts the past few days have been of Breonna, Philando, Botham, and always Sandra (the list goes on). They should still be here, George Floyd should still be here.
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Maybe it's my circle, but I know so many amazing women of color killing the engineering game. We exist. We're out here.
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this morning, I surprised my grandfather after not seeing him for 16 years. home is where … ift.tt/2fgw6nC
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Starting this today
ALT Book cover showing Walking With The Wind, a memoir of the movement by John Lewis
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say this all the time, a masterclass in storytelling by @lafillemouen & @lee94josh 👏
The @browsercompany team is a masterclass in product marketing.
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Your perspective begins to shift when you truly believe that "anything you want in the world, you can have".
This applies to everything.
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Live Zoom feed of the LA community letting @LAPDChiefMoore know he has to go. Today.
piped.video/oz0CKlGj3uI
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Also. The way they treated #PhilandoCastile girlfriend as though she were a criminal when she got out of the car. No empathy.
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"Approximately 62% of Americans have less than $1,000 in their savings accounts." marketwatch.com/story/most-a…
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Literally God's favor on my life does not make sense. Nothing you see me achieve is me. Nothing.
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holding my camera gear like a newborn, these are the only babies I plan on having in my li… ift.tt/1XuLsXA
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My life has dramatically changed by starting every single day with worship. Don't sleep on God, y'all.
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Looking at the #BlackonCampus hashtag, let me not get started with my experiences at the University of Texas. We'd be here all day.
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Thoughts: I'm super proud to be at Microsoft, so happy for my team, and what I started working on as an intern finally launched. 🤗
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Today! See you soon @SheCodeAfrica ✨
It's 2 days to our Slack Chat with Dara Oke @daraoke 🎊💃🏽,
Dara is a product designer at Netflix and she'll be sharing with us how to understand and create user personas.
Do make it a date with us by signing up with this link: bit.ly/scaslacksignup
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Getting a simple web app up and running in an hour because react + airtable + netlify. This is the efficiency I can get behind.
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I say this every year, but I mean it: being part of Interact has had such a pivotal impact on my career/life. My people, apply! 🗣
There is only one week left to apply to the Interact Fellowship! If you're an 18-23 year-old technologist, apply now at joininteract.com/fellowship/ ✨
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