Jamie Reffell

Jamie writes about things.

Hello, I’m Jamie.

I’m a product and design leader, design teacher, trans woman, and mom. I’m currently Senior Director of Product & Design at Clever, which powers technology in classrooms across the country.

Jamie

  • Reading #68 – 2023 in review

    After an eight year hiatus and more than a few personal changes, here’s (most of) what I read in 2023. Nonfiction first. 2023 had much less nonfiction than some years as I found it harder to engage with. I did enjoy How We Show Up: Reclaiming Family, Friendship, and Community by Mia Birdsong despite it…

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  • Reading #67: 2015 in Nonfiction

    Just to keep track, here’s (most of) the non-fiction I read in 2015. The Reformation by Diarmaid MacCulloch Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt by Michael Lewis The Hoarders: Material Deviance in Modern American Culture by Scott Herring The Road to Middle-Earth: How J.R.R. Tolkien Created a New Mythology by Tom Shippey Unspeakable Things: Sex,…

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  • Reading #66: Fiction in 2015

    Just to keep track, here’s (most of) the fiction I read in 2015. Annhilation by Jeff Vandermeer Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson (re-read) Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson Confusion by Neal Stephenson Seveneves by Neal Stephenson Aurora by Kim Stanley Robinson The Martian by Andy Weir Gun with Occasional Music by Jonathan Lethem (re-read) Hawk by Steven Brust…

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