JavaScript+Coffee

A short one, as typing is very tricky at the moment! I'm going to try to amalgamate what 2 specialists have said to me, one yesterday and one 15+ years ago. I have written before about the haemorrhages I had in the past, caused by ' cavernomas ' in my brain. Cavernomas are essentially little clusters of veins that can bleed.  Most people have them and if they were in your skin they would appear as little blemishes. I happen to have them in my brain! I guess I was born with these in my brain, although they have never been picked up before on any MRI or CT scan. I had one that bled three times when I was younger that caused my disability and I had 2 operations to remove.  2 weeks ago, I started to experience extreme tiredness (which I put down to coding) and trouble speaking and typing (which I put down to stress). I've spent the best part of a week in hospital and have had numerous scans on my head. I'm sure I glow with radiation now! It seems that I have had anot...

  Honestly, I wasn't sure whether to write tonight, but I felt like I had something in my head that had to come out somewhere! I am on the way to 3000 followers on twitter, which is preposterous considering I've been on the platform for less than 2 months... People do ask me 'how', and I cover that topic in another post - How did you do that?  but essentially, I still don't really know. My LinkedIn has also felt the benefit, and I am connecting and interacting with so many incredible people every day. I haven't partaken in any sort of course, nor am I part of any secret club! I love speaking and interacting and laughing with all of you - I often talk about the importance of mental health and taking breaks - 'my DMs are open' means just that - you can message me and I will do my very best to reply. Just try to say something a little more meaningful than 'hi'! So alongside all of the incredible interactions and laughs that we have - we also support...

I joined twitter in mid June this year at around the same time that I started my journey into coding. I have had a twitter account before, but I wasn't very active - more of a 'lurker' (just there to look at other people's content!) I posted rarely, and not about anything in particular. Sometimes I engaged with other equestrians regarding a question that I wanted answering. I think I followed a few hundred people and had about 38 followers on that account at its peak.  On my account, JavaScript+Coffee ( @JavascriptCoff1 ), I currently about 2180 followers and am following around 400 people, 2 months after setting up the account. People have started to ask me how I am growing my twitter following so quickly. My first reaction to this was 'I don't know!', but as more people are now asking, I have sat down and had a proper think about it.  I am aware of some courses or resources that people promote, but I have never read anything about how to do 'it', w...