Every week, I post articles (and many other types of links) from around the Internet, while rarely acknowledging that I contribute plenty myself. So this Friday I’m indulging in a little self promotion while giving you a glimpse into my “day job.”

In 2013, I’ve written 45 articles for six outlets. Here are a few of the topics I’ve tackled this year:

Robots

If you’d asked me a few months ago, I would have never expected to ever be on the robotics beat, or to like it so much. From making pancakes to saving human lives to teaching kids to code, there’s no limit to robotics engineers’ ingenuity.

• How an open source operating system jumpstarted robotics research
• Robots ride to the rescue in DARPA’s Virtual Robotics Challenge
• Meet the robot that will teach your child to program

Ladies in business and tech

For ReadWrite and The Women’s Book, women’s success stories are universally a big deal. While covering woman entrepreneurs and developers alike, I even got to interview a personal hero of mine, Jen Dziura.

• Taking big leaps: Getting over failure with Jen Dziura
• This is what the next generation of programmer looks like
• Zero to $60K in six months: Bootcamp bootstraps women developers

Geekery and games

At this point in my career, my nerdy reputation precedes me. I get assigned geek topics about as often as I ask to write them, and that’s awesome.

• Have the nerdiest wedding on the block with Github
• Ouya is a tiny box open to many game possibilities
• Why the WiiU hack is inevitable

(Photos via John Williams, lovemaegen, and Sugar Daze.)