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Dooce is both the blog and pseudonym of Heather Armstrong. The blog focuses on mother-related issues in both the home and workplace, and has been called "mommy blogging" in some circles.
In 2009, she released her book, It Sucked and Then I Cried: How I Had a Baby, a Breakdown and a Much Needed Margarita which focuses on her experience becoming a mother. She stated that she wrote the book to reach more women and tell her brave tale, which mentions post-partum depression and other things not mentioned in the average pregnancy book.National Post: Q & A with Heather B. Armstrong on Blogs, Babies and Books
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Fast Facts
- Born: July 19, 1975
- Dooce came from her inability to quickly spell "dude" in IM conversationsCNET: To Her Fans, Dooce is Wild (March 13, 2006)
- Her ordeal led to the slang term "dooced," which means to be fired from your job for bloggingCNET: To Her Fans, Dooce is Wild (March 13, 2006)
- Involved in a lawsuit with book publisher Kensington Books in 2005The Pharma Law Blog: Settlement
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Making a Career of It
Armstrong started the blog in 2001, a year later she lost her job in part because content on the blog included satirical posts about the job and her co-workers.Dooce: Dooce She lives in Salt Lake City, Utah with her husband Jon, their daughter and two dogs.Dooce: Dooce -
Blogging in the Bucks
Dooce has become so successful that both Heather Armstrong and her husband have quit their regular jobs.Dooce: Dooce Although exact numbers are not out, in August of 2008 Dooce was on track to make seven times what it did in 2006.International Herald Tribune: Marketers and Web sites home in on women -
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"I started this website in February 2001. A year later I was fired from my job for this website because I had written stories that included people in my workplace. My advice to you is BE YE NOT SO STUPID."—Heather Armstrongdooce: About this Site -
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Wikipedia: Heather Armstrong (dooce)
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National Post: Q & A with Heather B. Armstrong on Blogs, Babies and Books
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Northwest Herald: Dooce Talks About Her Blog, her Babies and her Breakdown
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LeahPeah: Interview with Heather Armstrong
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@dooce I love your new masthead! however, you should have left the old one up just to eff with people.
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If you aren't reading my friend @angheiz's blog, you're missing out! She's the next @dooce I tells ya!
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@antderosa Try Tom Curley, CEO of AP; Tom Glocer, CEO of Thomson Reuters; Glenn Reynolds of Instapundit; Heather Armstrong of Dooce
@mediatwit | July 09, 2009 10:57 PM
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Things I Learned About My Dad: Humorous and Heartfelt Essays, edited by the creator ofwww.dooce.com - $15.50
Compiled by Heather B. Armstrong, award-winning publisher and uber-mistress of the phenomenally popular dooce.com®, this hilarious and heartwarming celebration of "everything dad" features original stories from some of the country's most ce...
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It Sucked and Then I Cried: How I Had a Baby, a Breakdown, and a Much Needed Margarita - $24.00
An irreverent and captivating memoir about the unexpected joys and glaring indignities of pregnancy, childbirth, and parenthood - from the beloved creator of the most popular personal blog on the web, dooce.com</bi...
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Dooce - the Unofficial Feed - $0.99
Chronicles the life of Heather Armstrong, her family, and dogs. This is not the official feed for Dooce.com.Kindle blogs are fully downloaded onto your Kindle so you can read them even when you're not wirelessly connected. And unlike...
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The White Trash Mom Handbook: Embrace Your Inner Trailerpark, Forget Perfection, Resist Assimilation into the PTA, Stay Sane, and Keep Your Sense of Humor - $13.95
A mommy manifesto for the mom who proudly strives to be less-than-perfectMichelle Lamar is a wry observer of the politics of elementary schools, the perfect moms who run them, and the kids who are trying to gro...
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Things I Learned About My Dad: Humorous and Heartfelt Essays, edited by the creator ofwww.dooce.com - $19.00
Compiled by Heather B. Armstrong, award-winning publisher and uber-mistress of the phenomenally popular dooce.com®, this hilarious and heartwarming celebration of "everything dad" features original stories from some of the country's most ce...
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