*Sigh*. Another opt-in survey. This one from the Ada Initiative.
The problem this is trying to address is important. I'm not sure how I feel about this solution.
I have to say, I like Nathan's writeup more than I like the actual experience of using the website. I understand where they are coming from but...
There was a party at OSCON sponsored by LinuxFund, Kaltura, and others with women hired to be pretty and chat with male attendees. The comment here are fallout.
My friend Joseph Reagle is working on what seems like an interesting research project on sexisim in free software and free culture communities.
Apparently, women who work outside the home seem to be slightly less happy than those that do not. Interesting. Haven't read the paper and the results aren't what I would hope for, but it seems interesting.
I'm only bookmarking this otherwise lame article for this comment I may want to remember some day: "Can anyone say post- Halloween night, dressed in a toga (I rocked the Goddess costume that year) on the T during rush hour the next morning? In case you were wondering, all the people packed on the train trying to get to work don’t care that Halloween was the night before. They’re still judging."
Blog accuses Wire of glamming Limore for a cover. Limore explains that she does actually look like the person in the photo.
Sometimes you come so late to the party that you get the rebuttal at the same time you get the argument.
Special issue of a magazine with articles on women in open source.
Telesummit goes down on the 15th. Along with everything else, apparently.
