BurningbirdThe importance of supporting diversity
The effects of my gender posts recently are starting to thread their way around, slowly but slow change is usually the most lasting change. Julia Lerman posts on an article with the deplorable title “Why can’t women keep up with men in high tech”. Julia writes: t’s more like this – most agree that in our programming […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. I appreciated the folks that commented on the Gender Ghetto and G Quotient postings. I am lucky to have thoughtful readers. I have to admit, though, that I am disappointed by the lack of feminine response to the writings. I received honest, interested, humorous, even slightly angry responses from men, […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. The sun is out and I’m heading out to get pictures of flocking birds while I can, weighed down by three cameras, six lenses (including one 300mm), and various stands and other accoutrement. Speaking of flocking, the email conversation yesterday that led to the G Quotient posting, ended up generating […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. I initiated an email discussion today that ended up focused on women and weblogging. Without going into particulars, I challenged the members of the group to find their G Quotient, or Gender Quotient: For the last one hundred posts, count the number of times you linked to a male weblogger, […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. I swear I’m going to start a Bitches Club. And it’s not going to be for women only. I’ve been researching the extent of offshoring in this country in the last week; I’m appalled by what I’m finding, especially offshoring as related to the technology field. The more I read, […]