BurningbirdThe importance of supporting diversity
Meg Hourihan wrote a comment in Liz’s post about her own speaking experiences, and that her main reason for doing so is to increase the presence of women speaking at these conferences. I commend her for this, but her words did trigger a second bugaboo I have about women at conferences – we tend to be ’safe’. Or […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Liz Lawley wrote a well-balanced and thoughtful essay on social software conferences and the unfortunate lack of women speakers at same: I know, I know these conferences have open calls for presentations, and if women didn’t apply well, shame on us. (And yes, I’ve now shamed myself into at least submitting a […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Under the banner of equal opportunity, the demand for full integration of women means special treatment for women. They want special breaks-a woman shouldn’t have to perform the same physical tests as a man. This agenda is driven not by women in uniform, but by their civilian advocates, who would […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. This essay is long, and includes terms that are racially offensive, but also representative of the time in which they were used. Much of my earliest reading was through books I pilfered from my brother’s shelves when he was out playing with his friends. It was through my brother that […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Dave quotes a posting from Tara Sue, who writes: My friend Ross and I have a lot in common. We both come from military families–his cousin and uncle serve and my brothers are soldiers. We were both raised by our father. And we share many ideas in business and politics. But there […]