Oddly enough Jon Udell’s hiring also left me feeling sad, and a little depressed. I look back on the ‘announcements’ of new hires and moves between and to companies in the last year, and I can’t remember this same level excitement about a tech woman taking a new position. Heck, I can’t remember a tech […]
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Beautiful photos but less happy story
I also wanted to post a link to Mike Golby and his beautiful photos of South Africa. Unfortunately, these may be it for a while, as his car was stolen today. Of the event he writes: The snaps I’ve been able to catalogue over the past eight months have, frequently, felt like my documenting of the […]
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Free will and religion
The Columbia Missourian has a thoughtful article on how the different religions in Missouri view Amendment 2. It’s timely, for me at least, because I needed to be reminded that religion does not automatically kill brain cells. The St. Louis Post Post-Dispatch has an excellent article on the economic impact of not passing Amendment 2. Not only are we […]
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This is not a feminist weblog
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. I’ve been informed that I can no longer call myself a feminist because I don’t agree with the other feminist webloggers as regards to the Alas a Weblog issue. To be honest, after reading some of the responses, I must say I don’t feel too unhappy. I’m not sure where […]
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OpenAjax
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. From OpenAjax update: With each member company having one vote, OpenAjax Alliance elected its inaugural 7-member Steering Committee: Dojo Foundation (SitePen), Eclipse Foundation, IBM, Nexaweb, Tibco, Zend and Zimbra. The individuals that represent these member companies on the Steering Committee are: Alex Ruseel (Dojo/SitePen), Mike Milinkovich, David Boloker(IBM), Coach Wei (Nexaweb), […]