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Connecting

The ABCs of frank online talk

A: “I want to have a frank discussion.”   B: “I’m game.” C: “Me, too.” D: “That’s what’s great about this environment–the honesty and openness.” E: “Whatever you want to talk about, I’m cool.” F: “Yo!”   A: “Well, the software I’m using is pretty good, but the license says I can’t help a friend […]

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Diversity

Sigh Friday

But I don’t knit. I agree with Lauren. Sigh. Other good takes on the interview: Home Cooked: “What these comments consistently fail to do is explain why women’s activities have been forced to take place in the realm of the domestic, and how their talk has been dismissed as trivial compared with the seriousness of the […]

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Diversity Technology Weblogging

Technology is neither good nor evil

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Technorati has been coming under fire a great deal lately, including this latest by Om Malik, who writes: So this is where I lose the plot – I tag my post, Technorati benefits, and despite all that, my tags help spammers who clog my RSS readers gain more readers. That’s absolutely rotten! […]

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Diversity Weblogging

Life isn’t an oven, you can’t control the temperature

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. It would be the ultimate irony if of the individual posts related to BlogHer, the one or ones linked the most were either by guys who attended the conference, or those who didn’t. Having said that, I am linking to one, Jay Rosen’s. Of his overall impression of the conference, Rosen […]

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Diversity Technology Weblogging

Lurking tool hit one

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. I was asked in the BlogHer chat if my ears were burning and I can see why — I was mentioned in the opening session debate of the conference. Here is a liveblogging account where Mena Trott says that I dismiss her, and criticize the company because there are no women in […]