BurningbirdRecovered from the Wayback Machine. I do not understand why we continue to focus on Iraq, whom I think we all know, deep in our hearts and minds not to be a threat, when we’re faced with situation far more chilling: North Korea’s withdrawal from the nuclear non-proliferation treaty. I watched the Berlin wall come down and […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Clay Shirky took what is basically an informal, distributed, totally loose system we’re all calling LazyWeb (because, well, we tend to like catchy terms), and formalizing the hell out of it. He writes at O’Reilly: However, the coordination costs of the LazyWeb as a whole are very high, and they will grow as […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Sorry, but this is all just too good and I must share: Don’t invite only male speakers If all your speakers are always men, women will notice and not feel welcome. Role models people can identify with are important to staying interested in a field. Do ask women to speak […]
More from the Women in Linux paper: Don’t tell sexist jokes Sexist jokes are the number one way to drive women out of any group, and they are more common than many people realize. I have more than once heard a man say that he doesn’t make that kind of joke, and then hours or minutes […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Dorothea linked to a power house web site tonight: Women in Linux. You all should print this out on pretty paper, put a bow on it and give it to the Alpha Man in your life. Seriously, though, Dorothea, I’m finding that this straight forward, honest, and out in the open approach just isn’t effective. […]