Nov 19, 2009 6:19pm GMT
When I returned to my office from SC09 today, I found my requested review copy of Confessions of a Public Speaker on my desk. I plan to read it as soon as possible and I'll post my review here on this blog as part of my effort to see 2010 as The Year of WIOS at Events. Today I also found an email from Klaatu with a link to his recording of my Ohio LinuxFest Diversity in Open Source talk. At... more »
Sarah Stokely on Women in Tech (or what's keeping them out)Nov 11, 2009 4:58pm GMT
Sarah Stokely posted a thoughtful response today to the question What is keeping women out of tech? She says, "It’s partly because so many sexist behaviours happen again and again and again that women sometimes lose patience with demanding better behaviour. It sometimes feels you’d have more success trying to herd a colony of cats than change the elements within any given male dominated t... more »
Open and AccessibleNov 02, 2009 4:42pm GMT
One of the many things I love about working in the world of open source is that this field is much more about passion than profit. Think of how many extra hours you or your friends and colleagues put in on nights and weekends (and occasional holidays). You don't do that for just a "Job". I'm excited to work in a field full of people who are so aware of – passionate about – accessi... more »
ROSE Blog Interviews: Ellen Siever, co-author of Linux in a NutshellNov 02, 2009 2:40pm GMT
The latest release of O'Reilly's well-respected Linux in a Nutshell book recently hit bookstore shelves. Co-author Ellen Siever answers the ROSE Blog interview questions: Q: Who are you? A: I'm Ellen Siever. For many years I was a mainframe assembler language programmer, working at several companies in the Boston area. Later, I joined O'Reilly, where I stayed for almost 8 years in v... more »
Ubuntu 9.10 Released; Ubuntu User magazine goes to printOct 29, 2009 6:38pm GMT
Ubuntu 9.10, a.k.a. Karmic Koala, was officially released today, and Ubuntu users around the world celebrated in person at the official release party, online, and by downloading the latest version. Here in our editorial offices we put the finishing touches on Ubuntu User magazine issue #3 and sent it off to the printer. Check back for sample articles from that issue in a couple of... more »
ROSE Blog Interviews: Juliet Kemp, author and admin extraordinaireOct 28, 2009 6:08pm GMT
In this interview, we hear from Juliet Kemp, sys admin extraordinaire and a frequent contributor to Linux Magazine/Linux Pro Magazine. Her articles in our issues include: Serving up ASP.NET from Apache with Mod_Mono Linux Software on Mac OSX Get Started with strace and Debug Faster Techniques for Extending Your Website with CSS Tuning in with Hobbit, Nagios, and monit Remote Acc... more »
Most Influential People in Open Source (and women, too!)Oct 27, 2009 9:25pm GMT
MindTouch released a list of Most Influential People in Open Source, and despite rereading the list several times, I'm not seeing any women on it. More than 50 votes from "industry insiders" determined who would make this list of influential people (specifically, men). I'm not sure who the insiders are – were you one of them? If not, who would you name as some of the Most Influent... more »
