Jun 03, 2008 3:02pm GMT
Registration is now open for the 2008 Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, which will be held October 1-4 in Keystone, Colorado. The keynote speakers are Fran Allen, IBM Fellow Emerita and 2007 Turing Award Winner, and Mary Lou Jepsen, founder and CTO of One Laptop per Child. more »
Geek Goddesses articleMay 23, 2008 5:08pm GMT
The Guardian ran an article today about Sarah Blow and the London Girl Geek Dinners. In August, the 3rd anniversary London Girl Geek Dinners event will be held at the Google headquarters. more »
Review: Ark LinuxMay 21, 2008 5:14pm GMT
Susan Linton wrote a review of Ark Linux 2008 for Linux.com. What is Ark Linux? According to the website, "Ark Linux is a Linux distribution for everyone - designed to be easy to install and learn for users without prior Linux (or computer) experience, while powerful enough for longtime Linux users." Susan checked out the newest release... and doesn't recommend it. more »
Top 50 Tech Visionaries Article: 5 women make the listMay 21, 2008 2:59pm GMT
Five women made the list in Network World's "Top 50 Tech Visionaries" article. Grace Murray Hopper comes in at 26, Meg Whitman is number 31, Ann Winblad is number 35, and Arianna Huffington is number 44 followed by Susan Kare at number 45. more »
Surveys Show Shrinking IT PaychecksMay 20, 2008 8:31pm GMT
InformationWeek's Marianne Kolbasuk McGee wrote about a recent report by IT staffing firm Yoh that shows wages dropping in the first quarter of 2008 for IT professionals. Marianne's article says that tech wages were 2.7% lower in February 2008 than the same time last year. The study also indicates that the salary decline mirrors what's happening in the US economy overall. Last month, Mariann... more »
Linux Plumbers Conference: Sept. 17-19May 19, 2008 8:38pm GMT
The Linux Plumbers Conference is September 17-19 in Portland, Oregon. According to the conference page: "The Linux Plumbers Conference was created to provide a forum for communication and problem- solving for issues which are system-wide and cross project boundaries. This community event includes both invited guests as well as open registration, gathering 300 stakeholders, decision makers... more »
Open Source EmbroideryMay 13, 2008 2:50pm GMT
Many moons ago, before I started grad school, I embroidered almost every day. I look forward to embroidering again, starting right after my graduation party this weekend. So it's fitting that frequent Linux Magazine contributor Dmitri Popov sent me this fabulous link today to Open Source Embroidery. According to the site: "The same arguments about Open Source vs Free Software can... more »
