Sep 18, 2008 4:59pm GMT
On her blog, Linux Foundation's Amanda McPherson explains why she created the upcoming Linux End User Summit. Users from around the globe will be attending. Amanda writes, "The countries represented by end user participants include: Turkey, Ghana, Brazil, Norway, Israel, Japan, South Africa, Yemen, Germany, Canada, Argentina, Czech Republic, India, Russia, USA, Netherlands. So for a small... more »
Recent Interviews with FOSS LadiesSep 18, 2008 3:03pm GMT
One of the many things I love about working in the field of open source is how cooperative it is. For example, look at these recent interviews by and about women from a variety of backgrounds and experience: Tina Gasperson interviewed LinuxToday's managing editor Carla Schroder for Linux.com. .51's Maria Webster recently interviewed Drupal developer Angela Byron and Linux Journal's webmistress... more »
Leslie Hawthorn's Highlights from DjangoCon 2008Sep 17, 2008 3:45pm GMT
Google's Leslie Hawthorn posted a Highlights from DjangoCon blog, complete with links to conference sessions on YouTube. Google's Open Source Team hosted DjangoCon at the Googleplex. more »
Moral Panics about Girls OnlineSep 16, 2008 11:36pm GMT
If you are on the Debian Women email list, you might have seen the recent link to an MIT Press Journals paper, "High Tech or High Risk: Moral Panics about Girls Online," by Justine Cassell and Meg Crame. The authors researched the history of girls and technology – from the telegraph to the Internet – and show an interesting pattern. People, especially parents, tend to be particularly... more »
Reporting from Linux Plumbers ConferenceSep 16, 2008 5:44pm GMT
The Linux Plumbers Conference is this week in Portland, Oregon. Maria Webster will be keeping us posted on the events, so be sure to check back on our news page for updates. Today she's attending the Student Mini-Conference. more »
AussieChix Microconference October 25Sep 16, 2008 4:05pm GMT
Alice Boxhall and Mary Gardiner are organizing an on October 25th in Sydney and Melbourne. Admission is free and you can register at: AussieChix Microconference. All women attendees are encouraged to speak: "AussieChix aims to help women in the Australian Free Software community participate in the wider community, and one of the ways we'd like to do so is to give women more speaking expe... more »
Groklaw Explains Spammer Case First Amendment IssuesSep 15, 2008 4:16pm GMT
A little less than a year ago, I interviewed Pamela Jones about anonymity online and First Amendment issues. The interview turned into a research paper for my First Amendment class and ultimately ended up as part of my thesis. Another First Amendment class assignment was a debate in which one two-member team had to present the side of the defense in a recent First Amendment case, and another... more »
