Jul 29, 2009 3:14pm GMT
I think I'm recovered from OSCON finally, so I can get back to my poor neglected blog. Over the course of the past couple of weeks, I met many women in open source. I also got to spend some quality face time with women I already know. The topic of "women in open source" was covered in depth and with frequency at the Community Leadership Summit and OSCON 2009. A lot of the conversatio... more »
POSSE 2009Jul 20, 2009 4:33pm GMT
One of the many interesting, inspiring people I met at the Community Leadership Summit was Mel Chua. Mel left the event early to head to a bootcamp (POSSE 2009: Professor's Open Source Summer Experience) for educators who are interested in teaching classes on open source. According to the event site: Sponsored by Red Hat, the POSSE program is a weeklong bootcamp that will immerse profess... more »
Community Leadership Summit: Day 1Jul 19, 2009 2:37am GMT
The first Community Leadership Summit kicked off today in San Jose, California, and the turnout is great. If you couldn't make it in person, you can follow along on Twitter (#cls) or read the session notes on the event wiki. Jono Bacon and the other event organizers and volunteers have done a wonderful job of creating an event that feels inclusive. Attendees range from actual "community m... more »
Danese Cooper Interview & Women at OSCONJul 14, 2009 7:11pm GMT
O'Reilly Radar's James Turner recently interviewed Danese Cooper: Making Government Transparent Using R. Danese talks about our new administration and creating a more transparent government, her role with R and Revolution Computing, and OSCON. It's a great interview, so check it out. James asked Danese what talks she plans to see at OSCON, and she said that Deborah Bryant's panel, Bureaucra... more »
Community Leadership Summit & OSCON 2009Jul 10, 2009 3:26pm GMT
Next Friday I'm flying out to San Jose for the Community Leadership Summit. The summit is free, but registration is required so don't forget that detail if you're planning to attend. (And it looks like attendees will be in very good company!) Are you going to OSCON? If so, be sure to stop by our booth (#504) and pick up a copy of the magazine. (Save an additional 15% off when you use discoun... more »
WindyCityRails: ChildcareJul 03, 2009 3:31pm GMT
The WindyCityRails event will be held September 12 in Chicago. A few weeks ago, Dana Jones told event organizer, Raymond T. Hightower, that onsite childcare would help increase attendance by women. On her blog, Dana writes, "Ray was very enthusiastic about the idea, and actually followed through on researching childcare alternatives for WCR! The Westin – which is hosting the conference in... more »
Raising Women ProgrammersJun 25, 2009 5:48pm GMT
I ran across a post on SnowWrites today called "Will women programmers be extinct?" Blog author Donna Snow writes about the shortage of women working as programmers and says, "As a mom of five daughters (and one son) I have just realized I’m contributing to this lack of interest in technology. Even though I’ve spent the last ten(10) years working with Open Source projects and ta... more »
