Tag Archives: feminism

Ada Lovelace Day: Sandra K. Johnson

Posted on October 7, 2011 by

There are two ways to answer the question, “Why are there so few famous women scientists and technologists?” One is to point out the obstacles women faced (and still face). For example, Lise Meitner, co-discoverer of nuclear fission, wasn’t allowed … Continue reading →

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Sady Doyle on the connection between mansplaining and street harassment

Posted on September 2, 2011 by

So Sady Doyle writes for the choir – people who are already fairly self-aware and well-educated feminists – and I don’t generally recommend reading her writing unless you’re well beyond Feminism 101. But her last post included a great explanation … Continue reading →

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Ada Initiative seed funding round successful

Posted on June 28, 2011 by

The Ada Initiative’s seed funding round closed successfully – a week early! Thank you to all of our donors. I won’t go into detail here, except to say that it was utterly exhausting (especially with attending two conferences during the … Continue reading →

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Investing some social capital

Posted on June 21, 2011 by

Over the years, I’ve tried to be an interesting person, on my web page, my blog, in person (less successfully), and so on, in part so that when I had something important to say, somebody would be listening. I have … Continue reading →

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Ada Initiative Seed 100 donation drive opens

Posted on June 2, 2011 by

We started the Ada Initiative Seed 100 fund-raising campaign this morning, the first opportunity to donate personally to the Ada Initiative and help women in open source/tech/culture. We kept the “schwag” down to a minimum and went for one really … Continue reading →

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Take the Ada Initiative Census – and update your resumé!

Posted on March 9, 2011 by

Over at my day job at the Ada Initiative, we just launched a census of women in open technology and culture. From the blog post: The survey (intended for people of any gender) asks two broad sets of questions: What … Continue reading →

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Call for translations: HOWTO Encourage Women in Linux

Posted on March 9, 2011 by

Recently, Jason Fragoso kindly translated HOWTO Encourage Women in Linux into Belarussian. I went to add this to my list of translations of this HOWTO – and discovered that I had only a list of languages it had been translated … Continue reading →

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The Ada Initiative launches: promoting women in open technology and culture

Posted on February 8, 2011 by

As regular readers of this blog will know, I quit my kernel job in January in order to work on women in open source. Today, Mary Gardiner and I are excited to announce the launch of the Ada Initiative, a … Continue reading →

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LCA 2011 trip report

Posted on January 30, 2011 by

The LCA organizers have done it again; not even a natural disaster could prevent them from throwing a conference that lived up to the LCA standards: friendly, fun, and technical. As usual, there was something for everyone, from the hardened … Continue reading →

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Going to LCA 2011

Posted on January 10, 2011 by

Just a quick note to say I just finished putting together the funding to attend this year’s Linux Conference Australia. I will be running a session at the Haecksen miniconf and volunteering at Haecksen’s Open Day booth but not speaking … Continue reading →

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