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Tag Archives: kernel
Ada Lovelace Day: Sandra K. Johnson
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
Help improve open source, make the world a better place, AND travel to Australia
The LCA 2012 Call for Papers (speakers and tutorials, really) is still open. The Linux Conference Australia audience is bright, curious, and eager to learn more. In particular, LCA attendees seem to love talks about file systems and storage, and … Continue reading
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Tagged giant squid, kernel, lca, linux
Old kernel programmers can too learn new tricks
One of the strangest things about designing the Ada Initiative Seed 100 individual donation campaign is that I find myself working with GRAPHICS! *shudder* I’m a stereotypical kernel programmer in many ways, including my vast preference for text, starting with … Continue reading
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Tagged kernel, linux
On the necessity of assholes
I just read Rusty Russell’s recent blog post about code written by assholes and Jacob Kaplan-Moss’s response. I’ll summarize Rusty’s point as “You don’t have to like assholes or agree with them, you just have to work with them in … Continue reading
The Ada Initiative launches: promoting women in open technology and culture
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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Tagged feminism, kernel, linux
LCA 2011 trip report
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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Tagged feminism, kernel, lca, linux
DARPA contracts vs. dreams
A few years ago, I dreamed that I was walking into a giant underground bunker with a bunch of other scientists. Through crystal-clear dream logic, I immediately understood that I had joined an NSA project to re-implement modern computer hardware … Continue reading
More eyeballs please, nom nom
It’s always a little disturbing getting a peek inside the sausage factory, especially when it comes to software and developers I have irrational faith in – like any project involving cryptography. We would all like to believe that “given enough … Continue reading
Leaving Red Hat
I’m leaving Red Hat, effective January 7th. Here’s my self-interview on the topic… Q: Why are you leaving Red Hat? A: Good question! I’ve worked for a lot of companies as a Linux kernel developer (IBM, Intel, Red Hat, etc.). … Continue reading
Back on the speaker circuit
Over the years I have attended a lot of conferences, as you can see from this photograph of my conference badge collection: The badges are sorted into columns, starting with 1995 – 2000 on the left and 2009-2010 on the … Continue reading
