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Tag Archives: linux
The Linux community can’t remain silent while leaders make anti-woman comments
I’ve written about prominent open source software leader Ted Ts’o’s public comments about rape for the Ada Initiative over on their blog. This post is about my personal reactions. I know, you don’t want to read about some Linux programmer’s … Continue reading
Has open source given to you? Give back so women have the same chance you did
This is a cross-post of a post I wrote for the Ada Initiative blog about what open source software and Linux in particular has given me. Like many of you, open source software gave me a good job as a … Continue reading
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Tagged feminism, kernel, linux, volunteer
Google search loves me
I’m not sure why, but my personal web sites come up shockingly often as the first result in Google searches for not terribly obscure search terms. I’ve checked by searching in a browser in incogito mode and it looks like … Continue reading
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
Investing some social capital
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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Tagged ada initiative, feminism, 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
Ada Initiative Seed 100 donation drive opens
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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Tagged feminism, 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
Take the Ada Initiative Census – and update your resumé!
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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Tagged ada initiative, feminism, linux
