I ran into a post this morning that seriously caught my attention. If you’ve ever wondered what it is like to be a Woman in technology, then I recommend you read what Nicole Sullivan has to say. She talks about the difference between The Code Cowboy and The Good Developer. I know a lot of [...]
Archive for the ‘Technology’ Category
7 Mar
Adding photos in wordpress is ridiculously difficult
I started writing another post, but I wanted to add 10 photos to it. Inserting photos let me upload 10 photos, but then my option seems to either add a gallery, or to add each one individually. I don’t know what a gallery is, and I want to intersperse text around my photo, so I [...]
2 Feb
Password changing time
I am fairly certain that passwords that expire are timed to do so at the most inopportune time, such as hours before a two week vacation, just before falling asleep, or after an undisclosed amount of sake at dinner. It never fails that the next time you type in that password, you don’t recall what [...]
20 Jan
Why women don’t get ahead
On the same topic I’ve been harping about lately, and to prove that I’m not the only one thinking it, here is an interesting Rant About Women by Clay Shirky at NYU. An excerpt, So I get email from a good former student, applying for a job and asking for a recommendation. “Sure”, I say, [...]
19 Jan
Why girls don’t become engineers, part 2
Seriously, is this how guys learned resister codes? I refuse to repost the racist rape mneumonic here, but you can read it for yourself in the comments in this reddit post. Thanks to @janeylicious for pointing this out.
19 Jan
Why girls don’t become engineers
This morning, I gave a presentation to a class of fifth graders. Just 15 minutes in the classroom in which I tutor. I began with a very simple question. “What does an engineer look like?” A couple boys raised their hands. I called on the first one. “They fix cars.” “Actually, mechanics fix cars. But [...]
19 Jan
Computer retirement home
Two weeks before Christmas, I was standing in Brother K’s kitchen with Sparkles for that 36 hours in Boston. We learned that my uncle wanted to get a computer for our Meme. We thought the idea of our grandmother finally getting online was a brilliant idea. A couple years ago, we gave her an HP [...]
5 Jan
Geeks drive girls out of Computer Science
I’ve been a voyeur into a discussion between teachers about how geeks drive girls out of computer science. Here are some of my thoughts on the subject and how teachers, boys, and girls themselves, can all work to help fix this problem. Please leave comments! Are you a guy or girl in the industry? Then [...]
25 Nov
Mobile WordPress
One of the reasons I switched to WordPress is the mobile version of the blog. I clicked a link to someone’s blog on my iPhone the other day and was completely surprised when I found a really nice view similar to this: I really liked how simple it was, and cut down on the loading [...]
