Mar 29, 2009 9:19pm GMT
Registration is open for She's Geeky #4, which will be held at the LMI facilities in Northern Virginia. Proposed topics will be added to the site as more people register. Visit the She's Geeky site for more information and to watch a video montage from the first She's Geeky conference, which was held in October 2007. more »
June 12-14 – Writing Open Source: The ConferenceMar 26, 2009 3:22pm GMT
Registration is now open for a documentation-focused event, Write Open Source: The Conference, which will be held June 12-14 in Owen Sound, Canada. A cool $250(CAN) will get you into the event, covers airport shuttle, and includes delicious meals made from locally grown food. (That Emma Jane Hogbin knows how to throw a party... I mean, conference.) "Well what is Writing Open Source, and h... more »
2009 WITI Hall of Fame Award-Winners AnnouncedMar 25, 2009 4:58pm GMT
WITI just announced the four women who will be inducted into the the WITI (Women in Technology International) Hall of Fame this June: Patricia S. Cowings, Research Psychologist, Human Systems Integration Division, NASA Ames Research Center Maxine Fassberg, Vice President, Technology and Manufacturing Group, Fab 28 Plant Manager, General Manager, Intel Israel Dr. Sharon Nunes, Vic... more »
In Honor of AdaMar 24, 2009 4:48pm GMT
Ada Lovelace Day is an international day of blogging to draw attention to women excelling in technology. I can't narrow it down to one heroine. Instead, I present a list of just a few of my many tech heroines. First, I'd pick my mentor Amber Ankerholz, former editor in chief of Sys Admin magazine. Approaching technology from a journalist's perspective, Amber did an outstanding job of edit... more »
College Degree Required?Mar 24, 2009 2:46pm GMT
Last night I had a conversation with a friend of mine – a freelance writer – about the state of journalism, journalists, bloggers, and "the media." Without going into too much detail, let's just say that I went off on a tangent about people saying "the media" when they mean "bloggers," and how not all bloggers qualify as journalists or members of the media and not... more »
Google Summer of Code: Student applications now openMar 23, 2009 9:18pm GMT
Last week, Google unveiled the 150 mentoring organizations selected for Google Summer of Code (GSoC) 2009, and students can begin submitting applications now. Recently, I spoke with Leslie Hawthorn, Program Manager for Google's Open Source Team, and I asked her about what's new for this year's Google Summer of Code. Leslie says that she's most excited about the Melange project, which will mak... more »
Now Serving: Open Source in EducationMar 17, 2009 9:39pm GMT
I finished grad school almost a year ago, and since then I thought a lot about what things I should cram into those tiny chunks of time that were previously filled with graduate classes. T.V. got boring much faster than I expected, so I considered opening a roller rink, I surfed the web for law schools, and I fantasized about opening a little cupcake shoppe (which I would name Cupcake Castle).... more »
