Sep 17, 2008 3:45pm GMT
Google's Leslie Hawthorn posted a Highlights from DjangoCon blog, complete with links to conference sessions on YouTube. Google's Open Source Team hosted DjangoCon at the Googleplex. more »
Moral Panics about Girls OnlineSep 16, 2008 11:36pm GMT
If you are on the Debian Women email list, you might have seen the recent link to an MIT Press Journals paper, "High Tech or High Risk: Moral Panics about Girls Online," by Justine Cassell and Meg Crame. The authors researched the history of girls and technology – from the telegraph to the Internet – and show an interesting pattern. People, especially parents, tend to be particularly... more »
Reporting from Linux Plumbers ConferenceSep 16, 2008 5:44pm GMT
The Linux Plumbers Conference is this week in Portland, Oregon. Maria Webster will be keeping us posted on the events, so be sure to check back on our news page for updates. Today she's attending the Student Mini-Conference. more »
AussieChix Microconference October 25Sep 16, 2008 4:05pm GMT
Alice Boxhall and Mary Gardiner are organizing an on October 25th in Sydney and Melbourne. Admission is free and you can register at: AussieChix Microconference. All women attendees are encouraged to speak: "AussieChix aims to help women in the Australian Free Software community participate in the wider community, and one of the ways we'd like to do so is to give women more speaking ex... more »
Groklaw Explains Spammer Case First Amendment IssuesSep 15, 2008 4:16pm GMT
A little less than a year ago, I interviewed Pamela Jones about anonymity online and First Amendment issues. The interview turned into a research paper for my First Amendment class and ultimately ended up as part of my thesis. Another First Amendment class assignment was a debate in which one two-member team had to present the side of the defense in a recent First Amendment case, and anothe... more »
Astronomy and LinuxSep 15, 2008 4:07pm GMT
Akkana Peck has a couple of articles up on LinuxPlanet about astronomy programs in Linux. Part 1 covers KStars, and Part 2 looks at XEphem. more »
Article – IT: Will women smash the glass ceiling?Sep 11, 2008 3:45pm GMT
The Independent ran an article today called IT: Will women smash the glass ceiling? Sarah Blow, founder of Geek Girl Dinners, was interviewed for the story. According to the article, Sarah says that "women are less likely to have the maths or science A-level that most computer science degrees require, and are far less likely to have any qualification at all in computing." Because the... more »
