Jun 18, 2008 3:57pm GMT
Google is sponsoring more than 50 scholarships for women to attend this year's Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing Conference. The deadline to submit an application is June 22, so don't procrastinate. more »
Mozilla's Window SnyderJun 18, 2008 3:48pm GMT
The USA Today site posted an interesting article, called "'Geek Girl' helps keep Mozilla safe in scary times," about Window Snyder, Mozilla's 'chief security something-or-other'. I see a lot about women in technology needing more mentors, so I was happy to see that Window's dear ol' mom taught her to program Basic when she was only five. more »
Jean Bartik enters the Computer History Museum's "Hall of Fellows"Jun 18, 2008 3:01pm GMT
Today, maddog blogged that Linus Torvalds and Bob Metcalfe will be inducted into the Computer History Museum's Hall of Fellows this October. The museum, located in Mountain View, California, has an impressive list of exhibits, including a collection of computer marketing brochures, early computers and vintage PCs, and the Babbage Engine. Maddog sent me some exciting news for women in comp... more »
News from our neighborhood: Django Software FoundationJun 17, 2008 5:19pm GMT
Our magazine offices are only about a block away from the Lawrence Journal-World and The World Company headquarters in Lawrence, Kansas. This morning, as I sipped my coffee and scanned the local paper's website, I noticed an article about the Django Software Foundation. The Django homepage describes it as "... a high-level Python Web framework that encourages rapid development and cle... more »
Linux Pro magazine: Providing Live Streaming from USENIX '08Jun 17, 2008 4:40pm GMT
If you can't make it to USENIX next week, you can still participate online. We will be broadcasting all talks of the "Invited Talks" track on USENIX '08 via live streaming from June 25 to June 27. It's the next-best thing to being there – the live-streaming browser interface provides the video, audio, and actual talk slides, in addition to a chat feature. All the details... more »
"When girls are 'guys'"Jun 16, 2008 2:57pm GMT
Our editor in chief, Joe Casad, and I once had a heated discussion about using he/she, he, she, or 'they' when we were referring to a singular gender-neutral person. I thought that if the article's author is male, we should use he, and if the article author is female, we'd use she. Joe thought that we should use they, even though it's technically plural, because they is now commonly accepted... more »
"The Coming of the Nerdettes"Jun 16, 2008 2:37pm GMT
Over at technewsworld.com, Katherine Noyes wrote a blog about a recent Newsweek article, "Revenge of the Nerdette." I considered mentioning the Newsweek article last week, but I didn't think it was particularly newsworthy – the concept of "Meet the Nerd Girls: they're smart, they're techie and they're hot" didn't say anything new or revolutionary to me. Basically, it rehas... more »
