Game the system, change the system
The other night, I gave a Women Who Code Lightning Talk on some of the disadvantages women have in the workplace, and some ways around them and ways to change them. Here it is:
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Thoughts on women in tech
My blog has been neglected because I’ve been so busy running the Women’s Javascript Study Group and doing related networking. O’Reilly wants to give us books! Women 2.0 wants to help out! And Women Who Code is going to be our parent group! This feel-good buzz around women in tech …
Yay for women in tech!
With Zoosk’s support, my colleague Kristin & I are starting a Women’s Javascript Study Group. I blogged about it on Zoosk’s Engineering Blog — it’s for both beginners and more experienced folk, and we’ll focus on learning vanilla JS and sharing new findings with each other.
On Plumbers & Persuading Stakeholders
Just spent a few amazing days at An Event Apart Austin. I got into many fun conversations, but I got to thinking about one in particular this morning…. I brought up the issue of persuading stakeholders to adopt certain practices with Jeremy Keith, and suggested it might be a good …
Semantic Markup: a good place to start.
5 years ago in September ’07, I started a blog with this post. I’m now reposting this excited first-time-at-An-Event-Apart post because I like it, and because it’s a really lazy way to start a new blog…. The most important thing I learned at An Event Apart is something I already …