Speaking of women in Open Source; OLPC alumni Mary-Lou Jepson was recently a keynote speaker at the Grace Hopper Conference on women in technology. I've heard that there is a professional video of the event, but I haven't seen it online.
She also had a really cool interview mid-summer that I haven't really seen anyone talk about yet: http://www.bigthink.com/business-economics/11935 --Seth On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 10:43 AM, Brian Jordan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Free Software Magazine has published an article about the gender gap > in open source software development vs. commercial software > development and some things that projects can do to be more inviting > to female contributors. > > > http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/columns/ten_easy_ways_attract_women_your_free_software_project > > (found via Rwanda LUG: > > http://groups.google.co.uk/group/rwanda-lug/web/women-in-open-source-projects > ... thanks Robert) > > Some of article's points: > • Use forums instead of mailing lists > • When possible, wikis instead of version control archives > • When possible, high level languages > • Replace pecking-orders with affirmation processes (thank you's) > • Don't undervalue documentation, marketing, graphics > • Create a formal mentoring / induction process > • Make the existing women in your project visible > _______________________________________________ > Olpc-open mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-open >
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