On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 6:48 PM, Seth Woodworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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.
I prodded one of the professional societies to do a piece on her for a Women in Computing publication. I must dig up my references and see whether that is publicly available. > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Olpc-open mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-open > > -- Don't panic.--HHGTTG, Douglas Adams fivethirtyeight.com, 3bluedudes.com Obama still moving ahead in EC! http://www.obamapedia.org/ Join us! http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/User:Mokurai For the children _______________________________________________ Olpc-open mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-open
