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Back the Pastry Box Book

January 14, 2013 – 5:58 pm

As I mentioned, I wrote for the Pastry Box Project for all of 2012. Now, it’s hopefully going to be printed in dead tree form with the royalties going to the Red Cross. That’s kind of nice, as are many of the fancier offerings at the higher tiers (hand press? illustrations? all sorts!). So, if [...]

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A follow-up to “Conferences aren’t the problem”

January 8, 2013 – 2:54 pm

Writing a follow-up seems necessary at this point, because my last post garnered more attention than I had anticipated, and the comments on it were much more, well, ridiculous than I think I can give justice to (thanks, hacker news!). I thought I’d take the time to clarify a few points and respond generally. The [...]

By Frances | Also posted in Speaking | Tagged conferences, diversity, equal opportunities, women in technology | Comments (3)

Conferences aren’t the problem

January 6, 2013 – 2:11 am

We’ve barely started the new year, and already there’s been a spat about a conference and their lack of diversity. Rather unfortunately, they picked 22 white, young, men and only one woman (so far) to be on their invited experts panels at a developer conference. Hey, it happens, and pretty much no one would do [...]

By Frances | Also posted in Speaking | Tagged diversity, edgeconf, stereotypes, women in technology | Comments (24)

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