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She’s Geeky – Show and Tell Your Dev Env session

Posted on January 30, 2009 by Liz Henry

We had a session to talk about what tools, languages, and platforms we use for software and web development. I started off by trying to list all the tools I use for work for development. Then other people stood up … Continue reading →

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She’s Geeky conference this weekend in Mountain View

Posted on January 27, 2009 by Liz Henry

This Friday and Saturday I’m going to the She’s Geeky conference at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View. Take a look at the proposed topics and at the list of women coming to the conference! It was a great … Continue reading →

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SCALE conference: Women in Open Source

Posted on December 22, 2008 by Liz Henry

I heard about this conference, the Southern California Linux Expo, only because they have a Women in Open Source track. It showed up on my Google Alerts and on several of my mailing lists. Here’s their call for proposals to … Continue reading →

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Potlatch sf convention’s Books of Honor

Posted on November 10, 2008 by Liz Henry

Potlatch, a small, book-focused science fiction convention, wanders up and down the West Coast of the U.S. Every year that I’ve been to it, it has a Book of Honor instead of a Guest of Honor. There is only one … Continue reading →

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Every day is Men’s Day

Posted on October 15, 2008 by Liz Henry

At BlogHer, when Jocelyn Harmon from Marketing for Nonprofits stood up during the keynote panel to ask Carol Jenkins how we can make stories, and news, and politics, more complicated around race, gender, and class, there were women cheering all … Continue reading →

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Liveblogging take two: BlogHer Boston

Posted on October 11, 2008 by Liz Henry

Our workshop was for Blogging Basics: personalize, polish, and promote your blog. Danielle Henderson, Alissa Kriteman, and Meghan Garnum joined me on the stage. Kristy got us in touch with Elliot, the hotel employee setting up the projector, who found … Continue reading →

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BlogHer Boston, liveblogged

Posted on October 11, 2008 by Liz Henry

Morning:I hit the breakfast and the swag. Scored: fresh pineapple, pastry, coffee, starbucks jar ‘ o coffee to carry around (very handy for a wheelchair user!) Scored a laser pointer usb drive ballpoint pen, Springpad notebook and good conversation about … Continue reading →

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Call for submissions: WisCon Chronicles, volume 3

Posted on August 24, 2008 by Liz Henry

Call for Ideas and ContributionsWisCon Chronicles Volume 3 – WisCon 32 Were you at WisCon 32 in 2008? Aqueduct Press would love to hear from you with ideas and materials for Volume 3 of The WisCon Chronicles. ANY panel, event, … Continue reading →

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Butch as hell sys admin hacker women who will kick your ass

Posted on July 21, 2008 by Liz Henry

From a few completely different sources I have heard of nascent conferences to train women how to talk at tech conferences. From everything I have seen, women know perfectly well how to talk at technical and computing and web 2.0 … Continue reading →

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BlogHer in Second Life

Posted on July 10, 2008 by Liz Henry

The BlogHer Conference is coming up next week! We’ll have tons of people in BlogHer in Second Life where there will be an entire conference track. Take a look at Erin’s outline of the BlogHer Second Life Conference schedule. Would … Continue reading →

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