Hey all, this is just an observation, but I noticed that in this small sample of women that we tend towards "planning" and "connecting". I wonder if this holds true for women in tech in general. What do you think?
Hi all,
I'm an editor with Manning Publications (http://www.manning.com), a writer, photographer, web programmer, instructor (primarily database design these days), and probably a few other things I can't quite remember just now. I'm interested in…
Mika,
what I found odd was that they were fine experimenting with art materials, but not with a computer, so I don't think they were conditioned not to experiment per se. Somehow though, the desire to experiment did not translate to the computer. I…
I too have almost always been the only female in the room whether it was college classes or working in the industry. However I've had an equal number of male and female bosses over the years, so I don't think women are discriminated against so much…
Gabe, Rik,
I said I thought (my opinion) that it wasn't fair, I didn't mean it wasn't a valid idea. I'm interested in broadening the community of technology enthusiast specifically in Hawaii. I believe that personal interaction, volunteering to go…
Rik, I'm not convinced that SL trumps personal human interaction, especially when it comes to instruction (but quote me a couple of peer-reviewed papers and prove me wrong, personal anecdotes don't do anything for me). I'm not saying that there isn'…
Most tech people I know in Hawaii weren't originally from Hawaii. This is the only state I've lived in where this is the case, and I think it means that we could be doing a far better job of educating children, teens, and young adults in science and…