ladies of sudo at a women in tech event for a cool danish company that's into communal DIY?
1 Apr
2013
1 Apr
'13
4:02 p.m.
Hey ladies,
Someone slap my wrist if this is too commercial-(i'm sure i'll get
spanked)-but I'd love to have any technical women who code and hack stuff
like Jordan or Vicki (google glasses) meister be my dates for a Women in
Tech event held by a Danish b2b company Tradeshift.
They're all into hackerspaces and communes. Their CEO was all over the
Danish BBS scene and is a hacker himself!
This is this Wednesday evening -- if you code and are into international
networks, it would be so interested.
My selfish motivation is that I'd just love to see more women who actually
code and aren't afraid to get their hands dirty with embedded systems at
these internatinoal events, not just marketing babes who look sexy in
heels.
Best,
Romy
1 Apr
1 Apr
4:47 p.m.
Hi Romy,
we haven't met, but I wanted to relay to you that the *style* of
your email made me feel a bit uneasy and made me doubt your
commitment to the *content* : namely that you want to see more
women in tech.
In my experience, regardless of gender identity, the technical
ability is not the *only* issue keeping more folks from
participating in tech events, whereas the atmosphere often can
be. In particular, think of how intimidating it would be for
someone new who might otherwise consider going to this event were
it not for your implied expectation of technical prowess at the
risk of being dismissed as being just a "marketing" type. And
vice versa for someone with serious tech chops to think twice
about their appearance (which may normally include wearing high
heels, for example).
best,
--
Paul Ivanov
http://pirsquared.org | GPG/PGP key id: 0x0F3E28F7
4:59 p.m.
New subject: ladies of sudo at a women in tech event for a cool danish company that's into communal DIY?
Paul your points are valid. Thanks for letting me know... I don't want to send too
much stuff like this to the list
I struggle with these issues myself.
---
Romy Ilano
Founder of Snowyla
http://www.snowyla.com
romy(a)snowyla.com
On Apr 1, 2013, at 16:47, Paul Ivanov <pi(a)berkeley.edu> wrote:
Hi Romy,
we haven't met, but I wanted to relay to you that the *style* of
your email made me feel a bit uneasy and made me doubt your
commitment to the *content* : namely that you want to see more
women in tech.
In my experience, regardless of gender identity, the technical
ability is not the *only* issue keeping more folks from
participating in tech events, whereas the atmosphere often can
be. In particular, think of how intimidating it would be for
someone new who might otherwise consider going to this event were
it not for your implied expectation of technical prowess at the
risk of being dismissed as being just a "marketing" type. And
vice versa for someone with serious tech chops to think twice
about their appearance (which may normally include wearing high
heels, for example).
best,
--
Paul Ivanov
http://pirsquared.org | GPG/PGP key id: 0x0F3E28F7
5:07 p.m.
There are definitely lots of women around doing embedded systems stuff
Romy! Do you know about Women Who Code? They are software focused but
know lots of people who go to their events are into hardware too, and they
have really great study groups and meetups!
Sometimes it is just easier to network internationally with other women.
There is also AdaCamp coming up in June, http://sf.adacamp.org/ It's
going to be fabulous.... and there will be hardware stuff happening and a
hackathon...
- Liz
On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 4:59 PM, Romy Ilano <romy(a)snowyla.com> wrote:
Paul your points are valid. Thanks for letting me
know... I don't want to
send too much stuff like this to the list
I struggle with these issues myself.
---
Romy Ilano
Founder of Snowyla
http://www.snowyla.com
romy(a)snowyla.com
On Apr 1, 2013, at 16:47, Paul Ivanov <pi(a)berkeley.edu> wrote:
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Liz Henry
lhenry(a)mozilla.com
lizhenry(a)gmail.com
Hi Romy,
we haven't met, but I wanted to relay to you that the *style* of
your email made me feel a bit uneasy and made me doubt your
commitment to the *content* : namely that you want to see more
women in tech.
In my experience, regardless of gender identity, the technical
ability is not the *only* issue keeping more folks from
participating in tech events, whereas the atmosphere often can
be. In particular, think of how intimidating it would be for
someone new who might otherwise consider going to this event were
it not for your implied expectation of technical prowess at the
risk of being dismissed as being just a "marketing" type. And
vice versa for someone with serious tech chops to think twice
about their appearance (which may normally include wearing high
heels, for example).
best,
--
Paul Ivanov
http://pirsquared.org | GPG/PGP key id: 0x0F3E28F7
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