Archive for December, 2010

Addie writes in an earlier linkspam: Violet Blue wrote about the women-in-tech issue today and although I normally love her, the implication that nobody has been able to accurately answer her question really bothers me, ...

Activist burnout: Dan Choi, an activist working to end DADT (Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, US miliitary policy against openly lesbian, gay or bi people serving), made his burnout and hospitalisation public: I did not initially ...

Our last open thread of the year! Image description: an analogue clock face, distorted so that instead of being circular, it spirals into the centre of the picture, with the numbers repeating. Image by Robbert ...

This is a guest post. Tabitha Roder is the leader of the One Laptop per Child volunteers in New Zealand. This is a group that meets every saturday in 3 cities across the country. This ...

In anticipation of a December/January slowdown, I’m reposting some of my writing from earlier in 2010, for the benefit of new (and nostalgic!) readers. This piece originally appeared on the 9th April 2010. Code Anthem’s ...

Here are some of my favourite guest posts of 2010. I’ve organized them by topic, but many of the links appear under more than one category. On Geek Identity G33k & G4M3R Girls: You’re doing ...

In anticipation of a December/January slowdown, we’re reposting some older writing for the benefit of new (and nostalgic!) readers. This piece originally appeared on Apr 14, 2010. This is an Ask a Geek Feminist question: ...