Darren had a post praising the idea of Single-Gender Groups. I find that very problematic, and here’s why. Darren’s main point is that women and men communicate differently. Personally I’ve found more differences in communication style in different countries; I’ve lived in (in chronological order, and only counting places I’ve lived in for more than [...]
Tim pointed me at the article on devchix about barriers women face in tech communities; it’s certainly sparked a lot of interest and reactions out there. My reaction was two-fold: one was to think “is that how most women are?” To understand that, you have to remember that I’ve spent my entire life past the [...]
I got talked into joining Facebook last week; ok, I’m late to the party but not quite as late as Derek Miller. It’s an interesting place in many ways, feels like it has more or less achieved what Orkut (remember Orkut?) was trying to do. The big difference to Orkut is the people who are [...]
One of the themes of the Gilbane Report article I wrote some time ago on Blogs and Wikis: Technologies for Enterprise Applications? was that people can use blog software as an easy way to create a web site that doesn’t look like a blog. It’s easy to update the content, easy to add more content, [...]
Last night I was part of a panel speaking to the SLA WCC. This is an interesting bunch of people, the librarians for various companies, government departments, and of course universities. The panel (everyone else was a librarian) was speaking about blogs and wikis and how they are being used within their organizations. To be [...]
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