October 2014 — 1407 tweets
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noodlemaz :) was using wording of original person I was sub tweeting too
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Blakei thanks! Are you going to release your data? DiversityData
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My friend: "You are always so rational. You always trick me with your logic."
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Such an adorable hedgehog - hedgehogdays/517152026325549056
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I've been venting on twitter about this so I wrote it up long form - Male Allies and ghc wp.me/p11Aax-3Lr
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triketora thanks for the rt :)
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RT khrabrov: Experienced startup engineers are looking for a full-stack Business Guy to be CEO, COO, PM, marketer, account manager, HR, an…
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plragde because you have a healthy level of cynicism? ;)
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triketora me too!!
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rebeccasliter thanks! Friday at 5ish. Let's do coffee!
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I'm v into image manipulation lately, so love this - buff.ly/YSYinh
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WillingCarol ghc thanks so much, I really appreciate you saying that.
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shanley thanks for the RT.
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plragde haha then why not say "quadrupled!"? It would be too suspicious!!!
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RT mnowster: Great post by catehstn about men allies and levels of difficulty in what you can actually do. wp.me/p11Aax-3Lr
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RT mnowster: "Extra hard is being a sponsor, believing in someone who The System has told so loudly she doesn’t belong that she has come t…
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mnowster thanks <3
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RT hypatiadotca: "There r different classes of problems in Diversity. Easy is fixing ur marketing. Easy is throwing $ at recruiting." http…
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hypatiadotca thanks Leigh :)
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mnowster I was going to make a triangle like maslow's hierarchy but I'm not great at graphics.
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juliaferraioli ghc thanks for sharing that.
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mnowster ooh good idea I will have a go.
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DBNess thanks for the complement, and for sharing it!
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Women & VC - "this dynamic threatens to slow innovation on products that are used mostly by women" - buff.ly/1rLKaYW /via yuelinX
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NatDudley thanks for sharing that hon :)
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mia_out thanks! did in the comments after someone asked. Didn't expect it to be so widely read! Will edit+add tomorrow (late here) :)
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ICYMI wrote up my twitter rant on the male allies panel, with some thoughts about what are hard problems in diversity buff.ly/1pr4MAH
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Filed under "things I have never considered", can add it to my list of things to worry about, below global warming. miuaf/517418615419580417
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pilky he is quoting from a slightly ranty blogpost I wrote catehuston.com/blog/2014/07/09/some-things-im-tired-of-hearing-from-men-about-women-in-tech/
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secboffin yeah I haven't really done extensive audience analysis and considered men as a group at all, let alone men with depression.
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secboffin my strategy is write whatever the hell I like and if people don't like it there is a whole internet out there full of kittens.
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pilky you don't think I should add a disclaimer? Maybe a popover? "Are you a depressed man? Look at this kitten picture instead!!!!!"
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pilky hmm yes this is what chrome apps are for.
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fatachrestic thanks.
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MotherOFirebees you are none of those things, you are awesome <3 <3 <3
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juliaferraioli thankyou. I really appreciate that. are you doing okay?
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secboffin always hedgehogs!
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Hagit thanks. Becoming that woman used to keep me up at night.
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Hagit here it is, actually the year before last catehuston.com/blog/2013/01/04/stories-we-dont-tell/
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Hagit yes agreed! And I do still recommend going to ghc. I've always had a great time!
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zara_p I actually thought he was joking at first but I think i was wrong. Global warming is not something I worry about day to day!
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zara_p do think about practicalities like recycling but not worry a habit.
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mia_out Edited to clarify. Thanks!
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mia_out yeah the first year I went was the last year they could hold it in a hotel! Now it's conf centres.
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I love how horrible Britsh people are - 37 Things You'll Only Find Funny If You're British - buff.ly/1nQSXcb Torface5585
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mia_out you should still apply! Even so! Loads of student scholarships.
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zara_p not something I can do anything about? Seems like a gvt problem. So doesn't feel relevant. Think of it only when prompted.
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maryselby11 I would sit with you!
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marcprecipice they must have got some new textbooks since I visited the people's study house then.
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falkgottlob pretty sure not the last. It's an okay article but the title totally oversold it.
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zara_p I have no concept of engaging with the gvt. I didn't even vote last time. Kind of ashamed of that but politicians indistinguishable.
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I cooked* today! * heated up soup in the microwave (It’s a start)
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plragde lol haven't seen a nerdy boy in days! It is a whole new way of life!
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Danbee both ;)
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marcprecipice :) it's an interesting place.
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plragde I'm at least pretending it's permanent but really don't know!
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Danbee I am not knocking it! Earlier today I hosted a lunch. I toasted a pitta bread and put a spoon of hummus on it.
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MotherOFirebees I would put money on no. Let's start a pool! Oh wait. Certainties.
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Danbee oh very nice :)
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RT MeanwhileinCana: #MeanwhileinCanada Retweet this adorable baby beaver for absolutely no reason. Picture via BuzzFeedAnimals http://t.c…
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cduncs42 I should make a bingo card.
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One of the many things that makes me sad about intel GG is they won the anitaborg_org 2013 top company for women. If this is the best...?
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@charwarz I'm also going to canada. Packing nightmare!
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RT cduncs42: Little bit terrified by just how many of these I had to experience in a 3 month internship... catehuston.com/blog/2014/05/28/ways-to-undermine-women-whilst-being-nice/ by @cate…
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secboffin hedgehog!
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secboffin hedgehog! hedgehogdays/516540212801859584
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kimhorne that is the best thing I've read in weeks
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ThisTechGirl thanks for sharing that.
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ThisTechGirl this is best comment anyone has ever made about my writing.
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@Pandainatux ThisTechGirl thanks :)
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zara_p I have been voting with my feet! Until I came back here where I understand Bad Things are happening.
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mrtazz thanks for sharing this. It seems like Etsy has moved to harder problems, which is great to see - medium.com/matter/this-is-the-last-thing-youll-ever-need-to-read-about-sexism-in-tech-56b9a3a77af0
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kimberlymunoz thanks for sharing it.
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mrtazz yes! Good phrasing. Did you ever here the IBM story? They got to 30%, declared success, stopped, and then a few years later had to..
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mrtazz ...start again. Learned that was a process, couldn't declare success (not whilst outer world so out of whack).
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mrtazz but engs often hate process so good process gets called culture instead ;) catehuston.com/blog/2014/02/19/process-and-culture/
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jyhsu justkelly_ok great post - I was pissed off by the same things. Thanks for writing it!
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RT BillB: Daddy, where does complexity come from? Well, when a programmer loves his code very very much ...
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With my dad at the grocery store and we run into my high school friend teacher. Apparently, as I did not remember her at all. Embarrassing!
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She says "I hear you are very successful" and I didn't say "yes, that is why I'm at the grocery store in sweats in the middle of the day".
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secboffin I only got dressed two days this week. It's awesome.
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secboffin Also been 5 days since I encountered a nerdy boy IRL.
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DrJoVian Watkiss?
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DrJoVian I'll tell my dad they seem to run into each other a lot.
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That should be French teacher
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#iOSDevUK: Marcus Zarra – Not Invented Here wp.me/p11Aax-3Lb
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N4td omg me too
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secboffin #winning
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For this alone “the number of fucks I'll be giving will fail to register on even the most sensitive measuring device” buff.ly/YVFcwY
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fluffyemily I force myself to play the email game about once a day, otherwise I would never reply to anything.
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pilky :D
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Chilvman yes will post gradually. Put up fluffyemily's last week!
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Current Status: Singing "Everything is BROKEN" to the tune of "Everything is AWESOME". youtube.com/watch?v=StTqXEQ2l-Y
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Post irked me in the same way - "Some may be sick of talking about it, but you know what I’m sick of? Living it." buff.ly/1vDBnrZ
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Read fortune article on women leaving tech industry. It's good. Maybe now is the time to say I've taken a break from it. Idk if going back.
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Started planning over a year ago. Was tired of the monoculture. Guys calling me a c*** and a b*tch. Not even thinking that was a big deal.
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Anyway we will see what happens next. For now, building a couple of things I'm excited about, talking to cool people, writing.
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leapingwoman thanks!!
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lara_hogan thanks :) I was scared for a long time but I started to be more afraid of staying and fading away. This is the unknown!
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aisflat439 haha thanks! I spent last time loving with some plants. None of them died!
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felsull thanks so much :)
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"How to start a startup is just a subset of a bigger problem you're trying to solve: how to have a good life." buff.ly/1mZ3mln
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triketora me too.
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mrtazz can actually say what I think now too ;)
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peterseibel posco once they are machine instructions?
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pardel in Romania? I just left london although will pop back around the 20th.
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"Female doctors need to lean in and stop choosing flexibility over their career." Let's all lean in to the black hole.
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TheLostLectures mnowster I cannot wait to see this.
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Me: "you follow two people on Twitter?" My mom helenjwatson: "I don't want to follow too many people I don't have a lot of time."
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kwugirl tbh there is not in the uk you earn more as a locum than partner. Economics also driving men to part time.
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kwugirl yeah but this is the national health service. anywhere that says you have to be passionate to survive worries me.
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kwugirl no training is very intense and doctors graduate burnt out. Economics better for working part time so do that. High number drop out
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kwugirl (my mom is a doctor)
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kwugirl this is GP. Less prestigious. More women. More prestigious like consultants 70% men.
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kwugirl yeah I decided against med school because I vomit/faint at the sight of blood. Also my mother didn't recommend it.
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kwugirl yes! Consultants also work part time for the nhs, part time privately which is how they make way more ££. But that is okay.
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kwugirl lol my mom and uncle both doctors, grandfather and uncle. Me, sister, cousins, not medical at all.
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kwugirl she is right.
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kwugirl lol I am definitely the fuckwit of my family but I'm okay with that, I have an interesting life.
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Responses to non-apology from intel alarm me. Bunch of people saying GG didn't discriminate against women - wtf?! intel/518200438903308288
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kwugirl maybe to the first and not afaik to the second. Will look out!
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WordChem :)
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plragde helenjwatson helloooooo
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RobDrimmie lol lol lol :) liked your LRT post btw you are dead on on logical fallacies.
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taraclark_ she's a doctor :)
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pilky :(
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pilky it shouldn't be surprising really. I've heard some variant of "it just happened that the person hurt was female" a lot.
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pilky oh like, "does that guy always interrupt women?" "he just happened to be interrupting you and [female name]"
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pilky "it's weird there are no women at this level" "oh no it just happened that the women we had left because babies"
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pilky yeah it's not the same. It's just the general thing of, oh it's not women, it's these people happen to be women.
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pilky in this case, the people who happen to be women deserve to be harassed. Misogyny so entrenched they can't see it.
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pilky yes. It would be nice to see US law enforcement actually do something about rampant online harassment.
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Writing unit tests with teen girl movies playing. First: What a Girl Wants, next up: 13 Going on 30.
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Oh tiny bunnies so cute - buff.ly/1rQuIdH /via aryareaisparsi
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Geek_Manager ghc yeah that tweet was before they did that. So disappointing.
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Geek_Manager ellywilliams awwh <3
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secboffin yes but possibly not in 140 characters or less ;)
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Needed this today - "Justine Musk on ending the quest for perfect" buff.ly/1vFBbbT
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Chocoretto_ it was lovely! How are you? I'm great!
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OH: "I don't speak to him normally, because I'm not interested in anything he says."
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I've started writing each morning, but not on paper! Should I try this? buff.ly/1vAHcpg
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Hmm had better start packing. Flight 9am tomorrow for Toronto, then Arizona (ghc) Tuesday, then #kwawesome.
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Omw to Toronto! Cha time!
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On discovering feminism after daughter: "why do people need daughters to see this? Why not a) humanity but why do people marry these men?"
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MotherOFirebees looks like I'll be in Berlin in Jan. feminist hacker commune! Come join!
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sundress also omw to airport! Hellioioio!
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Awwh sleepy - des hommes et des chatons - buff.ly/1vAHht9
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taraclark_ aiiiiii :(
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rcwoolley yeah maybe from the outside it is depressing/baffling.
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janl :)
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"5 Steps to take to make time for everything" - on giving things up to focus on what you value - buff.ly/YXXoG6
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Hanging in Newark airport. Hellooooooo New York friends. Wish I had time to make it into the city!
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mrtazz hiiiiii
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Feel this, on being overwhelmed by life, wracked with self doubt, fixating on one thing where you have most control buff.ly/1x7Dy7r
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kwugirl yes! Most control -> all comparative. But agreed.
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zmagg next time ;) wish you were coming to ghc!
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zmagg :) yeah last year just kept me in tech. This year might be too late ;)
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Hai Toronto! Been a while!
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zmagg :)
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adriarichards everything was removed from medium, it might be in the book she just released (only read first section so far).
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So happy to be in Canada all "that guy has a beard!" "That girl is wearing plaid!" "Tim hortons!" "Cute winter boots". And then I got cold.
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RobDrimmie I thought the hotel was playing bnl when I walked in but actually it was spin doctors.
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N4td <3
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This Week wp.me/p11Aax-3LJ
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N4td good luck!
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alexproaps esp once the sun goes in!
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Canuckflack omg beaver tails! I had forgotten.
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gailcarmichael leapingwoman yes! So long ago! Hopefully I'll be in the valley again soon.
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adriarichards it was a really good article. Shame if it is gone forever. I'll let you know if I find it in the book!
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alex_mck awwh me too.
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Danbee yes! Although they are kinda gross.
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zmagg it's not normal now? Are you ok?
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hypatiadotca following your trails around Toronto this time! Thanks to 4sq ;)
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7 Reasons To Work From The Gym wp.me/p11Aax-3Kj
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“There’s no point being the richest guy in the cemetery” - one more year syndrome - buff.ly/1pxUz5C /via sachac
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Thanks petewarden, I agree - Why nerd culture must die - buff.ly/1vDyRRC
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jeffhwang thanks for saying - glad you found it interesting.
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hanhaiwen thanks for sharing this.
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MediaRemedial thanks for sharing this.
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kerrizor thanks for sharing this.
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vdebolt thanks for sharing that.
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Take on the GHC Male allies panel from the moderator, Penny Herscher - Men Play a Key Role in Helping Women in Tech - buff.ly/1yHNkBC
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If I were to anthropomorphize the iOS SDK I would say it's like it doesn't want me to write unit tests <\3
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zmagg ellenchisa omg yes. thank you for writing this.
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RT leighalexander: they will belittle, distort and needle any woman in tech for years. if she takes it quietly, they win. if she publicly …
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.ghc they call themselves "allies" and use that to tone police, hide harassment, and perpetuate the status quo. #morethanwords
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RT ghc: What does #allyship mean? How do people practice allyship to minority groups in tech? #MorethanWords
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Geek_Manager yes
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.ghc they use meet ups and events aimed at getting women in to technology as opportunities to try and pick them up. #morethanwords
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Okay a swimming pool of ~5m by ~5m is not so much a swimming pool as an unheated hot tub.
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JillWetzler skamille ghc so much potential for bitter snark with that hashtag but that will do for now!
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JillWetzler skamille ghc here is a list I prepared earlier catehuston.com/blog/2014/05/28/ways-to-undermine-women-whilst-being-nice/
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RT JillWetzler: "Remember, all effort is a team effort. Especially her effort. Everyone wants to be a team player!" I die. http://t.co/4EP…
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jo_miller :D
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RT adriarichards: You know who should be on #diversity panels? HR staff and recruiters at tech companies. They are creating the problem
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This mornings flash of insight was "file type!!!" I'll leave it here in case I need it later.
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.ellenchisa asks "Do I need to be technical to be a PM?" That curiosity is a good measure of PMs with tech cred IMO buff.ly/1yFg3Hq
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Byeeee Toronto, next stop Chicago o'hare where I hope to see the vertical garden I missed last time. Then... Phoenix!
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marthakelly yay!
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RT shanley: A woman in tech is ALWAYS more qualified to talk about being a women in tech than a man.
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Good from study hacks on interrupt driven work: How We Sent a Man to the Moon Without E-mail and Why it Matters Today buff.ly/1xcvKRR
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lindseybieda I think the bar is "doesn't sexually assault" but I am a cynic.
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I used to complain about women in non tech roles telling story of tech women. Now men are. I see we are making progress in some direction.
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RT ghc: "Male Allies and GHC" catehstn shares her thoughts and a critique of the male allies panel: catehuston.com/blog/2014/10/01/male-allies-and-ghc/ #GHC14
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I get too much mansplaining to believe men are "missing" from the women in tech conversation. Too fucking prevalent in my opinion.
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NeoNacho thanks!
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On the toxic nature of some OSS communities, and harassment (experienced by a dude!) buff.ly/1oKeyhr /via hroethgar
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EmmaAshley What happened?
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plragde I don't know. I am curious but braced for it to annihilate the last of my optimism.
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Geek_Manager CharlotteIs :D glad I could help. Now go some fucking blogging.
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mattwallaert yeah we will see. Good points on it dominating the discussion. Do feel let down by this years theme being "what about dudes".
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csimard thanks. Not disputed need for convo, rather location and participants. Could be more effective IMO.
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Have an Uber coming now for airport pickup. If you need a ride, holla! #ghc14
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So far this trip: tried to explain to driver why he shouldn't try and build his own version of Uber. Tried to check into the wrong hotel.
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Failed on both counts. But hey, the right hotel is very nice.
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jaymisgoertz awwh I can confirm your existence in person next week if you would like.
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ehashd awwh thanks! Find me after would love to meet you irl!
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juliepagano genius
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N4td <3 <3 <3
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jo_miller thanks :)
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sprongify hey arrived last night. How was your trip?
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RT SarahM: Kathy Sierra on why she's taken seriouspony offline: seriouspony.com/trouble-at-the-koolaid-point. She emailed this to just a few people, would like…
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nkkl mairin hypatiadotca ellenchisa for tech bros I like to send them to buy something at the beauty section in a dept store.
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nkkl mairin hypatiadotca ellenchisa its insufficient though. Reading mentions of harassed women, making a female ol dating profile.
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hypatiadotca yay! Can't wait to see you!
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That Kathy Sierra post broke my heart. Tech has a much bigger bystander problem than asshole problem. Stop fucking LETTING THIs HAPPEN, men.
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On Ebay's work (since 2010) to improve representation of women - Realizing the power of talented women - buff.ly/1BJmzca
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It's always cool when I meet women who work(ed) at google and they tell me they read my internal post on quitting corporate feminism. #ghc14
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#ghc14 opens with a man talking about need to attract women to industry. Yea, that problem. Glad this important point is being covered.
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Another man is on stage at #ghc14!
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.plragde only a select number of men make the stage at #ghc14
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"I dream of a world... When my daughter and your daughter grow up, they don't face the same obstacles that we have faced." #ghc14
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@lizhubertz I used to hope that but I think we might be here to perpetuate it.
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@sprockethouse GlennF yeah not holding my breath for that to happen!
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pilky yay! :)
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RT marthakelly: I'm getting RILL tired of companies saying they're "fixing the sexism problem in tech" when they fudge their diversity num…
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marthakelly yes yes yes
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"These women are going to be negotiating their salaries so please budget accordingly." #ghc14
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"The next time you witness a technical women doing something great, tell her, or even better tell others about her." #GHC14
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dacaldar no but I will write one soon :)
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lara_hogan wait until I live tweet the male allies panel.
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lara_hogan ;) about 8pm your time I think
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PSA: I will be live tweeting the #ghc14 "what about the men" panel at 1830 MST / 2130 EDT this evening.
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lara_hogan BeerOps :) awesome this will be my most exciting live tweeting since that date with the misogynist.
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Suggested hashtag from ehashd is #ghcmanwatch #ghc14
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If anyone else wants to join me with this lmk - I will storify after. There may also be a live stream for people joining remotely. #ghc14
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prof_lyons thanks so much!!
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Me too. "As I age, I fully intend to give fewer and fewer fucks about how I’m supposed to be" buff.ly/1s5nNOe
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EmmaAshley mnowster haha yes! I think this guy is better and killed the sexist ads but still... low bar.
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mnowster yes!
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Blogging the excellent jo_miller's office politics session, so for the first time I have a good seat for one of her events!
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s_margaret marthakelly that is shocking. Why I want to see percentage of compensation, not just headcount.
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CatSwetel awesome let's meet up! Decide a hashtag! Tweet the hell out of it!
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Don’t wait for permission or an invitation to lead. Don’t wait for someone to promote you. jo_miller #ghc14 #officepolitics
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'Don’t jump out of bed every morning & say “how do I play office politics to the best of my ability and win today?"' #officepolitics #ghc14
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Asked 169 professional women how handled office politics. Over 80% said they ignore it, or reluctantly play the game where necessary #ghc14
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This this this by ellenchisa - I have similarly feared I'm not cut out to be an eng - “Career Fit” - buff.ly/1s5aHBw
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"No longer think of this as office politics. Think about ‘organisational awareness’." #officepolitics #ghc14 jo_miller
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"Org chart doesn’t tell you when someone has risen beyond the level of their competence." #ghc14 #officepolitics jo_miller
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@girlfromthenaki thanks!
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expliKateD jo_miller it's good! I'm making tons of notes, will post them later (maybe Friday).
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expliKateD jo_miller come early to get a seat, some people had to leave this session :(
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juliaferraioli natgordon obiwankimberly hey! Would love to meet anyone that Julia thinks is awesome :D
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"Mini aha moment, there's a word for it - an 'epiphanet'" #ghc14 #officepolitics jo_miller
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web_goddess <3 if you worry about being a bad manager, you are probably doing better than 90% of managers in the tech industry.
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natgordon me too! At the front at the blogger's table :)
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Most depressing QOTD jo_miller “Golf is now part of my job description” #GHC14 #officepolitics
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"Don't play game if it’s not a good for for who you are and your ethics. Know the rules are so you have a choice to play, or not." #GHC14
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CatSwetel precisememory queueing! For the 245 communication session
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New most depressing QOTD on harassment in tech "well I'm a gamer so I'm pretty used to harassment." #ghc14
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.silliecyn "wow you are positive today. What happened?" Me: "I quit my job and now I'm happy". Her: "what does being happy feel like?"
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.silliecyn "do you read secret?" Me: "no, this is another reason I am happier than you."
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Less than 3 hours until I live tweet the "what about the men" panel at #ghc14 catehstn/519898207275724800 For why, see: catehuston.com/blog/2014/10/01/male-allies-and-ghc/
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"They're not leaning in, they're just annoyed."
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EmmaAshley It will either be constructive or hilarious
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EmmaAshley BURN IT DOWN!
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EmmaAshley yeah hard to combine that with live tweeting tho will leave qs to others.
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EmmaAshley my article?
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EmmaAshley Oh the turned off one. That was icky.
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EmmaAshley I have found all articles justifying that panel p disappointing.
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EmmaAshley yep
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"When you're an entrepreneur you have to collect 'nos' like bouquets of flowers." #ghc14
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WordChem thanks for sharing this!
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cduncs42 I will!
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"It's really annoying to give someone fabulous advice and never find out what happens." #ghc14
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juliepagano Christina and I have picked you up a gift from the godaddy booth
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marcprecipice just walked past the stripe booth at #ghc14 so hellooo :)
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Ran into Alan Eustace and let him know about the live tweeting. Could not convince him to ask Facebook dude about origin of "programmer".
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Collecting partners in crime for the live tweeting of the what about the men panel. Are you joining us? #ghc14
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Woah my blog post got mentioned starting #ghcmanwatch #ghc14
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aimafidon front and centre
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You can find the bingo card for #ghcmanwatch concernedfems
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aimafidon yes! right at the front!
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RT concernedfems: So this is happening. #ghc14 #ghcmanwatch
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"This is just the start of ABI programs aimed at male allies." #ghcmanwatch #ghc14
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@ceohunty thanks :)
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"This is a clearing call for culture change. It's time to build a movement." #ghcmanwatch #ghc14
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"Some people think it's completely inappropriate to have GoDaddy's CEO on the panel." #ghcmanwatch #ghc14
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"His CTO is a woman. I seriously don't think he lowered the bar to hire her." #ghcmanwatch #ghc14
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"I get that this is hard to reconcile. Those ads were horrendous." #ghcmanwatch #ghc14
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"I believe the inclusion of men into our movement is a good thing. We gotta walk the talk." #ghcmanwatch #ghc14
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"If they had not stood up and broken down some doors, we would not have had doors to walk through." #ghcmanwatch #ghc14
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"Respect the positive actions of those I might too readily write off... we need to partner with the majority." #ghcmanwatch #ghc14
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483 men ghc this year #ghcmanwatch #ghc14
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"Anita welcomed male allies into the work from day 1. I think she would approve." #ghcmanwatch #ghc14
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zmagg 483 men and no maggie!
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RT lara_hogan: catehstn omg omg omg the anger that we have about the panel does not equal wanting to write off men, or write off allies.
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Lots of cheering as we welome the male allies to the stage #ghcmanwatch #ghc14
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First question, why is it personal? Starting with Blakei #ghcmanwatch #ghc14
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When took this job, people said "GoDaddy? Are you kidding? That is so off-brand for you." #ghcmanwatch #ghc14
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"No better way to fix something head on from the cultural perspective." #ghcmanwatch #ghc14
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"Found dichotomy between people there and representation outside." #GHC14 #ghcmanwatch
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After sister's death vowed to do as much to further women as she had, in his field. #GHC14 #ghcmanwatch
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"Could you imagine a better company to do that than GoDaddy?" Advertising took on a different angle, about empowerment. #GHC14 #ghcmanwatch
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Mom taught him to program when he was 8 (Idk which dude this is) #GHC14 #ghcmanwatch
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Alan Eustace talking about Anita Borg, I have heard this story before but it is always good. #GHC14 #ghcmanwatch
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"Do you go to the boys basketball game at Stanford?" One of 4000 lessons she taught him. #GHC14 #ghcmanwatch
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"Many of us in this room are fulfilling what we think is her legacy" #GHC14 #ghcmanwatch
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"The best thing you can do is have incredibly smart talented women entering the workforce and changing the world." #GHC14 #ghcmanwatch
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"Someone thinks you're the receptionist because they don't realise women actually write code." #GHC14 #ghcmanwatch
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Facebook has diverse users, needs to have people building the product represent the people who use it. #GHC14 #ghcmanwatch
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"We have to ask questions on how we're doing at hiring women, minorities. How we're doing at promoting them." #GHC14 #ghcmanwatch
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Find women more promotable in positions of people leadership than technical leadership. Have to work on that. #GHC14 #ghcmanwatch
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"Shame on us if we don't use that power to make some change." #GHC14 #ghcmanwatch
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"Had some reticence to come to this panel because it's not like we're actually winning yet" - SO TRUE #GHC14 #ghcmanwatch
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"Have to start from a principle that people aren't malevolent, they just are who they are." #GHC14 #ghcmanwatch
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"Does this mean we are lowering the hiring bar." damn that should be a bingo square. #GHC14 #ghcmanwatch
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Hiring bar is stupid as a phrase, because it's not like there is a score. #GHC14 #ghcmanwatch
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"Trying to find the best person you can for that role, no matter what." #GHC14 #ghcmanwatch
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"We're spending all this time on diversity. If we look at the data, those pipelines are less efficient." #GHC14 #ghcmanwatch
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Is that a fair thing to do? Have just decided as a company going to do this. Diversity is key for the company. #GHC14 #ghcmanwatch
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It's a lot harder to hire a 20 year systems programmer as a generalist. Same problem of efficiency. #GHC14 #ghcmanwatch
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"Are we encouraging everyone we can who might be exceptional here to come?" - claim they are. #GHC14 #ghcmanwatch
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"Not resistance, it's people not really understanding... people don't understand what women go thru in a tech field." #GHC14 #ghcmanwatch
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"Has there ever been a time in your career where a man has said something that made you do a double take?" #GHC14 #ghcmanwatch
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"Nobody says anything because it happens so often, because if you corrected every time you'd never do anything else." #GHC14 #ghcmanwatch
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Happens all the time. Are people mean/stupid/not informed? Or just haven't done a good job of building the environment? #GHC14 #ghcmanwatch
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"Harder for women to make case, someone else has to do it. Change happens because majority does something different." #GHC14 #ghcmanwatch
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.Blakei claims he's encountered mostly acceptance, but some pushback to changing ads. #GHC14 #ghcmanwatch
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"How do you create an environment on the inside of the company is as accepted as possible?" #GHC14 #ghcmanwatch
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A CTO that is a woman, when introduced to board, initially there was surprise. Was like, "She's awesome" #GHC14 #ghcmanwatch
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"Super thoughtful. Soft spoken. Very effective." - err, soft spoken? #GHC14 #ghcmanwatch
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When you build small teams, if instead of try to equally distribute, put 50:50 on teams, makes them more effective. #GHC14 #ghcmanwatch
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I'm surprised by the 50:50 thing, know women who hate team allocation to be based on gender. Sounds a lot like that. #GHC14 #ghcmanwatch
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Talking about specific problems. Now we'll hear about unconscious bias training :s #GHC14 #ghcmanwatch
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Intuit has about 20% technical staff. When will they release their DiversityData? #GHC14 #ghcmanwatch
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Oh good interns and early career. Fill that pipeline! Don't mention the acid! #GHC14 #ghcmanwatch
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8% attrition of women in technology, gets a little higher later in their career. #GHC14 #ghcmanwatch
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Women's attrition about the same as mens at Intuit. #GHC14 #ghcmanwatch
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Huh unconscious bias. Enormous investment. No data proving the training actually works. #GHC14 #ghcmanwatch
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"You'll be shocked to know how biased anyone is, about anything." - Alan Eustace #GHC14 #ghcmanwatch
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Teaches people they are biased. Have to step back and think about what kind of bias in every situation. #GHC14 #ghcmanwatch
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"I think we've got a much more sensitised workforce because of it." #GHC14 #ghcmanwatch
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Running a similar program at Facebook. #GHC14 #ghcmanwatch
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"Doesn't make you a bad person, but if you don't acknowledge that it exists you don't correct it." #GHC14 #ghcmanwatch
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"Not a bad person, but this is the state of the world." Think about what want to move to. #GHC14 #ghcmanwatch
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"We encourage men to participate in the GoDaddy women in technology group." #GHC14 #ghcmanwatch
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"We listen a lot on things that they think we should be doing." #GHC14 #ghcmanwatch
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Lot of women in tech in this company and they need a voice, and they need to be heard. #GHC14 #ghcmanwatch
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"There's a lot more that we have to do, and we're just getting started on this stuff." #GHC14 #ghcmanwatch
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"I've had 35 years in this business and we aren't done yet. Why is this so hard?" #GHC14 #ghcmanwatch
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"What's making it so difficult, why can't we move faster" #GHC14 #ghcmanwatch
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Alan Eustace says culture. So agree. "Culture takes a long time to change." #GHC14 #ghcmanwatch
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"We've created a culture of exclusivity... we make things that are simple super hard." "We've created this fraternity" #GHC14 #ghcmanwatch
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"It's holding us back... we have to break through the culture to make progress." #GHC14 #ghcmanwatch
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"I don't think it's active, that people are trying to hold women off... maybe it is. My hope is that it's not that." #GHC14 #ghcmanwatch
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"Hope that you can teach people, change this culture, hopefully you don't have to wait for all these people to die." #GHC14 #ghcmanwatch
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"Data says the reverse, that it was actually better 20 years ago than it is today." YES YES YES #GHC14 #ghcmanwatch
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"We just need to fix the culture." (BUT HOW?!) "We need to care" (BUT HOW MANY OF YOU DO, REALLY) #GHC14 #ghcmanwatch
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"Of all the men I've asked, have you ever said or done something that has made a woman uncomfortable?" - men say no. #GHC14 #ghcmanwatch
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Penny says "I'll give you names." I also have a list. #GHC14 #ghcmanwatch
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Pipeline alert. PIPELINE ALERT. #GHC14 #ghcmanwatch
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"In high school, girls decide not to." yes, with good reason. Maybe they don't want to be sexually harassed. #GHC14 #ghcmanwatch
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"...not weird and geeky is incredibly important to feed the pipeline" TO THE PIT OF ACID #GHC14 #ghcmanwatch
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"Why is not computing a language you have to take. Why is it not a requirement." #GHC14 #ghcmanwatch
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"If you make women take computer science they find that they love it." Yeah, but plenty in the culture not to love. #GHC14 #ghcmanwatch
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More pipeline blah blah blah students blah make them love coding blah #GHC14 #ghcmanwatch
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Facebook student program "96% diverse, got anecdotal feedback they wanted some other men in the program." #GHC14 #ghcmanwatch
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Pipeline. #GHC14 #ghcmanwatch
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What do you tell students as they come into company, living with culture Alan described? How can they make a difference. #GHC14 #ghcmanwatch
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"Best thing you can do is be great." Small correction: Great, whilst being marginalized and harassed. #GHC14 #ghcmanwatch
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"Know that you will have to work so much harder... but you can make a big difference in your company." Lean in, y'all #GHC14 #ghcmanwatch
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"You can't be in computing without being problem solvers, and this is just another class of problem." #GHC14 #ghcmanwatch
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Sadly this class of problem has no promotion track. #GHC14 #ghcmanwatch
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"You have allies. You don't know where they are. They might be hidden. Speak up and be heard." #GHC14 #ghcmanwatch
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"Let's talk about the commercial nature of this. We're all running for profit ventures." #GHC14 #ghcmanwatch
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"This is also about making money. It's not just about feeling good." #GHC14 #ghcmanwatch
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"You have to build better products". Ah, I see, like G+. #GHC14 #ghcmanwatch
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"I don't wanna work in a locker room. I want to work in a place with great people with great ideas." #GHC14 #ghcmanwatch
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"if you build products for a diverse customer base, you should get your eng teams to replicate as closely as you can." #GHC14 #ghcmanwatch
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"It's more expensive to hire women because the population is smaller." paying them less doesn't balance out, then. #GHC14 #ghcmanwatch
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Most of intuits users are women. Why doesn't workforce match so they can serve their customers better. #GHC14 #ghcmanwatch
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Same is true about venture capital companies. Snapchat. Tindr (they had a woman, they sexually harassed her). #GHC14 #ghcmanwatch
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"Speak up. Be heard. If you have an idea, bring it forward." No mention of being sexually harassed by VCs. #GHC14 #ghcmanwatch
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"We need this group to start more companies." #GHC14 #ghcmanwatch
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Panel over. Storify to follow! Thanks y'all. #GHC14 #ghcmanwatch
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RT lara_hogan: catehstn lolololol Yeah. "Start companies and tell everyone else to get out of the way." Thanks for the new tips, everyon…
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susankitchens yeah the bar is low. He comfortably stepped over it.
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My friend osgOlivia on my #ghcmanwatch adventures "you've really broken free of your corporate shackles" - yes, I am liberated!
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CatSwetel twitter needs to add that as a feature ;)
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@ceohunty totally missed this, mentions nuts. Tomorrow?
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damn autocorrect that should have been "brogrammer"
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As promised the storify from #ghcmanwatch @ #ghc14 - buff.ly/1seg2Fo - thanks everyone! If you think I've missed something lmk.
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lizhenry thanks for adding your hilarity to this :)
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ThisTechGirl thank you for amplifying!
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kristahouse :D glad you enjoyed them!
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kwugirl yes. agreed.
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marcprecipice kiranb hazelcough kitchenettekat I saw you on a video which I think is basically the same thing? ;)
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eldang :)
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sprongify yeah haven't looked at schedule but will be around at certain points! I keep running into Mark! Maybe give it to him? ;)
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paddyforan lindseybieda lol that would be nice. But no, although wage gap in tech industry is slightly smaller.
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CatSwetel ha yea super common. Sorry I didn't find you for the live tweeting! Would love to meet up tomorrow?
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expliKateD hey! Sorry I missed this - did you find it?
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expliKateD thanks for sharing this :)
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WordChem yes! :)
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MiriamZisook thanks! Hope you enjoyed it, if you missed it the storify is here: storify.com/catehstn/ghcmanwatch
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cthreeo3 euww that is horrible.
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OrganizeFISH I'm so glad you liked it!
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init_jenny :( yea encouraging a higher bar for women does not reconcile well with women's (in general) higher levels of self-doubt.
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mnowster :)
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RT susankitchens: catehstn as opposed to ally men, who only need to work 1/2 as hard to be seen as twice as good.
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susankitchens if only the bar was half as much work, I think it is much less.
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paddyforan lindseybieda don't apologize! Your tweet was one of my faves :)
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shadowspar :) thanks, I appreciate the support!
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plragde did you play the bingo?
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juliepagano also I live tweeted shit men said again. Not as hilarious as last time, sadly.
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RT mattwallaert: It would be fun to see an all-female panel about male allies and what men could be doing better. I'd go. #GHC14
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stillinbeta lizhenry err he is actually a pipeliner. I know from an event where I was allowed to ask a question.
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RT lindseybieda: #ghcmanwatch #ghc14
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shanley I basically agree. Since quitting corp job I only get mansplained to on Twitter. It's wonderful.
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RT cczona: 4 powerful men given pulpit to tell 8K women: you need to stand up! Use voices. Blocked all 8K voices from voicing public Q&A …
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ABackstrom noooooooooooo :(
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plragde :D
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plragde I liked Hildy's comments!
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ICYMI late last night, the #ghcmanwatch #ghc14 storify (also updated some tweets I missed) storify.com/catehstn/ghcmanwatch
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concernedfems expliKateD should be able to make it!
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alexproaps thanks <3
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squidseer ha. Yes, true. This was a quote from Facebook!
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So true juliepagano "Life and Times of a Tech Feminist Killjoy: The Cuts Leave Scars" buff.ly/1yJLsbL
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kristahouse I'm sorry :( but yeah, gotta highlight it. Agree.
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I thought the surprise speaker might be George clooney because he has a powerful wife now but smithmegan is better. #ghcmanwatch #ghc14
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RT ashedryden: Can you tell I’ve been reading catehstn’s storify of #ghcmanwatch this morning? bit.ly/1uG0qvi
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@anqatisara ThisTechGirl thanks.
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ashedryden :) thanks. Right on with your comments too.
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Another man is about to take the stage at #ghc14. #ghcmanwatch
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ehashd gradual progress!
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RT lara_hogan: Whoa I just woke up from this crazy nightmare in which men sat on a panel at a women in tech conf and told us we need to ex…
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"Yesterday I was here just soaking it all in... Frankly I was petrified as well." #ghc14 #ghcmanwatch
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“We join with the idea that we’re going to have world changing impact but that impact is amplified right now." #ghcmanwatch #ghc14
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Err... software is the best technology we have? #ghcmanwatch ghc14
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At the core of microsoft is productivity. Reinventing productivity for the new mobile world. #ghcmanwatch #ghc14
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Satya is listing women who work for him, one of them is in HR. #ghcmanwatch ghc14
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obiwankimberly 5th year!
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“Why does MSFT hire less female engineers than male? 17% women in tech at MSFT.” Doesn’t talk about “supply side issue” - YES! #ghcmanwatch
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“You already stand out. You’re the only woman on your team!” - Maria Klawe. #ghc14
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“You have to have some resilience, know it’s not going to be easy. But you have a superpower." #ghcmanwatch ghc14
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"Women have lower tolerance for bullshit." - much cheering. #ghc14 #ghcmanwatch
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obiwankimberly I think there have been a lot of men so far. Opportunity to highlight women's voices. Men dominate every other tech conf.
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"I don't think you have a work life balance. I gotta be honest" -MariaKlawe #ghc14
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I wrote up some reflections on the male allies panel catehuston.com/blog/2014/10/09/a-small-internet-kerfuffle/ #ghcmanwatch #ghc14
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"Need someone who's willing to take bets on you, particularly when you stand out and it's not clear you are right for that challenge" #ghc14
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rhyolight thanks for saying. Look out for overt and more subtle undermining, call out your fellow men!
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“It turns out in india, 7 of the 14 banking CEOs were women.” #ghc14 #ghcmanwatch
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Did he just say not asking for a raise was like karma and would work out for you in the end? #ghc14 #ghcmanwatch
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“Your best work is not followed by your best rewards.” #ghc14 #ghcmanwatch
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“I got to meet Megan Smith! That was so cool!” CTO of netapp #ghc14
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rhyolight lots of people do. It's hard. But even harder for the woman, so man up! ;)
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kellyshalk :) are you here?
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CatSwetel at the metrics event!
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rhyolight my observation is men are impressed by other men calling things out. Let me know how you get on!
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jenniferjeffrey thanks :) and thanks for sharing!
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pennyherscher :) thanks for sharing it!
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jamesvasile thanks for sharing that!
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DianeKerstein IMFAMY!
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RT DianeKerstein: OH: "Have you heard of catehstn ?" :-) #GHC14
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juliaferraioli <3 see hedgehogdays for adorable hedgehogs!
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Scary to release data because of risk of being sued. #ghc14
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"If don't connect metrics to outcomes it's just a number" #ghc14
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concernedfems gillianmsmith meeeeee toooooooooo
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"We weren't just trying to measure a number. We were trying to change the culture." #ghc14
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Anyone brave enough to ask for comp percentage break down? I bet women making <17% total comp and PoC also lower than representation. #ghc14
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I want to see better metrics representing POWER. Money a brute metric representing that. #ghc14
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Oh good more on unconscious bias. Saying big things don't happen that often. THE DATA DISAGREES. #ghc14
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rhyolight euww. I have got off lightly with this one but had something scary last week. It is horrible. Block early, block often!
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95% of google think they should step in and take action when witness something. That sounds nice. #ghc14
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"I was really surprised we won [top company for women] because I know our numbers and they aren't good enough." #ghc14
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I want to hug this woman saying companies need more than programs! And also, on need for accountability, and developing women. #ghc14
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kellyshalk awwh I hope you feel better!
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MDoroud yeah exactly if that number meant anything men would have called shit out that happened to me. None did.
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plragde in my experience, no.
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plragde from stories I have heard from other women, no.
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Good to see this panel talking about sponsoring women. #ghc14
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Intel are talking about tying comp to diversity initiatives which is cool but maybe someone can ask them about caving to GG. #ghc14
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DianeKerstein sadly just a part of a section. Next year main stage! ;) Friday 515, hci track.
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My mentions are nuts so if you've tweeted and me and I didn't respond I'm sorry I missed it. But relieved - so far no harassment. #ghc14
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Yes yes yes someone asking question about what is the definition of a tech woman. I have been complaining about this! #ghc14
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@MegnMtree thanks!
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This is good, on security and humans - “a story about Jessica” buff.ly/1y0Tvzp /via Danbee /by SwiftOnSecurity
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"That's kinda a bs argument is the people in these groups know that already." - on not breaking down numbers #ghc14
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Software engineers lower than that 17% at google. #ghc14
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Question around pay equity. Yes! Yes! #GHC14
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secboffin :) thanks for listening!
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I love pinned tweets, because now this one has got to 100 rts. I want this test to be a thing! catehstn/499662459264069636
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sprongify had to dash off but standing by cactai on main level.
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onesnowclimber :) are you here?
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RT zoesqwilliams: catehstn have decided to forge a career in tech so I can talk to you about animals and make this dream come true *see y…
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zoesqwilliams amazing I look forward to this!
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Hagit :) thanks
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alan_eustace wow! Will be there!
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RT alan_eustace: catehstn I'd love to reverse the male allies panel with you/friends talking and me listening. Today, 2pm, west 201 boa…
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Omg this - On sexism, sexual assault and the threat of the ‘non-bro’ - buff.ly/1Eq5ckQ /via hypatiadotca
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alan_eustace aimafidon you should join us!
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shanselman I'm good with that name! :) hopper celebration is a good time, pass that test every hour for 3 days!
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cathythemango awesome! Love to hear it!
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bukephalas This was this morning in satya's conversation with maria klawe.
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West 104 for 2pm: we're having a slightly different #ghcmanwatch discussion. triketora hypatiadotca and I w/ alan_eustace schrep #ghc14
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I'm going to need someone else to live tweet this #ghcmanwatch
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OrganizeFISH alan_eustace changed to a larger venue!
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ichthala wreck havoc ;)
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Death by pipeline. "There are no resources for me. Everything is for the pipeline. What about retaining people." #ghcmanwatch #ghc14
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"If the manager is not that person, and hr is not there to protect the employee, who is there to protect us?" #ghcmanwatch #ghc14
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Bunch of discussion about how terrible HR is. Terrible managers. These are the problems, not execs IMO. #ghcmanwatch #ghc14
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skamille I think so. No one complained about execs. Lots of complaints about managers and hr.
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schrep thanks so much for coming! And for listening!
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@kezubo hypatiadotca thanks so much for saying so. I'm really glad.
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Thank you so much mf_long, fantastic tweets. Putting together a storify.
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RT alan_eustace: alan_eustace Thank you to the brave women that came today with the courage to tell it like it is. We have a lot of wor…
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#ghcmanwatch mark 2 - some men came to #ghc14 and sat down and listened - buff.ly/1yRkL4Z - thanks alan_eustace Blakei schrep
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EmmEmmTeee guess who I ran into? jgoldfein! Wish you were here!
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concernedfems expliKateD yes sg I might be a tiny bit late :)
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susankitchens Thanks! Think I found and fixed it :)
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haley cupcait Sorry was a bit last minute but it was AMAZING. The storify is here: storify.com/catehstn/ghcmanwatch-mark-2
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CatSwetel yep yep yep
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kijanawoodard :s it's simultaneously saddening and reassuring that this problem is both genders.
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onesnowclimber triketora thanks <3
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"When I first started working in computers we had to keep the printer in a soundproof room because it was so loud." #ghc14
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"We used to joke that a 'personal computer' meant it could be lifted by one person." #ghc14
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Microsoft's Nadella apologizes for women's pay comments (featuring a tweet by moi!) - buff.ly/1yRqB6c
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ThisTechGirl lol very true shouldn't have blindly tweeted title!
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kangarara concernedfems Yeah, and not just from the socially acceptable "mom track".
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ThisTechGirl hahaha yes ;)
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kangarara concernedfems 100% agree on getting moms back, current programs AFAIK focused on moms. Be good to broaden.
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kangarara concernedfems and yes lots, even as eng I feel I've had not learned enough last 18 months, need to catch up.
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IanSkerrett thanks! :) I'm also available for weddings and bah mitzvahs! Now need to psych myself up for my talk tomorrow.
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mnowster did you find the storify and everything?
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cupcait :) you are so welcome. I love your twitter handle btw!
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ICYMI wrote up impressions of #ghcmanwatch last night catehuston.com/blog/2014/10/09/a-small-internet-kerfuffle/, was happy panelists returned for mark2 storify.com/catehstn/ghcmanwatch-mark-2
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@dillonpromonyc maybe they could sponsor a negotiation skills workshop ;) do y'all have one, adainitiative ?
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RobDrimmie Always like to hear that! In kW next week let's have lunch?
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copperbird I have passed it! And not just ghc!
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Y'all are gonna find me so boring when I go back to tweeting about unit tests, hedgehogs, and image processing.
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shanley hey - I don't know if that was related to me saying I agreed with you wanting to burn shit down, but I worry it was and I'm sorry.
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RT paddyforan: If you feel unwelcome in feminism, men, just be really great, very smart, and lean in.
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amygdala thanks Amy so glad you came, wish you had spoken! <3
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hirojin thanks for reading! Are you here in phoenix or following online?
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N4td <3
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thartmanning especially if there are pictures! I will talk about hedgehogs in my session tomorrow too :)
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thartmanning fabulousanimals amazing I love that hedgehog
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N4td I have been doing something ;)
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maryselby11 thanks for sharing that :)
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fatneckbeardguy omg you are awesome thanks for being hilarious
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bubbva it's tomorrow!
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bubbva lol no I could not have coped with that and everything else today!
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nidhihassan horrible thought!
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mnowster at least it became a "teachable moment" ;)
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@ladykalessia oh there were more? I'll pull them and include. Thanks!
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HandeE I had a lot of help! ;) hypatiadotca
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amyruthworrall lol I am in America so this didn't come up. In Canada... ;)
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lccarson land 6pm, see you 730ish? Sushi?
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RT IanSkerrett: catehstn lol, the USA Today article is making you famous. Soon you will need an agent.
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IanSkerrett lol lol lol
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RobDrimmie yeah sg :) will meet you at communitech.
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bubbva 2nd!
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pilky <3
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osgOlivia you are the best, your introduction of me to your colleagues yesterday was the best thing ever <3
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This cat is sooooooooooo happy, thanks AmyCao amycao/520379501587726336
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RT haley: #ghcmanwatch
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lccarson you are amazing. I can't wait to seeeeeeeeee you!
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I kinda think this msft pay karma thing has been a bit harsh, but this is hilarious. dannysullivan/520365710128594945 #ghcmanwatch #ghc14
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@charwarz StudentStemette aimafidon awwwwwwwwh
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RT concernedfems: We keep fighting because of people like Julie. juliepagano.com/blog/2014/10/10/life-and-times-of-a-tech-feminist-killjoy-you-cant-go-back-theres-no-end-in-sight/ we work to build better community so that one day …
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SaraJChipps yeah and giving bad advice rather than just saying "I don't know".
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@charwarz that's awesome.
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JillWetzler euww what a creeper, I'm sorry <3
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ErinLouise <3 you, you are hilarious joshlavoie
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Men give bad advice all the time. Less worried about man on stage with MariaKlawe to set straight than managers in 1:1 #ghcmanwatch #ghc14
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Manager once expressed hurt that I turned to women and not to him. Then offered me bad advice, told me how to feel. #ghcmanwatch #ghc14
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selenamarie there was some really good discussion about intent in that session so I hope so.
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Shout out to my friends and heroines aimafidon hypatiadotca triketora who've inspired and supported me at #ghc14 <3 <3 <3 y'all.
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This is good, on hiring programmers - I don't hire unlucky people buff.ly/1yKBnv9 /via jessitron
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RT rachelsklar: Here's cmwalla on gma from #GHC14, along with a tweet from catehstn who has been live-tweeting… instagram.com/p/t-X34KrhSb/
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rachelsklar yeah that was so bad. I think he deserves critique 100% and terrible apology but media coverage more about man saying that...
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rachelsklar at a women's conf and being called out. Lots of men saying harmful things and being ignored. Like wadwa's appropriation.
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rachelsklar thanks I saw it! Really appreciate that.
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rachelsklar and this catehstn/520570787934130176
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rachelsklar yeah I do agree.
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pennyherscher it was fantastic. Wish you had come!
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selenamarie (afaik)
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pennyherscher :) cool! Look forward to reading them.
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RT rachelsklar: catehstn The list is LONG. But he was SO out of touch it showed just how entrenched the problem is. Each data point = a s…
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selenamarie :) thanks for your support!
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runasand selenamarie it was fantastic. Really fantastic.
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I think men learned important lessons at #ghc14 but we should critically evaluate whether on stage was the best place for that. #ghcmanwatch
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MotherOFirebees I read it, empathized with so so much. Will share later once all this kerfuffle is over.
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MotherOFirebees ping me anytime, <3 <3 <3 you and wish you were here this week but support you choosing not.
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Found more tweets from #ghcmanwatch : The Redo to add to the storify. Keep telling things I've missed! storify.com/catehstn/ghcmanwatch-mark-2 #ghc14
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deannawol whereistanya <3 ping me anytime and we can talk about hedgehogs =".."=
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RT marjahn: UGH, so glad catehstn was there to capture it all: Microsoft CEO to women: Don’t ask for a raise salon.com/2014/10/09/microsoft_ceo_to_women_dont_ask_for_a_raise_trust_the_system_and_karma/ via …
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venite omg that is so exciting! Thanks for letting me know!
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RT ellenchisa: catehstn rachelsklar I think it worries me most as a former msft employee. They have the data. They should know if it's f…
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.ghc I'm speaking @ 5:15 in HCI track on mobile. Feat. adorable hedgehogs, and that time I live tweeted... A date with a misogynist. #ghc14
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deannawol awwwwwhhhhhhhhhhhh
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@ladykalessia yeah was good! Added in
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@ladykalessia <3
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bubbva IanSkerrett hahaha more to come ;)
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MotherOFirebees so agree. The grey area is in some ways more upsetting than the headline incidents.
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MotherOFirebees not that I think it is grey, but the need to justify... Urgh.
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marthakelly ellenchisa you are both amazing women who deserve so much better than this <3
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RT hypatiadotca: My #ghc14 panel on "Making security a part of your dev process" will be at 12pm in north 120A w/ laparisa astha_singhal…
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RT jgoldfein: Look in the mirror before you rush to judge satyanadella medium.com/@jocelyngoldfein/techs-meritocracy-problem-a6e5e0a56157
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@ladykalessia <3 lmk if it causes any problems
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cmwalla hey sure! :) hii
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perrowcommamike you're missing out not being at ghc this year!
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mattwallaert ghc loads of great panels at noon! Sorry to miss this!
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perrowcommamike this is going to be a real problem given your lifestyle.
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"Telling someone their code is bad is like telling someone they have an ugly baby." #ghc14 #ghcsecuredev
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Women In Tech Explain Why A Tech Conference For Women Went Awry And How To Make It Better - buff.ly/1vXt4bR #ghcmanwatch #ghc14
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"Everybody makes mistakes. Security engineers write code with bugs in all the time." #ghc14 #ghcsecuredev
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RT compiledwrong: "If you run windows, I have rebooted your computer. Sorry about that." #patchTuesday #ghc14 hypatiadotca #ghcsecuredev
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I'm quoted in this, but even aside from that I really liked it! #ghcmanwatch
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"Engineering is easy. People are hard" talking about empathy. More managers should take note of this. #ghcsecuredev #ghc14
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"People and process is as hard or harder than the technology which is what I focused on for the first part of my career." #ghcsecuredev
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IEthics very true.
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ThisTechGirl yeah I like the ending ;)
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"Testers are your biggest ally in scaling up security." hypatiadotca #ghcsecuredev #GHC14
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"Once you label with a role you need to define what that means... Are they the only person on that team who can do that?" #ghcsecuredev
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@yacCz freebsdgirl yep v true.
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@yacCz freebsdgirl talk to women a lot about how biggest issues come from men who aren't that good at their jobs. This is relevant.
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"Engineers are generally motivated by things that are like... Getting a good grade on something." #ghcsecuredev #ghc14
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"It's so expensive to send tshirts to the other side of the world. Don't do that. Just send money." #ghcsecuredev #ghc14
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"A big thing about not building up security debt is knowing what wheels not to reinvent... Don't reinvent crypto." #ghcsecuredev #ghc14
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"You're hacking things together, that's when you leave holes that will come back to bite you later." #ghcsecuredev #GHC14
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jewelia the google security princess! Parisa!
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"When you store the hash of the password use what hash you used to generate it. Fail forward." hypatiadotca #ghcsecuredev #GHC14
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"Understand the impact. If you the person filing P1s every day no one is going to take you seriously." #ghcsecuredev #GHC14
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.hypatiadotca on backwards compatibility and security "If you are still letting people using it, you need to be securing it." #ghcsecuredev
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"We're not very good at risk management." Not for software, or for people. #ghcsecuredev #GHC14
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"The web has so much legacy crap and I would love to push the state of it forward but people want the web to work." #ghcsecuredev #GHC14
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Art is a guarantee of sanity, lccarson
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cmwalla awwh thank you :) was fantastic meeting you earlier!
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mattwallaert yes! hypatiadotca's was on a security panel!
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lccarson :)
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jewelia thanks so much for saying so! I really appreciate it.
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plragde ehashd I don't know hypatiadotca taught an allies workshop somewhere scary! She is v badass.
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On wearables - "Fitness is only the beginning" - yay! #ghc14
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You don't want to wear 8 devices on wrist, valuable real estate. You're going to want one device to do all kinds of useful things! #ghc14
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"I believe that the future of wearable of technology will be driven by women" most men over 40, under 14 dressed by women. #ghc14
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Lots of sessions with men this year ghc in the first one where one is a PoC (and the best dressed man I've seen here) #ghc14 #ghcmanwatch
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"You can't put a price on satisfaction." 3 aspects in fashion: 1. Cost to purchase, 2. Price to pay. 3. Willingness to pay. #ghc14
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"The idea of wearing something that would be come Fitbit or jawbone baffles me." #ghc14
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"I am technical by training. I think I have escaped that training... Hermes is about adventure." #ghc14
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"Some things fashion does really well, some things that tech industry does really well. If they can learn to talk to each other." #ghc14
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Fashion designers & programmers find it hard to talk to each other. Completely different languages. "Design" means different things! #ghc14
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"I want something more than my phone strapped to my wrist" - I actively don't want my phone on my wrist. #ghc14
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expliKateD :) which are you in!
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owenthomas ghc selenalarson satyanadella totally my bad should have said first black man. His blazer is v cool, hoodie--
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petrillic lol
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expliKateD ooh sounds exciting!
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skamille haha I used to wear my misfit on my bra but what about sleep tracking?
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skamille the vibrating wake up is nice.
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skamille yeah but it's been a while since I got that kind of wake up so be nice don't taunt me ;)
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WillingCarol ghc oh she was great!
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secboffin I have been wearing mine for so long I am used to it but objectively, you are right.
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skamille selenamarie lol so did my ex and it didn't work. I still have a pic of him wearing it though!
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"We're going to take all the tech out of the wearable device and just make it a dsp... Something else will do the computing." #ghc14
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secboffin :s yeah the jawbone 2nd gen (I think) used to last less than 21 days.
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"I was talking to my watch and I definitely got some weird looks." #GHC14
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"Emotional utility 5, 10, 15 years from now has nothing to do with useful." #ghc14
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On Wearables "The first question I always get asked is 'can I wash it?'" #ghc14
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CatSwetel not sure but I love his outfit!
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My #ghc14 talk is in the session at 5:15 North 120 A. Do you like sheep? Want to know what a "hitori date" is? Come along!
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skamille someone from RTR just asked a q in the session I'm in! :)
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"Fashion is all open source. Fashion doesn't care about IP they care about brand." #GHC14
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tekgrrl hey!!!! Great to see you too!!! Will you be at my talk? The party?
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"It was taken out of context. By out of context I mean out of the patriarchy." stillinbeta
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"You can't be secure and and usable. If your secure you can't be usable and if you're usable you are not secure." #ghc14
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"There are nose design principles. If you follow them, you're gonna have success." #ghc14
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"There's no normal size for the nose... because it grows throughout your life." #ghc14
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"You don't just have to put your nose on the sensor, you gotta slide it. Well that's hard to do with a finger." #ghc14
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_loveallthis bubbva it is brilliant
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compiledwrong @khanyoustop I can take questions on this topic ;
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compiledwrong @khanyoustop ;)
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taraclark_ I've been wondering if anyone would notice that. You are first to call it out!
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WillingCarol ghc thankyou!
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Love how many people disappointed my ghc talk wasn't about burning the patriarchy. Next year! #ghc14
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Live tweets from my #ghc14 talk, which wasn't about burning down the patriarchy (hedgehogs!) buff.ly/1swag2o
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mattwallaert bubbva ooh the laptop tablet hybrid
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robert_a_walker bubbva I've had worse experiences with strange men but not by much.
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Me: "I'm worried after #ghcmanwatch if I ever want another corporate job I'll have to retrain as accountant." R: "I don't recommend it."
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skamille I did not see her but say great q when she returns!
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aimafidon <3 <3 <3
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danshapiro Thanks :D
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danshapiro Also Monday fine will email!
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compiledwrong was this Sabrina?
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@kaceykaso thanks for coming!
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Read this on #ghcmanwatch globaltechwomen.com/blog/the-microsoft-ceo-satya-nadella-was-right-until-he-wasnt /via leapingwoman
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Last night of #ghc14 and I seem to have forgotten to eat dinner. And to go to sleep. Oops.
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lara_hogan yes been noting and grateful that I /haven't/ been harassed this week.
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fluffyemily lol at concept <3 at you!
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RT triketora: after satya nadella's salary gaffe, a few ladies at #ghc14 and i decided to compare salaries. the more senior people in the …
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haley wish you had been there!
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ICYMI the thinkprogress #ghcmanwatch article, I'm quoted, but I still think it's great - thinkprogress.org/economy/2014/10/10/3578499/ghc-male-allies-panel/?utm_content=buffer0ecbc&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
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Super cute blogger gift from jo_miller - thanks!! <3 #ghc14
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RT freebsdgirl: weev accused me of sleeping with all of FreeBSD to get my commit bit. FYI, that would be exhausting. Also inefficient, lea…
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msandreakim awwh thank you! So glad you enjoyed it!
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If you want me to come tweet shit that men say at your tech conf, let me know. I also give talks ;) #ghcmanwatch #ghc14
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AirCanada nicest flight attendants in the phoenix -> Toronto flight today! Especially Tanya. Thanks!
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cupcait hehehe thanks! :D
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leapingwoman lol sgtm
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Finished shanley's book "your start up is broken" on the plane. If you followed #ghcmanwatch read this - its fantastic. #ghc14
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DocOnDev hmm whistling Vivaldi. Also unlocking the clubhouse.
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joulesm thanks! Was lovely to meet you too!
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WillingCarol Awwh thanks :)
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"It's such a powerful skill set. We need to find a way to get them that skill set, then get them the fuck out of that industry." lccarson
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maffeomedia really? I'm reserving judgement until I see outcomes.
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N4td <3 <3 <3
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RT senthorun: FYI: Here's a handy comic to use whenever you have to explain why "reverse racism" is not a thing.
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lccarson I see you are awake, I left you your breakfast ;)
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adriarichards <3 thanks - your consciousness raising is important! I learn a lot from you.
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leapingwoman you are fabulous <3
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In #kwawesome all week, who wants to hang out?
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bubbva :) wonderful to see you, as always!
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MotherOFirebees <3 <3 <3
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mf_long you were so fantastic. Wish I had got to meet you IRL - next year! Would love to buy you a beverage.
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sferik thanks so much for saying! Always nice to hear ;)
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RT thartmanning: catehstn serious cuteness! "fabulousanimals: How dinosaurs went extinct fabulousanimals/520014563484647425/photo/1”
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jo_miller thanks I wish you could have been there too <3
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stefanamuller Yeah the comment was a little ignorant, I think trying to be positive which means serious issues get overlooked sometimes.
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cmwalla in your timezone this week ;)
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IngridBernaudin yep. Agreed.
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purp ThisTechGirl hard to say. I think step 1 would be changing the bystander culture.
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skamille courtneynash selenamarie necklace harder, but I don't mind the same bracelet - I just wear others as well.
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tekgrrl thanks for coming! Wish we had got to chat more. Will pop through London later this month - maybe catch you then?
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Many tech women do end up with no need to ask for a raise, because they leave and acceptable pay is $0. That's not karma, that's misogyny.
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marthakelly <3 you are amazing. Can't wait until you take over the world!
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I just left the tech industry to build my own things. Current salary: $0. Maybe I should ask the patriarchy for a raise.
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DocOnDev oh! And "Women Don't Ask" - very relevant given the comments on asking for more. amazon.com/gp/product/0553383876/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0553383876&linkCode=as2&tag=kittsthou-20&linkId=ABMD2OEDYA3SGUI2
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cupcait jennapederson Hey, wish you had been there, Caitlin. Did y'all see the Storify? storify.com/catehstn/ghcmanwatch-mark-2 and thinkprogress.org/economy/2014/10/10/3578499/ghc-male-allies-panel/
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kangarara yes yes yes - so agree. Where are you based? Would love to help if I can.
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ichthala on a serious note - some great stuff off the new grad track and the hallway track is awesome. What would have helped you?
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madamscientist NeedhiBhalla thanks - I saw that at the time. The researchers mentioned are the ones who wrote that book.
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marthakelly <3 you so could have! I believe in you!
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Women don't make what they should AND their career is liable to be shorter than that of a pro-footballer, which is another financial hit.
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kmoir I hear they accept it at the free food distribution points available at almost all major tech companies.
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brownierin oh thank you so much for saying so. Good luck!
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CatSwetel but if you punch him (which he deserves) you can be charged with assault.
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Uber your service was 2x as expensive as when I got a standard limo last time, Toronto to Kitchener. Really disappointed.
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CatSwetel yeah and even if they do let you file, they'll say he said/she said. Whereas if you punch him, he'll have a bruise for evidence.
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CatSwetel remind me never to get on your bad side ;)
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MotherOFirebees who is also still a child.
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MotherOFirebees it must be so hard for him having to demonstrate how not terrible he is. I really feel for him...
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leapingwoman good! I'm really glad.
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Thanks for writing this, anildash - The tech diversity story that’s not being told. buff.ly/1z1v5qU
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lccarson I'm still surprised there's food here.
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avflox so in depth! I've been realizing how people who weren't there are confused by what happened, and those that were but don't tweet too
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denisemc06 awesome thank you!
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@write_girl hey I'm in town! Want to hang out this week?
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zmagg are you blogging now?!!?!
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avflox It's GREAT. So thorough. Did you see topsy.com/trackback?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.catehuston.com%2Fblog%2F2014%2F10%2F01%2Fmale-allies-and-ghc%2F? published a week before, had 80+ tweets before conf, mentioned in intro
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avflox actually linked from one of the things published in advance - they knew what criticism was going, but chose to ignore it.
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avflox or actually worse than ignore it, frame it as not welcoming men.
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avflox not in the long run ;)
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guicaro making something exciting ;) you'll see soon, I hope!
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@write_girl when?? Tuesday?
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farwell_WR heeeey I'm in your city :)
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avflox yes, I agree. I was disappointed in them.
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lccarson hellooooooooo :)
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lccarson it's about 19 years too late.
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lccarson this is that chrome extension btw - chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/momentum/laookkfknpbbblfpciffpaejjkokdgca?hl=en_
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I wrote about #ghcmanwatch as part of this year's ghc #ghc14 experience - Tweeting Shit That Men Say - buff.ly/1sx1bpV
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ichthala yeah I found a helpful thing for that is connecting with woman who will be there in advance and meeting up.
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ichthala careers fair can be a bit overwhelming. It is a recruiting machine.
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kangarara Hmm OK. Don't know anyone in Vancouver really, maybe TeraKristen? Is there a GDI chapter? A GGD chapter?
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kangarara can help you put together a proposal you could take to tech companies to sponsor. Maybe something like mobile or data science?
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kangarara lots of people retraining in those right now, even people who never left.
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farwell_WR lunch this week?
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NatDudley KirstiGrant I'm not in TO anymore, in KW - bit of a way outside the city. Don't suppose you flying Sunday? Rendevous at YYZ?
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NatDudley KirstiGrant and thanks Nat <3 <3 <3
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triketora did you declare bankruptcy? google.com/patents/US8560619
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CatSwetel :) thanks hon
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farwell_WR nooooooooooooooooooo :(
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plragde oooh :)
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"As the meeting ended, a friend gently pulled me aside, and gently told me that I was an ignorant pig. " buff.ly/1ypvmmr /by SciBry
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fussbot concernedfems I think this is accurate. You are a superstar!
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ichthala yeah and the hashtag. The first time I went I'd been doing this social media analysis visualisations and connected with people...
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ichthala that way. I think a lot of it was leapingwoman who used to be their community manager.
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cupcait thanks for sharing that.
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JessiDG lol that bird is awesome. And yes, intentional or not, true.
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rossgrady that is awesome. I hope the women you sent enjoyed it!
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rossgrady not this year :(
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noirinp took it from a prev post because it was quote that got pulled out and shared. But maybe it's not right OOC. Will think. Thx.
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rossgrady that's amazing! :) keep me posted!
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chris_saunders I was! Sunday night - Tuesday last week. Now in KW.
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tekgrrl it's ok! I captured the storify from other people's tweets - storify.com/catehstn/cate-s-ghc14-talk have you been anywhere exciting?
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JessiDG some of them yes. Some of them have a lot of experience and are still making mistakes ;)
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chris_saunders unlikely to go past the airport ;)
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tekgrrl oh most of my best accessories come from Japan! :)
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mf_long thank you!
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mattwallaert I counted the speakers I saw, not the total numbers?
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mattwallaert ah okay maybe it wasn't clear that I was writing about my impressions. Feel free to clarify with data in the comments.
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mattwallaert interestingly an environment is perceived to be female dominated at ~30%, this was perhaps the other way.
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cupcait :) it does but I'm just happy if you find it worth reading :)
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mattwallaert it's also not all speakers are equal in weight. Everyone sees the plenary/keynote, panels less so.
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mattwallaert e.g. 3 of the 10 men I saw speak where in panels. One on HR, the other on Fashion, so not like I was out there looking!
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Tickets to tech crunch disrupt London - tell them about a woman in tech who inspires you! (how will I pick?) buff.ly/1sHFm7r
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This is great - Women represent 27.3% of Intuit's technical employees buff.ly/1Cbqf6W thanks denisemc06 /cc DiversityData
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@Uber_TOR done :)
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annakoop I don't tend to follow advertising tbh, main thing I think we'll see if great place for women is 18% moving to 30+%
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ICYMI I wrote about #ghcmanwatch as part of this year's ghc #ghc14 experience - Tweeting Shit That Men Say - buff.ly/1sx1bpV
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mattwallaert I agree, I read your article last week. Do you think that was because of the online chatter though? Because I disagree.
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Worryingly lccarson has gone out and left me alone in a house with an oven switched on. There is also a turkey. Sure smells good, though!
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DocOnDev :)
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RT lara_hogan: FYI, tomorrow is Ada Lovelace Day! findingada.com/
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I drank ice wine and now I just want to go to sleep. And buy a pet hedgehog.
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Thing is you can't just buy a hedgehog. You have to have a place to live. And I bet it would need a bowl or something too.
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CatSwetel so few things shock me. That actually does.
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lindseybieda don't forget the "find a husband" reason.
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Or I would like an owl. But owls need a bowl and a hair dryer. m.youtube.com/watch?v=iyw6_lu3Y7Q
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nkkl yes in California! Very sad :(
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marthakelly I am dying of cuteness
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@write_girl actually can't tomorrow. Wed or fri open.
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marthakelly did you see this?! catehstn/521487374493450240
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CatSwetel SET IT ALL ON FIRE!
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@write_girl yes!
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Oh wow no longer want a pet owl, thanks kristinathai - internationalowlcenter.org/owls-humans/owlsaspets
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lccarson well first I would need to find a place to live. And a bowl. And a hairdryer.
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PeopleofKW Irwin is such a GREAT name for a hedgehog!
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Seriously super excited because I found this crazy way to mock in a way I had no idea was possible. Unit testing! Much excite!
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amyruthworrall kristinathai well the owls lived in the owlery and I guess the staff took care of them :s
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turbogrrl thank you! It would be wonderful to see you again!
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kimhorne <3
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kimhorne why a turnip? It would be easier to be a kitten. Or a hedgehog. OR AN OWL.
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kimhorne but you are fab so being any of those things would make my twitter feed much less informative ;)
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kimhorne "an entire colony of spiders" lol lol lol
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RT mnowster: On Ada Lovelace day if you're asking "Is sexism a problem in the tech industry?",she's the pioneer of computing, erased from …
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juliaferraioli so, so true.
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fluffyemily yay!! :)
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Thanks HandeE so honoured to have been your #ald14 WiT! <3 buff.ly/1w4tw6j
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Trapped in the house with lccarson's router. Only one of us can emerge victorious.
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Canuckflack jacobglick congrats Jacob! :)
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Love this from BeerOps - Some Thoughts About Allyship - buff.ly/1EL5L96
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WillingCarol ghc thanks. I think that is a great idea! Wish they would do it!
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danshapiro :) you're welcome?
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RT danshapiro: .catehstn just blew my mind with this blog post about company culture. catehuston.com/blog/2014/02/19/process-and-culture/
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RT lccarson: "I'm glad that we're having a conversation about who's a better house guest, me or the router. I'm also glad that I'm winning…
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mrtazz thanks for sharing that :)
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vaurorapub :) I have talked about this privately, decided ~2 years ago. Said nothing for a year to be sure I could stick to it.
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vaurorapub Yeah I feel like if it is made too big a deal it seems like bottling up a lot of criticism? So was wary of saying anything.
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vaurorapub But nobody notices lack of participation in arguments.
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WillingCarol vaurorapub I'm mostly nice in private too ;)
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hmason <3
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On egg freezing: spending day surrounded by tech dudes annihilated my desire/ability to date. If I wanted kids that would have worried me.
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I actually think egg freezing is potentially a great thing for women who worry they won't find a partner until after they exit the industry.
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vaurorapub actually more like 3 years now. Time flies!
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@snowcrashmike lccarson A pickaxe was discussed but we decided a better revenge.
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@EnigmaticKelsey danshapiro Slogans.
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Celebrating Ada Lovelace day by starting on Jean Jennings Bartik's memoir "pioneer programmer".
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juliaferraioli oh I did not know that. Hopefully they can improve freezing of unfertilized eggs!
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juliaferraioli know you have a lot on right now <3 <3 <3
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Chapter 1 tells the story of how an architecture invented by others became known as the "Von Neumann" architecture. Woah!
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zoesqwilliams Lol can you email me the quotes? I'm now independent :) catehuston @ gmail
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PatrickHerd ooh but what will it do to the microwave?
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PatrickHerd lol lol lol :)
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zoesqwilliams also people have responded saying eggs freeze better fertilized (idk if you are aware, I was not)
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lccarson hello from your new best friend. I am in your basement, transmitting your messages.
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kristinathai oh cool! :) will have a look after this one. Thanks!
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kristinathai amyruthworrall it's possible JK is not an expert on the care and feeding of owls... I am disappoint.
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lccarson I am now appropriately named, and guarded.
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I'm going to talk to students at UW today about burning the patriarchy. 5pm.
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@EnigmaticKelsey danshapiro that comes from a desire to focus on external factors. See catehuston.com/blog/2014/01/01/the-pipeline-is-a-bullshit-argument-and-other-rants/ and catehuston.com/blog/2014/06/11/another-rant-about-the-pipeline/
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I really, really like this by jgoldfein - Tech’s Meritocracy Problem -buff.ly/1swRvg8
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RT adriarichards: Being a woman in tech is like having two jobs but you only get paid for one
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RT melissapierce: Who would have thought that one of the most dangerous jobs for women in 2014 would be video game critic?
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RT adriarichards: I have plans to invite people who troll in their free time to discover new and more rewarding hobbies
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Since my visibility increased with #ghcmanwatch, I wake up and check everything and am grateful I haven't been harassed because of it.. yet.
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We should be terrified that this is not paranoia. This is normal. THE EXPECTED RESULT OF HAVING AN OPINION AS A WOMAN IS DEATH/RAPE THREATS.
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Someday they will get one of us, and everyone who said it was "just for the lolz" - YOU WILL HAVE ENABLED AND ABETTED THAT ACT OF TERRORISM.
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MotherOFirebees <3 I'm safe. Even close friends and family struggle to keep up with where I am at any given moment.
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BeerOps yes. Each notification. Each blog comment. "Is this...?" Oh it's not. For now.
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hypatiadotca oh kiwiland! You'll have SO MUCH FUN!
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bubbva :D I listened to the feedback from my last talk ;) haha
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bubbva lol no going slide free. dontgetcaught will be pleased with me!
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dontgetcaught bubbva lol :) this content is not happy enough for kittens and hedgehogs.
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ghc thanks for sharing that :)
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Good news y'all. Worried I was unemployable after last weeks hell raising but got offered a really cool job in Canada yesterday <3
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steveyd78 yes! :) although have been enjoying (and taking full advantage of) freedom so nothing definite yet.
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zenparty thanks :)
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kangarara it's not in Vancouver although eventually I will pass through YVR and actually leave the airport and take you up on that!
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bubbva dontgetcaught :) no kitten is as vicious as a gamer.
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lccarson +1 to this plan of action. I was quite scared to wake up that way.
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Ooh cheap flights to Kazakhstan, anyone want to go? buff.ly/1wnC3kl
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lccarson is the prize sushi?
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marthakelly s/weird/awesome
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This is so informative from adriarichards - What To Do If Trolls Have Doxx'd You With A #trollattack - buff.ly/1qheRAI
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marthakelly lol someone explained 8 tracks to me last night :)
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MotherOFirebees your hair looks great!
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Getting ready for my talk. Going to try livetweeting my own talk.
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Knowing what I'm going to makes it easier. Although last week could have collected draft tweets saying "PIPELINE". Would have been helpful.
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(1) Women make up 20% of software engs. 56% leave within 10 years. 63% of women in stem report being sexually harassed. #ghcmanwatch
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(2) Tech industry monoculture creates poor products. Long history of shipping things that don't work for large % of population. #ghcmanwatch
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(3) Voice recognition software didn't work for women. Face recognition didn't work for PoC. Apple health doesn't track periods. #ghcmanwatch
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(4) You can't just "shrink it and pink it" you have to actually think about it. #ghcmanwatch
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(5) Pay gap in tech industry smaller than finance. Still an average of $6,358 a year. #ghcmanwatch
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(6) Pipelining is when companies blame graduation rate for low numbers. Completely ignores attrition. #ghcmanwatch
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(7) 3 problems: 1. Grad rates declining for 20 years. 2. Disavows any responsibility. 3. Asks current female eng to fix. #ghcmanwatch
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(8) Joke that being female eng you get 2 jobs. Being an eng, and being female. But you only get paid for ~88% of the first one. #ghcmanwatch
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(9) Women in tech put up with so much stuff that men don't. If complain risk being harassed, sued, professionally discredited. #ghcmanwatch
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(10) University students - enjoy the pipelining whilst it lasts. Discontinues once in the workforce! #ghcmanwatch
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(11) Believe and amplify other women. Men have more followers, get more RTs on Twitter. You are likely perpetuating this. #ghcmanwatch
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(12) Focus on your own message. If you think something could be articulated better, go ahead and try. #ghcmanwatch
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(13) Check your privilege. Women have it bad in tech, trans people, PoC worse. Read "Whistling Vivaldi". #ghcmanwatch
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(14) We are lucky to fight for right to equal pay. Some women still fighting for right to work at all. #ghcmanwatch
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(15) Having a parent in STEM is common for women in tech. Grow up with expectation of a "professional" job, support. #ghcmanwatch
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(16) Male allies avoid talking on all-male panels in general. Don't attend conferences w/o women speakers. Take the CoC pledge. #ghcmanwatch
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(17) Don't be a bystander. Own YOUR OWN discomfort when women diminished in front of you. Say "I found that offensive." #ghcmanwatch
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(18) Male allies can look for ways to amplify and sponsor women. anildash only retweeted women for a year! #ghcmanwatch
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(19) When hiring or promoting you need women on the committee. This works for balanced speaker line ups too. #ghcmanwatch
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(20) Be mindful about thankless emotional labour. Never assume she will do it, likes it, or that it is appreciated by others. #ghcmanwatch
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(21) As Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie said and Beyoncé sampled, "we should all be feminists". #ghcmanwatch
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(22) So let's burn the patriarchy down... Or at least tweet our dissent until men in power listen. #ghcmanwatch
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@sarahseewhy thankyou!
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cs_kaplan I'll send you your todo list ;) thanks for coming!
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SashaLaundy thanks :) I was live tweeting my own talk!
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cczona thankyou :)
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harpaa01 yep women drop out from the age of 5 until they die.
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ceejbot brianwisti yep. Very true.
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SashaLaundy lol it was a challenge. App not really set up for it. Maybe buffer would be better - need one tap to share.
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engijen yes! I think if more women were working on social products harassment would be being... actually dealt with.
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cczona thankyou! It's really nice to hear that.
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xatharine first question after my talk: "do you have matches?" :D
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xatharine also: awesome.
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nkkl yes, or most of them :) thanks for the encouragement!
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cduncs42 LegallyFeminist awwh thankyou!
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susankitchens amazing. Thank you for highlighting that.
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compiledwrong via Russia?
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rossgrady thank you!
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aredridel yep a11y huge. Complexity often not appreciated by other engineers, too (in my exp).
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Amazing kelseyinnis collected my tweets from my burning down the patriarchy talk. Thank you so much <3 twitter.com/kelseyinnis/timelines/522536209676271616
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aimafidon thanks! Saw a preview, was looking out for it.
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juliaferraioli thank you :)
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OMG most adorable hedgehogdays hedgehogdays/522530891990446080
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ehashd :) glad you had fun!
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I told y'all I would go back to tweeting about unit testing - Better Testing of View Controllers on iOS - buff.ly/1sRK2HK
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arshia__ that was so long ago! Had forgotten I had written it. Thanks for pointing it out to me, too.
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JessiDG giantspatula oh I had to do this for a woman at ORD last week. I thought it was just because the sensors were flakey at the time.
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naptimecoder not necessary, but signifiant predictor. Was using it as an example of overlooking our privilege :) and thanks! Great story.
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kelseyinnis pamelafox yeah I'd love to see more data on this. Was using as example for privilidge we don't consider. Way more depth there.
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Living400lbs ha that is hilarious.
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Hagit :) thanks
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650REDHAIR bitchmagazine.org/post/seven-studies-proving-mansplaining-exists at the end, but it's all worth reading (have also seen signs of an academic paper but did not locate it)
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cs_kaplan great to see you btw :) kelseyinnis collected my live tweets and they are here: twitter.com/kelseyinnis/timelines/522536209676271616
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aimafidon wait, you're on holiday?
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lara_hogan :D well done!
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ICYMI (although that would be hard) last night I live tweeted my own talk, and kelseyinnis collected it here: twitter.com/kelseyinnis/timelines/522536209676271616
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And then heard another appalling story of a woman in STEM and HR making it worse. Is "professional gaslighter" part of the job description?
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.spacekatgal is a hero, y'all. Thanks. #StopGamerGate2014
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I think zoesqwilliams column on egg freezing is biting and hilarious. And I'm quoted. buff.ly/1F0zjQ4
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lindseybieda lol lol lol
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the_amphibian :( they do so much damage that way.
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mackesque kelseyinnis it also made me feel v special ;) no one has done that for me before!
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compiledwrong amazing. I'm free in December.
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shanley always thrilled to be in the mvc newsletter :) thanks for asking and for thinking of me.
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Important point on opportunity to DO equal work. This internal memo from satyanadella is good - buff.ly/1vhEoQ3 /via hypatiadotca
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From the always amazing hypatiadotca - What you can do - buff.ly/1EMWXzD
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celesteasaurus :) thanks for the signal boost!
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JillWetzler <3 thanks.
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compiledwrong think I will go for longer but happy to do a week and then stay on alone. Want to switch to email? catehuston, gmail.
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ICYMI Yay I am in The Guardian again, thanks to zoesqwilliams whose biting wit I am a fan of - buff.ly/1sOe52N
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brendam thanks for sharing that!
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Showed (male) friend my awesome app today. He said it was interesting I was known for feminist ranting and not mad tech skillz. Yeah... :s
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chris_saunders thanks :) maybe when my app and book chapter come out will feel better about that. Also! Prepping 2 cool talks for next year
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chris_saunders and another feminist rate. Provisionally titled "a series of unfortunate statistics" :)
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Dirk_Gently he meant in"I'm surprised by this" way. I think. But unless obsessed w/ unit testing or color... tech writing more specialised.
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dontgetcaught featuring ME! :D
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Pj_Lowe so great to see you today, thanks for the pep talk <3 <3 <3
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pilky yay exiting. Kinda jelly.
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aimafidon <3 in Lon next weekend btw hope you are having fun!
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RT shanley: This week in tech culture- male allies, "privacy" & apps, additional evidence against the "pipeline argument", more: http://t.…
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Pj_Lowe and happy birthday!
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secboffin <3 will be in London next week. Lunch? Want to hug you for writing this.
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RT lccarson: Have I mentioned that my houseguest went into the basement, defeated the evil router, and put a new router on its throne?
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lccarson it's amazing. We should name it.
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Still no harassment. Just a little light mansplaining. I've coded for 13 years been mansplained at for all of them so practiced at ignoring.
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Fuck you mansplainers. I have DATA and a block button. Although "it's not racism it's a hardware limitation" wtf is wrong with you.
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YOU CANNOT MANSPLAIN ME AWAY.
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lccarson this is what you can hear me laughing about.
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@ceohunty thanks :) one day!
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bubbva =".."=
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N4td <3
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mf_long Awwh <3
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janl proud of you! :) also - thanks.
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pilky I see you are having a productive and interesting day ;)
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Technology, Women and Equity at the 2014 Grace Hopper Conference - buff.ly/1qk0ADh /via pennyherscher
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Getting excited about speaking oredev in 2 weeks! Will include sneak preview of talk I'm prepping for 2015: "Mobile is a Systems Problem".
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One thing I've realised over the last few years is that payment of women for things that could be asked as "favours" is a Feminist act.
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I've been trying to give up Thankless Emotional Labour in the tech industry but it's hard because expectation you will "help" is so strong.
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neilkimmett secboffin I was not the first to this. My friend Julie (driven away from Twitter by vicious trolls) and ashedryden before me.
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CatSwetel yes. And they are trying to help! Why won't you help them help! Don't you care? It's really hard.
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mrtazz :) thanks
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When you fill in your ghc feedback form please feel free to say that you would like to see me talk about burning down the patriarchy ;)
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Next time I'm in Tokyo, I have to go here - Fukuro No Mise, Tokyo's Owl Cafe, Looks Like A Real Hoot - buff.ly/1z5UoZ6 /via @
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Famous Speech Friday: Kerry Washington on the risk of public speaking - buff.ly/1sdLtyt /by dontgetcaught
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WillingCarol systers_org aww thanks :)
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Today marks 3 weeks of freedom, y'all. I am just getting started.
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lizhenry I reported a guy who sexually assaulted me on a plane. The police let him go, he was able to approach me in the airport.
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lizhenry I learned an important lesson which is THEY DO NOTHING. He learned he can do again to min one women, on his way to each country.
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secboffin lol say hi to the tone police for me. And by "hi" I mean "fuck you".
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Pj_Lowe have fun <3
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lizhenry :) you are an inspiration.
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Just broke 200 loans on Kiva <3
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So lizhenry tweeted me today saying "we won't despair we'll keep organizing" I think that will be my mantra.
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bubbva @lizhubertz OrganizeFISH mf_long I wannaaaa but laws of physics and karma not being accepted by airlines.
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lccarson that must be a hell of a tv show I can hear you laughing!
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lccarson I see you are determined to domesticate me.
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"...you may think the bad things that happen in tech are isolated incidents. I could not harbor that delusion..." buff.ly/1xQxXma
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HandeE I'm having an error connecting to your blog, saying database connection?
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Wrote up my notes from pilky's talk at #iOSDevUK – Thinking in NSLayoutContraints - catehuston.com/blog/2014/10/17/iosdevuk-martin-pilkington-thinking-in-nslayoutcontraints/
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HandeE awwh that is so sweet!
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After call with MDibernardo I feel pretty optimistic about last stretch of my aosabook chapter! Maybe one day I'll even write another ;)
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HandeE yay
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HandeE adding you and the guardian to my list of places I have featured haha
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@Johns_Wolf_Pack the two before that were women ;) I work at the balance but still fail.
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@Johns_Wolf_Pack you can also see it on analytics.twitter.com/
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"We are like football players or fashion models: we have tiny windows–more like pet doors–of opportunity." buff.ly/1sREZHp
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kristinathai pilky oh I should try that. Been using it a bit in the app I'm writing but I'm still p confused :)
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On being in tech, meaningless apps, and working just for the money - "Get yours and get out." buff.ly/1sLP5dJ
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triketora THE KITTEN ALWAYS THE KITTEN =".."=
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@laurenvoswinkel ashedryden amazing!
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secboffin THE PIT OF ACID
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lccarson you didn't warn this house pet about rabid weasles (it wasn't me)
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secboffin THE MEAT GRINDER
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secboffin LEAN INTO THE BLACK HOLE
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secboffin I was going to call my memoir "Escaping the Gilded Cage" but I will now have to reconsider.
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And... structural changes done I hope! <3 <3 <3 Productive Saturdays <3 <3 <3
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N4td <3
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pippinlee thanks! Leaving again tomorrow :)
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N4td yeah until tomorrow. Think my spine is collapsing. Forget how much my gym habit forgives my sitting and coding on laptop. How are you?
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N4td I saw your work tweets that is rough <3 but puppy!
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N4td Awwh that is lovely! So nice to be appreciated.
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cupcait I thought so too. Too much on Passion and Dreams and other bullshit.
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hypatiadotca awesome!
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Storify from bubbva on what was said at the male allies panel buff.ly/1soE6nO #ghcmanwatch
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MotherOFirebees because people are horrible.
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.lccarson bought me a pet hedgehog
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"If you are emotionally wound up and someone takes your hedgehog at the airport... I forsee disaster." lccarson
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JillWetzler wearing that awesome twitter tshirt you gave me today <3 thanks!
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Old but interesting - How to Kill Creativity - buff.ly/1CBbLgF /via WillingCarol
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Noooooo my ticket was booked wrong and now I'm in a queue and will have to do a miles run in December.
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How Everything We Tell Ourselves About How Busy We Are Is A Lie (2H10M of housework a day? Yikes) buff.ly/1CCN7wf /via jenny_blake
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lccarson no and the hey didn't have the one item I needed at Clinique either :(
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Theoretically I have great status+upgrades with AirCanada but ticket issued by United so I have a middle seat. This is what Xanax is for.
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Idk why I bother with airline status. It doesn't seem to mean much.
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After previous experiences flying I'm terrified of sitting next to random men on planes. And this trip up to 2 random men. Yay.
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@katelosse yeah. Or like, the laws regarding where you can touch women without permission.
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AirCanada seriously none of your agents seem to care. What does being super elite mean exactly?
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AirCanada every time anyone else books my ticket it gets screwed up. Why is this so hard?!
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@katelosse someone told me a story she was sure would shock me. But actually also mine. That woman didn't say anything. I went to police...
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@katelosse who did NOtHInG and then the creep approached me in the airport too.
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I have to get on the plane now. Fingers x'd this trip doesn't include unwanted and inappropriate touching. A feature of 2 trips last year.
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wolffan promise you, no need to make shit up.
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KarlTheMartian can you take such a thing on a plane? ;)
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lccarson :) made it to bhx okay! Thanks for having me!
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"Why "but all my slides are pictures" isn't a smart public speaking strategy" buff.ly/1rSoENg /by dontgetcaught
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dontgetcaught thanks for sharing that! Next Monday: how I live tweeted my o talk ;)
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RT dontgetcaught: Public Speaking as Performance by catehstn: catehuston.com/blog/2014/10/20/public-speaking-as-performance/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed&utm_reader=feedly
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ErinLouise is it the one on women in Cs? Been hearing a lot about it! And as ever thanks for thinking of me :)
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aimafidon exiting!
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Me: "I told you he was patronizing." Friend: "Patronizing is one way of putting it. Pedantic asshole is another."
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This is nice, on relaxing for it's own sake - What I Learned on My Vacation buff.ly/1t1kDfV /via jenny_blake
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oceanician HandeE ha second person to send that to me today :) thanks!
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alexproaps yay!
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RT hypatiadotca: The name for what pmarca describes here is 'cronyism,' not 'meritocracy' nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/10/marc-andreessen-in-conversation.html (via Rustyk5) http://t.…
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Hmm, I'm more FOMO than JOMO - The joy of missing out - buff.ly/1DpOf8G
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MotherOFirebees so glad. You are delightful yourself.
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MotherOFirebees yes yes yes
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MotherOFirebees someone pointed out to me recently that not just CS grads too. Come from other fields.
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dontgetcaught no...
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Today's experimental jetlag cure: Bring it On and some not particularly demanding coding :)
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rossgrady a hedgehog for every occasion!
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hypatiadotca it is p nice :)
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mrtazz :D
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chris_saunders yeah I took something to put me to sleep on the plane and it lasted through most of yesterday and 12 hours last night :s
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The most obnoxious but so cute - social justice kittens - buff.ly/1t2ETxz /via dontgetcaught
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Good tips on sending cold emails - 6 Ways to Get Me to Email You Back - buff.ly/1CH8pce /via jenny_blake
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Finally go to reading this and it is BRILLIANT, thanks @katelosse - The Myth of Magical Futures - buff.ly/1vyjDzH
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Few places more beautiful than Ontario in the fall but it is nice to be where my gym membership is. Swimming!
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ThisTechGirl I was in TO like 2 weeks ago for 2 days, and kw all last week :)
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ThisTechGirl sorry! I thought you were in Vancouver for some reason. Next trip!
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ehashd HEDGEHOGS!!!!!
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Today's coding movies: Princess Diaries double bill.
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skamille <3 <3 <3 Barcelona. Enjoy!
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dgou thanks :)
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I wrote something about being an Angry Internet Feminist and 1000 tiny cuts - It’s Not That Big a Deal - buff.ly/1tKTgri
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25 Famous Women on Childlessness -- buff.ly/1yPOHgR
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RT beforeyouknowit: tech 'treps of all stripes need to read this essay - It’s Not That Big a Deal by catehstn bit.ly/1FDhUxi
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Yikes, the on demand economy - buff.ly/1zjIxXA /via ellenchisa
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Thinking of all my friends in O-town today <3
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ICYMI I wrote about being the unpaid, unappreciated teaching assistant of the Feminism 101 MOOC - buff.ly/1tKTgri
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Cannot tell you how happy it makes me to wake up and see this tweet still going. We can make this a thing, y'all. catehstn/499662459264069636
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shanley <3 I find pictures of adorable hedgehogs help.
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s_margaret twitter! I used to work with one though.
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triketora awesome. Yes you should have!!! I would have live retweeted you!
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So happy to have helped KleimK bring this to London. London Ladies, sign up! ENIAC Documentary - European Premiere - buff.ly/1yoRZ7N
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azurelunatic zarhooie That is awesome!
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@beth_bernobich StevenGould no! Twitter and IM have to count! Otherwise I would seriously never pass. Hard enough as-is.
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RaqWinchester I maintain Twitter and IM have to count! Otherwise I would never pass. Hard enough as it.
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Honestly days starting with Dr Pepper for breakfast are never good. Fighting with AutoLayout. Fighting with CGImageRefs and Context. Email.
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Oh the shame. It's not that my AutoLayout code isn't working. It's that I didn't call [self setUpConstraints]... and NOW it's not working.
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hypatiadotca the one with the baseball bat and the car. Oh wait, which one of those...
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RT marthakelly: How am I going to be CTO one day if this industry makes me want to rage quit daily
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lccarson amazing
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zara_p cool :)
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Think I do this - So, do you start sentences with so? If so... buff.ly/1CWL720 /by dontgetcaught
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RT Blackamazon: I want tech to give ONE YEAR to focusing on the environmental and social conditions for WOC and see how EVERYBODY's LIFE i…
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Today needs a highlight so I'm going to go SWIMMING. And play with kettlebells.
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So adorable, kitty in a hat - buff.ly/1tfURU9
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shanley oh I have been contemplating a rant on why "we hire the best" is nonsense.
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RT mrtazz: “Men do not themselves know the depth of their hatred” - Germaine Greer, 1970. But in the last couple of weeks we def got a pre…
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a_meba yes planned to address this in one way "we get the best of the world" is so wrong.
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a_meba I can't tell you what a real meritocracy looks like but I can tell you it is not a sea of white dudes.
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scarerkite lol hope not! I will ping someone if you like.
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zmagg Totes jelly ;)
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MotherOFirebees okay! Idk if my rants suitable for MVC but I will submit.
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b0rk :) thanks for the encouragement.
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kimhorne amazing! :)
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web_goddess wait what? The only western food I had in NK was pizza. They served burgers on the plane but if you eat that, you regret it.
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My friend bought me lunch and was all "you're homeless and unemployed!" But actually I prefer "of no fixed address" and "funemployed".
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In other news y'all I am on my way to London.
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web_goddess :)
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RT kimhorne: Being out & visibly trans is the only way to stop them from killing you unless they kill you for being out & visible. Yossari…
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Interesting post from pinterest on increasing sign ups - buff.ly/1yZfAiw /via triketora
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geoffmazeroff thanks for sharing that :)
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b0rk thanks!
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InductiveStep :D thanks
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Finally got to meet the amazing corbett. We both have such high personal velocity it is surprising our paths have not intersected sooner.
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shanley thanks! Done :)
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NeoNacho thank you :)
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RT Canuckflack: That's right. A 57 year-old and Google SVP just jumped from a ballon. FROM SPACE. nyti.ms/1vZMywL
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marcprecipice b0rk gabbyh Thanks for saying so! I do want to give props for showing up. It must be scary. Marc! Will you go next year?
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This is awesome, something depressing is named after me - Huston test - Geek Feminism Wiki - buff.ly/1sThCLW
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krusk what how did I not tell you about this years ago?!
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krusk I should have! I am sorry!
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hypatiadotca <3 <3 <3 you too babe thanks for being a badass inspirational
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GinnyGhezzo that is a mark of a good conference for me :)
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IRL Tetris: arranging furniture in a tiny London apartment.
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ErinLouise no hanging out with a friend. No lease! Enjoying my FREEEEEEEEEEDOM!
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plragde I will have to look this up after some sleep
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jo_miller what have I done? ;)
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@ceohunty this hedgehog can be my new bff <3
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@ceohunty HEDGEHOGS ARE SO AWESOME <3
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.Skubanek "If I had to be religious I'd be amish"
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fussbot lol s/thank/curse
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DLitz I'm not sure what that means :) mean time between failures and then what?
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@aydaring ah you're at DVLB?
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DLitz ohhh yes but I didn't remember the acronym :)
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bubbva nooooo :D
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I like this from triketora “When are you going to start your own company?” — buff.ly/1tgMGH1
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MotherOFirebees and the big problem is "unconscious bias"
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mrtazz thanks for sharing that :)
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MotherOFirebees me too.
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Tell me again that the main issue is "unconscious bias" - nym.ag/1oGsrCQ
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This is a beautiful Famous Speech Friday - 1994 lecture by Miep Gies, Anne Frank's protector buff.ly/1ysY0Ag /via dontgetcaught
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MotherOFirebees what about Anne of green gables? I reread the first four after going to PEI and discovered another 2 or 3.
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aWeirdOneToo3 :) sorry!
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MotherOFirebees oh I loved them as a kid. and Noel streetfield
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fussbot <3
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So adorable - Hedgehog Bath Time - buff.ly/ZJuYQH /via lccarson
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Interesting take on why newer companies have lower diversity numbers - The Meritocracy Myth — Medium buff.ly/1wvP1yN /by shaft
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So wonderful to see dontgetcaught! Wish I was in london for the talk on Thursday which is sure to be amazing.
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RT dontgetcaught: Gr8 dinner with catehstn on my 1st night in London. Nice to hear "I've been reading your blog for seven years."
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kimhorne wtf is this entitlement "I follow you because X now be pleasing to me" you don't owe him shit.
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MotherOFirebees <3 <3 <3 also lol "regurgitation pose"
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MotherOFirebees <3 <3 <3 never change
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N4td <3
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corbett I have a passport holder that says "without this I'm nothing" seriously one of my fave things.
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I keep reading these things in hope I will learn - 6 Ways to Make Getting Up Early Work for You buff.ly/1wjMzNh /via mypromotion
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chris_saunders oh yes I used to do that when I had a Wii!
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alexproaps yeah I am happier and more productive on an earlier schedule but I struggle to keep it.
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emma_hurrell no but I'm here for the next couple of hours then leaving again
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emma_hurrell Copenhagen on Saturday
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Omg such a fluffy cat - buff.ly/1sv8p94
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.secboffin arrives just in time to stop me sleeping in the Facebook reception.
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maayanroth oops the kitty came with a sexy naked dude! ;)
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MotherOFirebees google alert with name means this info comes straight to your inbox!
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MotherOFirebees so weird. Pictures of teeth.
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RT JuliaBell: Warm notice from a Chinese hotel
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@ladykalessia sfslim hi! :)
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So the premise of this latest uncle bob piece is that he has realized after ~20 years he's been driving women away with casual misogyny?
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I'm sure he's right but it is written in a tone of "surprising suggestion" rather than horrified mia culpa.
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Last night's twitter highlight is shanley on beaver documentaries interspersed with feminist commentary. Fucking amazing. LOLing f'reals.
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s1mn That is quite an opening. What book is this?
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s1mn Cool! Will have a look!
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Wrote up my experiences and observations on live tweeting my own talk wp.me/p11Aax-3N2
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TheDivingBell1 thankyou!!
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"But that’s what the internet is. If you’re not a member of the dominant demographic, you exist here at its pleasure" buff.ly/1td4Rw7
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"Telling women to be brave and speak up is telling them to face a violent horde unarmed." - buff.ly/ZY3LJZ
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RT shanley: being own boss = best. sometimes i'm like "I SHOULD FIRE OURSELF FOR THAT TWEET" and then i'm like j/k j/k we're awesome at tw…
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RT hypatiadotca: A small request: next time you see a company promoting a "getting girls coding" project, ask what they are doing to retai…
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Interesting - How To Trigger Super-Momentum - buff.ly/1zEpBmv
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haley oh honey, so sorry <3
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ICYMI I wrote up my experience live tweeting my own talk - buff.ly/135lAZO
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haley gotta say quitting the tech industry has been amazing so far. So happy. So free.
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Thinking about the dream of the feminist hacker commune today. Just gonna leave this here. catehstn/376126488958861312
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hypatiadotca I take that to mean you are coming ;) <3
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thricedotted thankyou :)
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RT helenjwatson: Hedgehogs fond of roaming far and wide via thetimes thetimes.co.uk/tto/public/share/uuid/54c9525e-5d2a-11e4-8372-0218f3923c7f
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My mother: "I tweeted a picture of a hedgehog at you" only its article and she neglected to include my handle but all good now I have it.
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"I thought you'd like it. I saw a hedgehog and thought of you."
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JillWetzler thricedotted omg one day someone will say women leave because babies and I will actually burst into flames.
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I quit the tech industry to become an expert on adorable hedgehogs. Next ????? Finally: profit.
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jmwetzler JillWetzler we are leading by example ;) helenjwatson is saying "I do better than your father" lol
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secboffin SO CUTE!!!!!
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.kbladow I will create an army of misandrist hedgehogs who will eventually storm San Francisco.
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tgrevatt she's funny! :)
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rmi hypatiadotca there is still time!
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@serenangai =".."=
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zmagg i'm sure I emailed you in the last 6 months!!
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hypatiadotca omg serious you are in Sweden Sunday? I arrive Monday. But Malmö. Next to Denmark.
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KathleenLD hypatiadotca not this trip! Expecting to pop by in December and spend some time there early next year.
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More adventures in Unit Testing - Better Testing of View Controllers on iOS: Part 2 wp.me/p11Aax-3N8
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I have wrung 1k words out of myself so it must be time for lunch. Arghhhhhh!
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KamilPyc because it's not strictly necessary so I forgot. But is good practise, so added - thanks!
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Last couple of days to nominate for 2015 FDM everywoman in Technology Awards - buff.ly/1tddLtw
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MotherOFirebees <3 <3 <3
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Crashing so hard and then I remember my last day off was last Monday. Ai.
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Really happy Beryl's article "The Data on Diversity: It's not just about being fair" finally available publically - buff.ly/1nMWOGT
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zoesqwilliams I think it is really nice to retweet nice things about other people! Esp other women.
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fussbot Ai! <3
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kwugirl all banks have to do this. Rationale is that fraud will emerge in that time.
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Wunderkind Syndrome - buff.ly/1oVzg3v /via felsull
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kwugirl Australian banks too.
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RT BrentToderian: Clever. Spread the word.
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rachelsklar congrats!
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judithmwilliams ohh look at you in the nyt! :) congrats!
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b0rk if you would like a preview I have a draft ready and would love feedback! :)
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RT polotek: White dudes were editing out of the catcalling video. Ugh. - The problem with that catcalling video: slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2014/10/29/catcalling_video_hollaback_s_look_at_street_harassment_in_nyc_edited_out.html?wpsrc=sh_all_tab_tw_top
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Great slide deck on mobile and the tech industry, so many interesting data points! buff.ly/1xEnJog /via ekp
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MotherOFirebees yes! So happy for you!! <3
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RT hypatiadotca: "Do you know about Jian?" nothinginwinnipeg.com/2014/10/do-you-know-about-jian/ Ghomeshi is a classic Missing Stair: pervocracy.blogspot.com/2012/06/missing-stair.html
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Appreciated the piece in last RT but Blackamazon's commentary made me think about who doesn't get told about what "everybody" knows.
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b0rk thanks! Will send it over :)
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dontgetcaught wish I could be there tonight! Sure it will be fab!
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aisflat439 thanks! First draft done!
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RT shanley: A lot of men in tech want to refer back to the "pipeline" but don't want to even address any of violence women in the "pipelin…
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This is great, on the prevalence of alcohol in the tech at work and at events, something that has long bothered me - buff.ly/102aHWA
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dantoml yep that is in there. Esp in the evening! I don't even drink black tea after 4pm!
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dantoml ah. I don't really like coke either, but cherry coke and Dr pepper. Also! Finally replied to your email. You did get it?
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dantoml no rush just wanted to be sure you hadn't given up on me ;) sorry it took so long!
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dantoml ha i was more when I got to yours ;)
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Beautifully written article by kitchenettekat - The Invisible Minority of the Tech World - buff.ly/1sEwXfQ
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RT d6y: The Economist wants my call history, photos & wifi networks. To provide me "most relevant content & advertising". App deleted.
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I took the day off today and it was AWESOME. Read two novels. Amazing workout. SWIMMING!!!!!
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@WRadfordGaby I'm on a georgette heyer kick which needs to stop before I turn Romantic.
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RT shanley: i feel when i discover such staggering displays of male incompetence as a butterfly collector coming in possession of a new ra…
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Now I will start my third novel of the day but likely the last before curbing my addiction with "no novel November" - catehuston.com/blog/2013/12/09/experiment-no-novel-november/
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@WRadfordGaby yes novels at least :)
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scherem they rebranded after the fda thing years ago.
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pilky happy birthday!
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More of my notes from #iOSDevUK - mostgood: Beyond VoiceOver wp.me/p11Aax-3LH
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Oh this is handy - DESKOVER LONDON - Best free libraries and workspaces in London. buff.ly/ZYtn9N /via lccarson
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Kinda struck by the quote that appeared on my home page today: "Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are."
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Amazon released their diversity numbers, but have not broken out tech smile.amazon.com/b/ref=tb_surl_diversity/?node=10080092011&sa-no-redirect=1 - wonder if tech is even lower than Twitter?
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20 Things I've Learned As a Startup CEO buff.ly/1tNyJSw /via katemats
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Informative and honest post on why A Code of Conduct Is Not Enough by zmagg & hausdorff_space & lindsey - buff.ly/1sFmFw5
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My sisters fiancée: "How did you live by yourself? You seem to lack the ability to do the most basic tasks."
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Trying to convince my sister that changing her name is submitting to the patriarchy but I don't think she knows what the patriarchy is.
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pilky your soul. She can't pronounce it either. I offered to buy them a book but was spurned.
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pilky my mom sent me to buy candy but no kids showed up.
























