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Monthly Archives: September 2007

Editorial vs. News

Sunday, September 9, 2007

Today’s article The Truth and Alberto Gonzales was another great public editor essay by Clark Hoyt. I love his reflections on the NY Times. This one is about the line between editorial and news, and how the Times responded to it.
I especially liked his response to the on the On The Media interview he recently […]

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science tattoos

Sunday, September 9, 2007

I came across this photo set of science tattoos today (via The Loom science blog). The fibonacci sequence implemented in scheme was bizarre, and there was a poignant one about being a celiac. They reminded me of these rsa key tattoos (search for ‘tattoo’). And some guy that puts web ads on his body. […]

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Comments on “So What?”

Friday, September 7, 2007

I really like the idea of changing the nature of computer science degrees - pairing the theory and tools with a discipline. A friend of mine chose to basically do that. She started out in chemistry and biology, switched her degree to CS and wrote an classification application for botanists for her thesis.
Still, I think […]

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haskell!

Thursday, September 6, 2007

We’ve got our first Haskell meeting tonight. Just a group of us getting together to learn. I have a few todos this morning - install Hugs, pick a tutorial to talk about and write a couple demo programs.
My plan is to write a bicycle wheel spoke calculator in Haskell. I may end up porting it […]

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my comments on “A Fifty Year Wave of Change”

Wednesday, September 5, 2007

Reading your article reminded me of the first technical conference I ever attended, and a woman I met who was among the first women trained by IBM to be computer technicians.
We had a small, and quiet BoF meeting and she waxed nostalgic about IBM way back then - using punch cards and how things had […]

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A comment on the Social Engineering article

Wednesday, September 5, 2007

Here’s my comment:
I really enjoyed your article, Leslie. I completely identified with you when you said, “in an effort to be the change I wish to see in the world, I’ve distanced myself from questions of gender roles in my work.” I do this, as do many other women in technical fields.
Your experience is a […]

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Women in Tech series from O’Reilly

Tuesday, September 4, 2007

It’s finally out! http://www.oreillynet.com/womenintech/
I’m not sure what day exactly my article will be published, but the first one, titled Social Engineering came out today.

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