Comments on: The New State of Gender in Technology http://www.stephaniebambam.net/the-new-state-of-gender-in-technology/ A Journal of Random Things Sun, 29 Aug 2010 19:50:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Jen Z http://www.stephaniebambam.net/the-new-state-of-gender-in-technology//comment-page-1#comment-153 Jen Z Fri, 27 Feb 2009 02:01:17 +0000 http://www.stephaniebambam.net/?p=394#comment-153 i agree - women need to be more supportive of women and pamper bloggers frighten me most of all i agree – women need to be more supportive of women and pamper bloggers frighten me most of all

]]> By: Shelley http://www.stephaniebambam.net/the-new-state-of-gender-in-technology//comment-page-1#comment-123 Shelley Thu, 12 Feb 2009 02:36:34 +0000 http://www.stephaniebambam.net/?p=394#comment-123 Sorry, Twitter creator Evan Williams Sorry, Twitter creator Evan Williams

]]> By: Shelley http://www.stephaniebambam.net/the-new-state-of-gender-in-technology//comment-page-1#comment-122 Shelley Thu, 12 Feb 2009 02:35:30 +0000 http://www.stephaniebambam.net/?p=394#comment-122 I can understand not having heard of me, but "megnut" is Meg Hourihan, the co-creator of Blogger, and former partner to Twitter creator, Statistically, there are fewer tech women, then ten years ago. Things are getting worse, not better. And yet over 50% of webloggers are women, so it's surprising to see lists of webloggers with no women. Perhaps if women were more supportive of women... I can understand not having heard of me, but “megnut” is Meg Hourihan, the co-creator of Blogger, and former partner to Twitter creator,

Statistically, there are fewer tech women, then ten years ago. Things are getting worse, not better.

And yet over 50% of webloggers are women, so it’s surprising to see lists of webloggers with no women.

Perhaps if women were more supportive of women…

]]> By: Lindsay http://www.stephaniebambam.net/the-new-state-of-gender-in-technology//comment-page-1#comment-121 Lindsay Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:18:27 +0000 http://www.stephaniebambam.net/?p=394#comment-121 Really interesting perspective, and I totally agree that we should not be treated differently just because we are women; treat us the same and we are sure to rise to the occasion. My fear is twofold: One, yes, the popularity of women on the web may only be coming from the pampers bloggers, and that doesn't really help *our* cause, being the women actually designing, developing and deploying technology. Two, and I talked about this with some others at ShesGeeky, is that young girls are going into scienes, just the soft sciences and medicine. We need to change the message that's being sent to young girls to increase our turnover rate: the rate at which girls who are not interested in tech and engineering who become interested. Nice work! Really interesting perspective, and I totally agree that we should not be treated differently just because we are women; treat us the same and we are sure to rise to the occasion.

My fear is twofold: One, yes, the popularity of women on the web may only be coming from the pampers bloggers, and that doesn’t really help *our* cause, being the women actually designing, developing and deploying technology. Two, and I talked about this with some others at ShesGeeky, is that young girls are going into scienes, just the soft sciences and medicine. We need to change the message that’s being sent to young girls to increase our turnover rate: the rate at which girls who are not interested in tech and engineering who become interested.

Nice work!

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.stephaniebambam.net/the-new-state-of-gender-in-technology//comment-page-1#comment-120 Anonymous Wed, 11 Feb 2009 12:33:20 +0000 http://www.stephaniebambam.net/?p=394#comment-120 <strong>Mom Blogs - Blogs for Moms...</strong> ... Mom Blogs – Blogs for Moms…

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