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links for 2007-02-25

  • BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Record power for military laser
    We have a Giant LASER! We ask a ransom of … ONE MILLION DOLLARS!
    (tags: lasers scifi real future technology military weapons army)
  • StorageMojo » Everything You Know About Disks Is Wrong
    Some really interesting new information about storage & drives. Not sure what this means for me as a consumer yet, but I imagine it’ll play out in the marketplace.
    (tags: storage hardware tech computing backup data design academia research)
  • BBC NEWS | Technology | Google charges for web programs
    Google are introducing Premium accounts. I think this is a really interesting move on their part — interested to see what kind of take-up they see, especially from smaller businesses.
    (tags: business google microsoft office productivity software onlineoperatingsystem operatingsystems online)
  • Natalie Downe » Blog Archive » An excitable BarCamp
    Nat’s done a write-up for the fantastic BarCampLondon2 which she was one of the main organisers for. Congrats to her and the rest of the team for a fabulous weekend!
    (tags: nataliedowne barcamplondon2 barcamp london geeks conferences unconferences conference2.0)
  • Tantek’s Thoughts — 2007 February
    Interesting post from Tantek about diversity at conferences. I found it very interesting that there seemed to be a LOT more women speaking at BarCampLondon2 last weekend than you typically see at web conferences.
    (tags: conferences diversity gender genderpolitics geeks)
  • Eric’s Archived Thoughts: Diverse It Gets
    “What’s important is technical expertise, speaking skills, professional stature, brand appropriateness, and marketability. That’s it.”
    More great thoughts from Eric on gender diversity in the web conference space…
    (tags: diversity gender genderpolitics web conferences speakers selection comments)
  • mezzoblue § Homogeneity?
    “Instead, the question to be asking is, was there enough overall diversity in our conference? Is there enough overall diversity in the industry? And if not, what can we do to encourage more?”
    (tags: diversity conferences gender genderpolitics selection comments)
  • Anil Dash: The Old Boys Club is for Losers
    “That brings me to my final point, which I’ll explain more in my next post: Those of you who are defending this status quo are defending a culture of failure.”
    (tags: conferences diversity equality gender genderpolitics web women selection)
  • Black Phoebe :: Ms. Jen: On Conferences and Diversity
    “I find conferences, be they one day or 5 days, to be dull if the speakers are all the same folks speaking about the same things. Who wants to eat a meal entirely of bread? Not me.”
    (tags: diversity conferences gender genderpolitics selection)
  • Anil Dash: The Essentials of Web 2.0 Your Event Doesn’t Cover
    I predict that the wonderful ladies on Anil’s “imaginary conference sessions” list get a whole lot more bookings next year. Right thing too!!
    (tags: conferences gender genderpolitics diversity events speakers suggestions solutions goanil!)
Posted by delicious @ 9:21 PM on February 25, 2007
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