Form an orderly queue, ladies (OSCON, 2008)

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+ guestb806d1 10 months ago
Beautiful. I'm trying to do my part. My wife is a poet, not a programmer, but she uses Open Office and Firefox, and has advocated for Linux in our schools. I'm teaching both my daughter and my son (ages 11 and 8) to program and to value open source and free speech. So far my daughter has been more interested in blogging and environmental activism, while my son is more interested in programming, but they also share each others interests.
+ guest842be3 10 months ago
Theres video available of emmajane presenting this talk at Lugradio Live (http://lugradio.org/live/UK2008/ :) the weekend before OSCON

OGG Theora / WMV:

http://www.archive.org/detail/form_an_orderly_queue_ladies

Flash:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=21100564848286454...

Enjoy.
+ guestf316da 10 months ago
Loved it! thanks a bazillion.....wonderful

--an old fart female FOSS participant
+ guestdd293a 11 months ago
excellent - wish I had seen the presentation in person!
+ Deniau Sylvain 11 months ago
this is excellent and well designed!!
S.
+ Emmajane Hogbin 11 months ago
Thank you for all of your kind comments!

@caitling I think there are lots of reasons why women don't participate in FOSS projects (and each reason will be unique to that individual). I think we need to start looking forward to find new ways to encourage women into being comfortable using software instead of focusing on where the problems have been in the past. For example: there are lots of jobs available now to work on open source projects. It's no longer just a hobby!!
+ Caitlin 11 months ago
Fabulous! Thank you so much for pulling this all together in such a compelling and witty way.

Seems like another reason women may not participate in open source projects as much is simply the time -- after work, there's child care and everything else -- so pro bono work is less possible. Are there ways to participate in smaller chunks that don't require hours at a stretch?
+ Selena Deckelmann 11 months ago
I've seen Emma give this talk twice, and it is fantastic. Finally, a call to action for all those who want to see the World Domination of Open Source, and a path forward to increasing the number of women who are active in our communities.
+ Philippe C 11 months ago
impressing! Provoking! This tribute for women is really brilliant. Congratulations Emmajane.
+ Amit Ranjan 11 months ago
this is undoubtedly awesome ....

any chance this could be converted into a slidecast by adding audio and synching it... that would add the context.. would make it far more compelling as well

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