Saying Thank You While Riding

Posted by banane on August 11th, 2011 — in biking, local color

Photo: San Francisco Bike Party reminds us about the memorial for Nancy Ho at the corner of Fremont and Mission. Stop by and pay your respects if you get the chance. So sad. I’ve biked to work now for roughly 6 months. Used up my 100 handy-wipes. Flattened a tire. No injuries, knock on wood, [...]

Why Journalists Shouldn’t Add “Tech” to Their Media Blog Posts

Posted by banane on August 6th, 2011 — in feminism, technology

This morning I read: “Why Women Shouldn’t Go To Tech Conferences” written last week on Forbes. I found it via Jean Hsu’s great response – “Why Start-ups Should Hire Women.” Jean also respond to another post- Penelope Trunk’s “Are Start-Ups Better As Single Gender Affairs?”. OK, go read those then come back. Done? Alright. My [...]

Notes From the Classroom- TA’ing at High School Comp Sci

Posted by banane on August 4th, 2011 — in technology

This cartoon is from one of our feedback surveys I spent the day TA’ing for my friend’s class. Sarah Mei taught an Intro to Ruby class for 6 hours to 12 high school senior girls. They were in a 4-day intense engineering stay-away camp, that they’d done for four successive years. They take girls freshman [...]