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Image of a graphic game. The vantage point is from the backseat of a car looking through the windshield to the road. A woman with long hair is in the front seat, driving. There's a dialog box that says 'All you girls do all day is play videogames. It's not healthy,' with a response dialog that says, 'But mom, I really like videogames. Why do you care?'
Open Source by Chris Martens on July 21st, 2014
Despite obvious commonalities between digital game makers and critics and the tech feminist community, there doesn’t seem to be much cross-communication.
The marquee sign of the Castro Theatre, which reads: First-ever Lesbians Who Tech Summit.
Queer by The Editor & Leanne Pittsford on May 19th, 2014
Q&A on the Summit, queer women in technology, and the latest and greatest in queer tech.
Portrait of the author presenting at a TransH4CK event.
Queer by Kortney Ziegler on May 19th, 2014
Moving through tech as a black trans man.
Kitchen sink, piled with dirty dishes.
Abuse by Fay H. on April 28th, 2014
Entitlement and violation in STEM communities.
People at a cocktail party.
Abuse by Anonymous Author on April 28th, 2014
What does it mean to have success socializing at hot-ticket events if you can't get past the front door of them?
Johnson, the author, posing in the middle of a group of five other SXSW attendees. A large conference banner is behind them.
Funding by Christine Johnson on April 7th, 2014
If companies founded by underrepresented groups are to grow and scale, they must be vigilant in creating their sphere of influence.
An array of about ten badges spread across the table. Many have ribbons and special tags on them that say 'invited speaker'.
Funding by Adele Shakal on April 7th, 2014
Creative Ways to Fund Your Participation at Tech Conferences… Even When Your Employer Won’t Pay
The author of this piece, on stage. A giant movie screen is behind her.
Mythology by Kronda Adair on March 17th, 2014
Start Somewhere founder Leanne Pittsford dreamed of being able to network openly with other queer women in the tech industry.
This sketchnote is shown within an open notebook. It is black and white, and titled: Jen Myers, Developers Can't Design. It has a sketch of the speaker saying: I am a designer - One who thinks about the making of things. It has a progressive flow of how design works, with small sketches of users along the way, and questions that illustrate how to think about the design process: What emotion or personality are you communicating? Ask why. Do you do wireframes? On the opposite page, the sketchnote lays out: The Basic Tenants of Design. This includes repetition, which shows a number of small flowers lined up; balance, which shows two small dinosaurs next to each other; emphasis, which shows a dinosaur roaring; contrast, which shows a progression of increasingly dark tiles; and negative space, which shows stars in the sky and an arrow pointing to the space between them. Then there is an image of a person in a computer screen, reaching outside of the monitor with the title: The digital native designer. The sketchnote concludes with a sketch of a wireframe and the text: If you consider these the whole time… You can't just refactor design. In the very bottom there are a few people gathered around a box with a question mark, but what they are saying can't be made out.
Form by Alexis Finch on February 3rd, 2014
When every speaker on stage is a white guy, doing sketchnotes of what they're saying looks like betrayal.
Richards, the author, is taking a self portrait wearing Glass, with the backdrop of a conference. She is grinning.
Form by Adria Richards on February 3rd, 2014
How introverts can enjoy being social with technology. (Hint: It doesn’t involve looking down at your phone)