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Downtown Chattanooga, showing the brick and glass Electric Power Building and the Tennessee Valley Authority, another regional power organization, in the background.
Mythology by Meghan O’Dea on March 17th, 2014
The emergence of tech industry in cities outside of Silicon Valley is an opportunity for conversation.
The Dating Ring startup's crowdtilt page for 'Cross-Country Love: Help Fly NYC Women to SF' attempting to fundraise $50k. The promo video below shows a woman smiling with her hands in a praying gesture.
Mythology by Kate Losse on March 17th, 2014
All of the efforts to get more women into tech will fail as long as the culture assumes that their labor is less valuable.
A woman standing behind a conference booth at SXSW, talking to a man.
Mythology by Zoelle Egner on March 14th, 2014
The indignities unwittingly foisted upon the early operations employee are many and varied.
Albright, the author, typing. Their face is turned in profile.
Lean Out by William Albright on February 24th, 2014
Deaf people can’t learn to hear, can you learn to provide access?
Bell, the author, posing with Soledad O'Brien.
Lean Out by Tiffani Bell on February 24th, 2014
My Startup, Advice for Bootstrapping Your Company, And Why VC Isn’t Always The Right Choice
Picture of a small robot with rubber tank tread wheels and a circuit board on top.
Form by Julia Grace on February 3rd, 2014
Julia Grace on How to Hack Your World
Thumbnail of a cartoon on founder risk that says 'white male founders' with arrows emerging from it.
State by Amelia Greenhall on January 13th, 2014
When money flows from white male VCs to white male founders, then down to white male employees, what kinds of risks are really involved?
Critical text on panopticism is relevant to the discussion of the relationship between today's tech employers and their employees.
State by Shanley Kane on January 13th, 2014
How tech companies claim employees’ identities and speech through direct economic coercion.
Women Who Hack Group.
State by Kronda Adair on January 13th, 2014
Experiences, Thoughts and Advice From Experienced Technologists
The Stars of Tech City Billboard
State by Miyanda Nehwati on January 13th, 2014
A magical all-white startup scene is not the TechCity that I know.