What would you like to share or present at the conference? How to conduct a technical interview My experiences writing a book for O’Reilly Coding, pair programming, web dev Health and longevity information ideas and experience about working collaboratively Art-to-Part process (how to be a MAKEr), get your IT helpdesk under control, how to write… Continue reading »
Jan
04
Women 2.0 PITCH, February 14
Women 2.0 PITCH Conference & Competition (February 14, 2012 in Mountain View, CA) is a full day learning from product innovation leaders who created Flickr, Facebook, Zipcar, TaskRabbit, LARK and more. Both men and women working in technology (from early-stage startup to corporate) are invited to learn from our speakers sharing best practices, growth strategies… Continue reading »
Dec
10
She’s Geeky – Inspiration and Value
I (Kaliya) have been thinking a lot about what the key deliverables and differentiators of She’s Geeky events are. Women getting inspired and the growth of vital networks are a key deliverables of our events. Without inspiration, places to re-energize, and networks that support them, women who have done the hard work of developing their… Continue reading »
Feb
26
SXSW Booth – Women Techies United
This is a cooperative effort organized by She’s Geeky to share a booth at the SXSW Interactive Conference. You can find us at booth 219. Astia astia.org Astia is a unique organization whose mission is to propel women’s full participation as entrepreneurs and leaders in high-growth businesses, fueling innovation and driving economic growth. Astia provides… Continue reading »
Feb
05
Dare 2 Be Digital needs Proctors & other Volunteers
Several women who are working on Dare 2 Be Digital attended She’s Geeky last weekend. They are looking for volunteers. This one-day event, held February 27th from 9-4 on the Foothill College campus in Los Altos Hills, is designed to provide middle school and high school girls with a better understanding of what a career in… Continue reading »
Jan
07
Female Geek Week – the last week of January
Ok I declare it here – Female Geek Week is the last week of January in SF. Why? Cause there are two great events happening. Girls in Tech is hosting a day long traditional conference on January 26th in downtown San Francisco. Speakers include: Leah Culver; Product Manager, Six Apart Poornima Vijayashanker; Senior Software Engineer, Mint.com Sandy… Continue reading »
Dec
17
PyCon offering Financial Assistance for Women to attend
Different tech communities are taking different approaches to addressing the issues around increasing women’s participation. There are many experiments one of them is the Python Community Conference offering Financial Assistance Grant for Women to attend its 2010 conference. The application deadline is tomorrow. Financial aid for PyCon 2010 has just gotten even better. Because of… Continue reading »
Nov
24
Collaboration: Women Techie's Booth at SXSW
She’s Geeky is primarily an unconference that brings different women in Science Technology Engineering and Math groups together in various cities across the country. In this spirit of collaboration we are working with several different women in tech groups to have a joint booth at SXSW. So far there are 4 groups along with She’s… Continue reading »
Nov
15
She's Geeky DC Blog for Con-Techie
My blog for Friday is up and running. Here’s the link: http://con-techie.com/index.php/con-techie-blog/138-girls-get-their-nerd-on-at-shes-geeky-dc Loved seeing you all there and I hope to see you in the Bay Area! Amelia
Oct
19
SXSW Panel Selected – now to find Panelists
Kaliya Hamlin submitted a panel proposal to SXSW entitled “What Guys are Doing to Get More Girls in Tech!” The point of the panel is to get past the a dynamic that has been seen a few times when trying to address the issue of women in tech – women in tech say there is… Continue reading »