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I Don’t Want to Be a Feminist

Posted by on Apr 16, 2013 in Women in Tech | 31 comments

When Sally Ride became the first female astronaut and Geraldine Ferraro the first woman vice presidential candidate for one of the Big Two parties, I was pretty sure I was living in the world that the 1960s’ feminists had fought so hard to achieve: The post-feminist world. The Equal Rights Amendment had failed to pass, but it didn’t matter; we were on equal footing as men. Sure,...

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Lean In, Lean Out, Do *Something*

Posted by on Mar 27, 2013 in Women in Tech | 11 comments

Much has been made of Sheryl Sandberg’s book and exhortation to “Lean In”. Funny thing is, my husband and I, many times, have talked about Leaning In – a Buddhist teaching. You lean in to the sharp points – when things get rough, instead of running away or trying to cushion them, you face them head on. You face the difficult times. You don’t give up or hide,...

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Why it’s a bad idea to use photos you don’t have the rights to [UPDATED @DKNY / @HumansofNY]

Posted by on Feb 25, 2013 in Copyright | 4 comments

UPDATE: DKNY posted an apology on its Tumblr: While I believe the explanation, as it appears to have been only the one store that did this, it just goes to show you shouldn’t use work you don’t have the rights to, even internally. Also, I still think they should ante up more money to the YMCA. I’ve see folks snag images off a Google search to use for blog posts. Sometimes...

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I Am Not Melissa Dugan

Posted by on Jan 28, 2013 in Facebook, Fails | 78 comments

Imagine my surprise this weekend when I received an email and Facebook message from an Internet friend, Amy Akins, telling (and showing) me how someone on Facebook was using my face. Creepy, to be sure. But things could be much worse. She (or he or it, as this could well be a bot account) could be using my name. Could be trying to pretend to be me in more than just image. At least all these...

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LinkedIn Missteps: Killing LinkedIn Answers

Posted by on Jan 17, 2013 in LinkedIn | 33 comments

I don’t usually get all up in arms when a social media site I like changes its features. Stuff happens. Things change. Improvise, adapt, overcome. But when I heard the news about LinkedIn killing its Answers section today through my friend, Todd Van Hoosear, and then this article on AGBeat, I was upset. This, I feel, is a big misstep. Maybe not everyone who uses LinkedIn uses the section....

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