[Olpc-open] Women in Open Source projects article

[Seth Woodworth]

Speaking of women in Open Source; OLPC alumni Mary-Lou Jepson was recently a
keynote speaker at the Grace Hopper Conference on women in technology.  I've
heard that there is a professional video of the event, but I haven't seen it
online.

She also had a really cool interview mid-summer that I haven't really seen
anyone talk about yet:

http://www.bigthink.com/business-economics/11935

--Seth


On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 10:43 AM, Brian Jordan <brian at laptop.org> wrote:

> Free Software Magazine has published an article about the gender gap
> in open source software development vs. commercial software
> development and some things that projects can do to be more inviting
> to female contributors.
>
>
> http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/columns/ten_easy_ways_attract_women_your_free_software_project
>
> (found via Rwanda LUG:
>
> http://groups.google.co.uk/group/rwanda-lug/web/women-in-open-source-projects
> ... thanks Robert)
>
> Some of article's points:
> • Use forums instead of mailing lists
> • When possible, wikis instead of version control archives
> • When possible, high level languages
> • Replace pecking-orders with affirmation processes (thank you's)
> • Don't undervalue documentation, marketing, graphics
> • Create a formal mentoring / induction process
> • Make the existing women in your project visible
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