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0x3D: Conference Behavior Redux
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Karen and Bradley discuss the sexist comment issue that occurred a few months ago at PyCon USA 2013.
Show Notes:
Segment 0 (00:00:34)
- Bradley and Karen previously discussed conference behavior back in Episode 0x04.
- Bradley had blogged a few years ago about the issues of sexism through the computer industry, including this study showing the glass ceiling in CS academics. (05:17)
- Bradley mentioned that he'd blogged in the past that proprietary software companies also have issues of sexism at conferences (05:58)
- Bradley mentioned the How to Perform Like a Porn Star CouchDB talk at a Ruby Conference (06:13)
- There is indeed a Project named PyCorn. (09:38)
- Bradley mentioned the Planet Money story about Online Pharmacies but he couldn't find the original audio of the longer piece that ends with the phrase
Stay Shady, Internet
(21:30) - Bradley mentioned a quote about the human mind being the most dangerous thing because everything is in it, which is actually from Heart of Darkness by Joesph Conrad. (23:40)
- Bradley mentioned that a keynoter at LinuxCon Europe made sexist comments back in 2011. (30:02)
- Bradley and Karen encouraged listeners to promote the GNOME Foundation Outreach Program for Women (31:20)
- Bradley mentioned Shuttleworth's comment at LinuxCon North America in 2009 (32:02).
Send feedback and comments on the cast to . You can keep in touch with Free as in Freedom by following Conservancy on on Twitter and and FaiF on Twitter. We are working on setting up a group chat again, too!
Free as in Freedom is produced by Dan Lynch of danlynch.org. Theme music written and performed by Mike Tarantino with Charlie Paxson on drums.
The content of this audcast, and the accompanying show notes and music are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike 4.0 license (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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Archived series ("Inactive feed" status)
When? This feed was archived on May 21, 2023 22:25 (). Last successful fetch was on April 04, 2023 03:27 ()
Why? Inactive feed status. Our servers were unable to retrieve a valid podcast feed for a sustained period.
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Manage episode 48851885 series 50394
Karen and Bradley discuss the sexist comment issue that occurred a few months ago at PyCon USA 2013.
Show Notes:
Segment 0 (00:00:34)
- Bradley and Karen previously discussed conference behavior back in Episode 0x04.
- Bradley had blogged a few years ago about the issues of sexism through the computer industry, including this study showing the glass ceiling in CS academics. (05:17)
- Bradley mentioned that he'd blogged in the past that proprietary software companies also have issues of sexism at conferences (05:58)
- Bradley mentioned the How to Perform Like a Porn Star CouchDB talk at a Ruby Conference (06:13)
- There is indeed a Project named PyCorn. (09:38)
- Bradley mentioned the Planet Money story about Online Pharmacies but he couldn't find the original audio of the longer piece that ends with the phrase
Stay Shady, Internet
(21:30) - Bradley mentioned a quote about the human mind being the most dangerous thing because everything is in it, which is actually from Heart of Darkness by Joesph Conrad. (23:40)
- Bradley mentioned that a keynoter at LinuxCon Europe made sexist comments back in 2011. (30:02)
- Bradley and Karen encouraged listeners to promote the GNOME Foundation Outreach Program for Women (31:20)
- Bradley mentioned Shuttleworth's comment at LinuxCon North America in 2009 (32:02).
Send feedback and comments on the cast to . You can keep in touch with Free as in Freedom by following Conservancy on on Twitter and and FaiF on Twitter. We are working on setting up a group chat again, too!
Free as in Freedom is produced by Dan Lynch of danlynch.org. Theme music written and performed by Mike Tarantino with Charlie Paxson on drums.
The content of this audcast, and the accompanying show notes and music are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike 4.0 license (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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