5 posts tagged “linuxchic”
::Double posting from Linuxchic.net in the hopes of more exposure::
Since returning to the Kansas City area I am met with a wall of internal frustration. Where did all the women's user groups go? Where are all the pro science, math, and technology girls programs? I used to run a local Web Girls chapter and attempted to keep a small local group of women's Linux users afloat, but they seem to have all disappeared. I really thought things were changing. It seemed that every time I turned around there was a new summer or after school program for girls elementary through high school age doing something with math or science or computers. As a Girl Scout leader the opportunities for my girls were endless! Girls were the majority of my enrollments in the College for Kids computer classes. It was exciting and I had great hopes. I moved away three years ago confident that the trend had finally turned.
Where we have been residing for the last several years science class isn't even an option until sixth grade! I moved my family back to Kansas City not only for my love of the area but for the opportunities my daughters and sons would have here. Unfortunately I have been met with huge disappointment. Reading a KC parenting magazine I picked up at a restaurant today the only classes I could find for the girls were ballet, gymnastics, cooking, and scrapbooking. Ack! Were has all the science gone?!?! As far as I could tell from the end of the school year we don't even have Science Olympiad any longer and I discovered my children had never even had a field trip to the Kansas City Science Museum.
I am at a loss. What can I do to reverse this new
trend?! I will begin by contacting the local colleges about College for
Kids courses again and looks like I will start developing some new
material. I will put out a call for a few new users groups even if it
means that between all this I won't have weekends to myself. There
appears to be women in business and women as business owners
organizations and events here but that just isn't specialized enough.
What we need are more events for women in technology and not just
computer technology, we need to include all sciences. Where do I start?
I cannot just sit here and do nothing.
Any ideas my visitors and readers can offer will be greatly appreciated. You can post a comment or email me directly at linuxchic@alternageek.com.
How well does your name Google? Who are you up against? (Celebrities, etc.)
Submitted by Matt Blank.
Guess I am pretty lucky. My name returns only results on me personally, and only a few. When I Google "linuxchic", I only find a few results that belong to someone using "linuxchic" that isn't me. When I Google "techbarbie" I get pretty much all my posts from Vox as results. I guess that means that I own me. ;)
What's in a screen/user name? Tell us how you found yours.
Submitted by Bill.
My name here on Vox is TechBarbie but I am usually known on the net as Linuxchic.
Techbarbie: Came about as a joke after I mentioned to some friends that I wanted to break the geek appearance stereotypes with a new screen/username. I am by no means a Barbie or all that fabulous but I do like to be fashionable and am a fan of technology so TechBarbie was born. A spoof gone farther than planned I guess.
Linuxchic: I have had this for years and years and years. What can I say, I love linux. It was one of my first email addresses and I thought chick spelled like "chic" was cute. I have never been able to snag the .com for my name, but I do have the .net and used to have the .org for a family site but let that go because I just didn't have time to update the family. =)
There you have it, two out of three. Yes, three. The third is a surprise waiting to be born at a new site coming soon to a domain near you. (How do I find time for all my "little" projects?)
Show us a happy memory.
Submitted by Liz.
My dad and I riding his dirt bike all around the backyard...
My little hacker, the new and improved upon Linuxchic 1.0 (known on Vox as techbarbie) ;)
