This quote has been haunting me because it rings so true: men tended to stick with their studies as long as they completed the coursework, while women did so only if they earned high grades I don’t see that in all fields but I definitely see it in computer science. I wonder if it’s because […]
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This is my update for work done for the GNOME Foundation. For a higher level overview for what I do as the Executive Director, see What do I do as Executive Director of the GNOME Foundation? or my earlier updates. Logistics: Spent Monday traveling home from the French Quarter Festival in New Orleans. Tuesday I
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This is my update for work done for the GNOME Foundation. For a higher level overview for what I do as the Executive Director, see What do I do as Executive Director of the GNOME Foundation? or my earlier updates. Friends of GNOME ruler was a great success! We met our goal for hiring a
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When it comes to web applications, I think free and open source software fans are settling for “free” instead of looking for the freedom they would get from open source. Here are some free applications that I wish had open source software equivalents. I am not unhappy with these applications. I just wish I had
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Friends of GNOME ruler launched. The campaign has been a great success so far – thanks, everyone! Jeremy Allison joined the GNOME Advisory Board representing Google. Worked with a potential sponsor. Met with Rosanna to discuss the things she’s got going on (invoices, reimbursements, bank stuff, etc) and the Friends of GNOME gifts. Proposed that
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I’m not looking for the best hotel as in the fanciest hotel. I’m looking for the cheapest hotel that is still good. Or at least clean, safe and convenient. I travel to San Francisco a lot and I’ve been looking for the best and most economical option for quite a while. I’ve stayed at a
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We’ve been raising funds for a system administrator for GNOME. Yesterday we added a ruler to the top of various GNOME websites to show people our progress and it’s been a tremendous success. Since yesterday we’ve gotten almost $1,000 in donations from individuals and another $5,000 match from a company! That’s in addition to the
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This is my update for work done for the GNOME Foundation. For a higher level overview for what I do as the Executive Director, see What do I do as Executive Director of the GNOME Foundation? or my earlier updates. Attended Open Mobility. Was on a panel about the desktop and the cloud. There was
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This is my update for work done for the GNOME Foundation. For a higher level overview for what I do as the Executive Director, see What do I do as Executive Director of the GNOME Foundation? or my earlier updates. Followed up on several sponsors for GUADEC. It is looking good from a sponsorship perspective!
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This is my update for work done for the GNOME Foundation. For a higher level overview for what I do as the Executive Director, see What do I do as Executive Director of the GNOME Foundation? or my earlier updates. I think the number of different projects and conversations I am having has maxed out
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