Some of the links that are still in my “make sure you check them out” list since last week:
- Everyone’s favourite Happy Cog has started the redesign of Mozilla.org – and they’re kind enough to keep us informed during the procedure. Just the kind of stuff I like reading on web.
- Cufón is really gaining traction these days as a viable Flash-free alternative to sIFR – will make sure to check this out on future projects.
- Ego iPhone app by Garrett Murray spoils me – my Mint, Feedburner and Twitter stuff all in one? Ego bliss. Ironically, those are the stats I most often check out.
- This post from ever-inspiring Cocoia blog is not only creative – it friggin’ kicks creativity ass. So nice. So nice.
- I love this metaphor – Ember, an iPhone client for 37Signals’ Campfire, coming from overcommitted apps. Really like the name metaphor. I don’t use Campfire though, so I can’t really tell how convenient such an iPhone app would be.
This concludes another busy Monday, my dear friends. Let’s hope Tuesday holds even more interesting stuff for us. Have a great week!
Today, the good colleagues at Phaistos Networks and yours truly (or, as our secret cult name is, phaistonians) have launched our latest baby project, Pathfinder YouNews.
Essentially, it’s a citizen journalism hub, featuring news, contributions and commentary by Pathfinder.gr users, on various aspects of everyday life.
Lots of work have gone into that project, along with tons of UI revisions, tweaks and little things that should make your life easier using the service. If you’d like an invite to the public beta, just leave a comment over at the introductory post of the service (or here, if you wish) and ask. Oh, make sure you have a Pathfinder.gr account first, it’s essential to participate in the beta program.
I’m quite proud of the work we’ve done for this and I hope it takes off as well as possible.
Be prepared for many more Pathfinder.gr launches during the next few months. Things will be getting quite interesting, I assure you.
Warning, foul language ahead.
I don’t like this recent (greek) trend of gender separation in tech. At all.
I’ve said this once and I’ll say it again: there’s no male or female in technology. You either are a geek or you aren’t. Male geeks may be different from female geeks – but they have something in common: geekdom. Celebrating male or female geekdom strikes me as highly sexist, all respect preserved to those involved.
When your female nature takes over your geeky nature, guess what: you’re not really a geek. Maybe a showoff. But we’re not talking about WCs here, we’re talking about tech. And I have a newsflash for you, dear readers: most women don’t like tech. At all.
Why? Blame our social structure. Noone expects from women to use that left part of their brains. Noone expects from women to fix their computers themselves – that’s a job for their (son|colleague|boyfriend), right? Most technically proficient girls are considered freaks of nature – and surely women can’t be as smart as men in this ‘tech’ thing, no?
There’s your reason.
You complain about the low rates of female presence in tech jobs? For Christ’s sake, fight it. Work to reverse the numbers. Don’t just whine and then go home and tell all your (Facebook|MySpace|Twitter) friends about it. Jesus.
You want the same money as your male colleagues? Fuckin’ work for it. If you work enough already and you still don’t get the same treatment, feel free to leave, your boss sucks.
You got sexually harassed at work? Report the jackass and leave – immediately. If you complain about unemployment and lack of jobs, fine, stay. Your pride goes below your bank balance in your priorities, I guess.
You think male geeks are sexist? Oh boy, you’ll never want to know what I think about women-only clubs.
Overall, work, work, work. Get better, always. Just because you’re a girl doesn’t mean you’ll get it easier. Enough with the whining already.
Does all this offend you? Fine. It’s true though, and you know it.
