Tech Talk
09 Mar Airbnb diversity chief: Tech should reflect ‘diverse tapestry of America’
Airbnb has hired its first diversity chief to accelerate efforts to bring aboard more women and underrepresented minorities.08 Mar The Linux Foundation Partners With Women Who Code to Increase Diversity at 2016 Open Source Events
The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization enabling mass innovation through open source, today announced its partnership with Women Who Code to increase diversity in the technology industry and support women who want to attend Linux Foundation events. The partnership includes free and discounted passes to Linux Foundation events for Women Who Code members, as well as an initial donation to the organization to support its greater efforts to support women in technology.
08 Mar Why diversity in tech is necessary for sustained innovation in America
America’s innovation engine is in trouble if we don’t get more females and people of color involved with entrepreneurship and new technology.
07 Mar Women In Technology: The Challenge And The Responsibility – Forbes
Is it almost reverse logic in some ways to call out ‘women in technology’ as an issue that needs addressing? Surely it should just be people in technology, some of whom are women, right? Speaking as a man married to a female professional software application developer who feels exactly this way, it’s kind of tough not to see women coder initiatives as sexist in their own right.