#xxintech

[terezan]

Ponytails + #Scratch = #XXinTech awesomeness #younggamemakers @microsoft #NYC (at Microsoft)

[hanjeanwat]

"This to me is not a gender issue, it's an innovation issue. That’s the cost to Twitter," serial entrepreneur Nilofer Merchant told Valleywag by phone yesterday.

"All innovation is a derivative of ideas and especially new ideas," added Merchant, who serves on the boards of both public and private companies. "What they’re saying is I’m gonna work under my same old, same old. And same thinking leads to parrot ideas, which ultimately leads to failure."

(via The Boards Are All White: Charting Diversity Among Tech Directors)

[tammygordon-blog]

And then, of course, I am a woman. One recent evening there was shelling everywhere, and I was sitting in a corner, wearing the only expression you could have when death might come at any second, and another reporter comes over, looks me up and down, and says: “This isn’t a place for women.” What can you say to such a guy? Idiot, this isn’t a place for anyone. If I’m scared, it’s because I’m sane.

Amazing piece by Francesca Borri on the reality of freelance journalism in war zones: http://www.cjr.org/feature/womans_work.php?page=all