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FOSS advocate who's free, frank and fearless
Journalist, FOSS advocate, feminist - Carla Schroder is all these and more. But more than anything it is her straight talking that marks her out - when she takes a stand on issues she is driven by conviction. This means that often she is at the receiving end but it is something that she can more than handle. The good thing about dealing with her is that she never allows her personal and professional worlds to mix - even her worst enemy will be allowed to have his/her say on a site which she edits. This is indeed a rare trait. |
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Now, I've had personal disagreements with all of them at one time or another, but that doesn't mean I can't appreciate the good they do. And a world in which everyone agreed with me would be rather boring.
>And a world in which everyone agreed with me would be rather boring.
And that, my friend, is the major difference between a world where everyone agrees with you and a world where everyone agrees with me!
Dino, I do rock. Back and forth, back and forth.
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We all know she is, but...do we really want HER to find out?
Cr@p. Now that I think about it, I've got to get into the act, too.
Double cr@p.
But...
TC has raised my awareness of women in FOSS, which is not surprising. What did surprise were some of the insights that came along for the ride. Two recent cases in point:
1. At WindyCityGo, a recent Chicago conference on mobile app development, I noticed that the audience was more or less evenly split between men and women. There seemed to be little difference in interest levels between the men and women, and a much greater interest in entrepreneurial concerns than I find at typical FOSS geek gatherings. I believe the conference was better - smarter, even - for the diversity of its audience and the well rounded interests that informed the questions and discussions.
2. I later helped with an introduction to Rails for women put on by the Chicago branch of Devchix and presented by the indefatigable local Rails evangelist (and hack night host) Ginny Hendry. Again, I was impressed by the women who showed up, who ranged from Northwestern students to single moms. Interest, smarts, far more social ability than at the general FOSS geek gathering, and...something more...something that hit me during the introductory presentation.
One basic tenet of Rails development is that it's opinionated -- good Rails developers inform their clients, rationalizing deliverable scheducles, pushing back against bad ideas and suggesting good alternatives. When that slide went up on the screen, I looked around at the room and imagined these women vs some self-anointed Rails "Gods" in a corporate environment. I'll leave it to you to imagine which group I would put my money on to succeed.
At any rate:
TC -- you rock. Just don't let it go to your head.