Category Archives: women in tech

A Place to Hang Your Hat

Posted on February 13, 2015 by Leslie Hawthorn

On getting many good things done. And no one knows you’re doing any of it. tl;dr: If someone has volunteered to help your project, take the time to write a 2-3 sentence summary of what they did to help. You … Continue reading →

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Grace Hopper Open Source Day 2013: Mentoring Projects Application Period Open

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Leslie Hawthorn

Well, technically it has been open for awhile now, but you see how often I get around to updating this blog. Grace Hopper Open Source Day will reprise for the 3rd time this year at the annual Grace Hopper Celebration … Continue reading →

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Berlin Buzzwords Conference Actively Recruiting Female Speakers

Posted on February 12, 2013 by Leslie Hawthorn

The fine folks organizing the Berlin Buzzwords Conference have opened their call for submissions, and they’ve reached out to me to ask for help in recruiting female speakers for the event. I gave a keynote address at the conference in … Continue reading →

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Join Us for Open Source Day at Grace Hopper 2012

Posted on August 27, 2012 by Leslie Hawthorn

This post is lightly adapted from the original, which appeared on the Best of Systers Blog. Systers is the world’s largest email community of technical women in computing. It was founded by Anita Borg in 1987 as a small electronic … Continue reading →

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