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Say hello to the Open Source Decade

Posted 27 Dec 2009 by Laura Scott
XKCD

Comic: XKCD #225.

Open Source has been around for quite some time, but odds are most people you ask won't know what "open source" is. This isn't because open source is obscure, but rather it has slipped into the mainstream, and unless you're already in the know, there's no real reason you will have noticed it.

But open source is here, and it's growing.

On Change.gov and changes in political interwebs

Posted 23 Nov 2008 by Laura Scott

I just put up a new editor post on BlogHer about Change.gov. This one was a bit different — an assignment that took me a bit off my tech & web beat just a bit into the political realm. At least we're post-election, so I don't feel I need to take a shower.

Follow me!

Posted 13 Jul 2008 by Laura Scott

...to this week's BlogHer post on Twitter apps.

Being the change

Posted 5 Sep 2007 by Laura Scott

I blogged the following on BlogHer , about the new O'Reilly series on Women in Technology....

If you just casually glance around tech departments in companies and tech-oriented conferences, it's easy to get the impression that there aren't many women in technology these days. Yet it's undeniable that women are making a big impact on the technology world. (If you think it is deniable, then please keep reading.) Exploring this subject is a special series this month on O'Reilly: Women in Technology. Every day this month, an accomplished woman in technology shares her thoughts.*

If you've seen O'Reilly books, you know that each topic area gets its own animal. Tatiana Apandi perhaps hints at a theme of the series by explaining why the O'Reilly animal chosen for this series is the lioness:

On BlogHer sponsorships: TANSTAAFL

Posted 6 Aug 2006 by Laura Scott

Ping Vision SandalsIt's time for me to put my foot down. There's been a lot of griping about the BlogHer Conference, and griping about the griping. Within this metadiscussion, there's been much ado about BlogHer and its sponsors. First of all, I agree with the sentiment that BlogHer cannot be everything for everybody. However, there's been some very good criticism, and unlike some, I don't find fault with finding fault. As I am the president of a featured sponsor of BlogHer, though, maybe my opinion on all this is categorically deemed suspect by some. I'll just say what I have to say and let you be the judge.

Geeks speak, and everything changes, if only a little bit

Posted 4 Aug 2006 by Laura Scott

Can't we all just get along? (And not only that, connect and network and mentor each other?) That was the sentiment expressed by what seemed like an under-represented group of BlogHers.

I'm talking about the geeks. (Hmmm? Forgot about us?) :D

The highlight of the entire BlogHer Conference for me was the Deeply Geeky session -- and I'm not just saying that because I was on the panel. This was a session full of passion and insight, and I really feel like people walked into the room as individuals, but walked out with a sense of, if not solidarity, than connectedness. We are not alone.

Deeply Geeky chart"How many of you consider yourselves geeks?" Nearly everyone's hands go up.

"How many of you are self-taught?" Again, nearly everyone raises a hand.

"How many of you were mentored?" Five, maybe ten hands, out of a room of, what, 70 or 80 women.

Performancing interview

Posted 26 Jul 2006 by Laura Scott

Recently I was interviewed by Greg Knaddison about Drupal, BlogHer, convergence and other stuff -- which is a lot to cover, and I rambled quite a bit. So Part One is now up at Performancing.com.

Those jitters

Posted 24 Jul 2006 by Laura Scott

At first blush, since only 20 people read this blog on a good day, I should feel safe writing about my jitters about going to and speaking at BlogHer -- not to mention the plane ride, which always can give me the jitters (and being treated like cargo by the airlines doesn't help) -- right? Of course, since many women have said they're "reading up" on as many blogs as possible, maybe more than 20 will read this. I know that if I don't tag this post with the Drupal tag, the traffic will be lower than otherwise, which is good....

...And so it goes: The kind of crazy neurotic ramblings in my mind when I get jittery.

So maybe it will help if I just write what I'm jittery about, so I can see just how silly it is and laugh and find a reason not to worry about it and, maybe, lose some of the jitters.


Drupal sites back on the Technorati rails

Posted 2 Mar 2006 by Laura Scott

Yesterday, Technorati responded to my inquiry:

I've taken a look at the issue regarding picking up your pings for "www.pingv.com" and "blogher.org". After making a small adjustment, I've sent our spiders to revisit your pages and your blogs have been indexed with your most recent posts.

This leads me to believe that perhaps their spiders were not optimized for these sites. Whether that's related to Drupal or not, I don't know. I appreciate their timely response. (Marianne Rchmond has praise for Janice Myint, who was the rapid responder to my trouble ticket as well. Thanks, Janice!)

All of our Drupal-powered sites (including BlogHer, pingVIsion and this humble blog) seem to be tracking properly on Technorati now.

A Technorati update

Posted 1 Mar 2006 by Laura Scott

Updated, kindaReading my earlier post in the light of day, I see that it comes off much snarkier than I had intended. I did not mean to imply dark or nefarious reasons for the slow tracking, and really wanted to plug Technorati's new faves list as a way to promote BlogHer.

As mobilejones notes in a comment to my post on BlogHer, BlogHer is being tracked very well by other search engines and trackers. So perhaps I'm being unfair to Technorati in the title. Still, they have the brand recognition, so we -- I -- want to figure this problem out.

The BlogHer listing is now only slightly out of date. This could be because of my manual pinging of Technorati last night -- perhaps there's a couple-hour delay these days.

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