June 2008

It’s not just me: Why women leave technology

June 17, 2008

Over a year ago, I saw a statistic: Women hold the position of chief executive officer or president at only 4.2 per cent of Canada’s top 500 companies, up from 4 per cent in 2004. This statistic is disturbing. And yet I don’t think overt sexual discrimination - the outright refusal to promote or encourage […]

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My Mosaic: A Meme

June 12, 2008

mosaic5963971, originally uploaded by Zchannie. I stole this from SecondHand Karl. And he stole it from someone else, and so on, and so on. The concept:1. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search.2. Using only the first page of results, pick one image.3. Copy and paste each of the URLs […]

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The Remnants of Winter.

June 11, 2008

Snow pile. Originally uploaded by Zchannie Over the course of the winter, every time I took the bus to or from downtown I’d see this enormous pile of what I thought was snow. It seemed to be a city snow dump, where they take the snowbanks they remove from the streets and get them out […]

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An Open Letter To The People Of Pittsburgh

June 5, 2008

Dear Pittsburgh, Dude. I know. Today sucks. You’ve spent the last two months in a giddy surreality. It was beautiful, unbelievable, golden. All too freaky, almost too easy. Your team disposed of three Eastern Conference teams in fourteen games, giving up a few games but really, leaving no doubt all along what was going to […]

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