Call for Papers: Haecksen Miniconf LCA2011
Kate Carruthers The folks over at LCA2011 are running a Haecksen miniconf and have issued a call for papers closing on 24 September 2010 … “The Haecksen miniconf is on again! This…
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Women: The State of Play via APESMA #equalpayday
APESMA 2009-10 Women in the Professions Survey Report has just been released and it contains some sobering reading about how women are still treated unfairly and inequitably in the workplace.…
Hard work! Aligning organisational values and behaviour
Alignment of articulated and enacted values in business The issue of how well an organisation’s values align between what they say they are and what they actually do in practise…
Some thoughts on women, management & work #wmwc
I’m lucky enough to be attending the Women, Management and Work Conference in Sydney today. There is a great turnout, with many familiar names and faces from around Australia. So…
Social media: blurring the boundaries
In the past we used to be able to separate the public from the private and business from the personal quite easily. But this was an aberration. Privacy was a…
Annalie Killian … a woman Catalysing Magic
Here is another post in my series on inspiring women. This time it is my friend Annalie Killian, who is also known as Catalyst for Magic (yes that is really…
Jo White – a woman in a … startup
I am very privileged to know a number of truly remarkable and inspiring women who work in, on and around geek stuff. One of my notions for this year was…
Random acts of kindness
I’ve been reflecting on the people who’ve influenced my life. The ones who have shaped my thoughts and helped me to work out what kind of person I am and…
Ada Lovelace Day 2010: call for women’s history #ald10
Today is Ada Lovelace day, the day that women around the world celebrate the achievements of women working in technology. While I could write about a woman in technology –…
International Women’s Day 2010 #IWD
It is fascinating to note on this International Women’s Day that one of our major newspapers has an article titled “Gender pay gap shows no sign of abating” The gender…