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2013-05-30 05:46:03 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Yahoo!'s acquiring Tumblr was all over the news, but I didn't hear about this until today. Apparently, last week a bunch of Automattic (wordpress.com) shares went on sale for $50 million. This values Automattic at around $1 billion — pretty close to Tumblr's purchase price. But they're still independent and going strong.

2013-05-23 07:58:28 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Women's bike ride: Clitoral Mass Oakland is taking place this Saturday, 12 noon to 7 p.m. (actual ride is from 2-4 p.m.)
http://clitoralmass.org/blog/2013/5/7/route-for-clitoral-mass-oak

2013-05-20 17:53:07 (6 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

Women and people of color hack night (and every Monday) at LOL at 7 p.m.! 

2013-05-18 00:49:19 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

For those who haven't seen this already, here's an article on setting up Chromebooks (like your new Pixel) for development.  Found this after looking for information on js-git and saw a tweet by @creationix about crouton. #io13  

2013-05-17 01:55:23 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

*Man, Instagram for Android received a TON of hate yesterday, and not because of it being a hipster app, but it being "FOR POOR PEOPLE!"

Check out today's video and please SHARE!

Instagram on Android & the HATE...OMG!

2013-05-16 02:22:24 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 3 +1s)

Changing my gender to male on Google+ improved my What's Hot experience Google+ has updated how they distribute content to users through Explore

Earlier today, +Kimberly Chapman told me about a little experiment she'd done. She'd opened a tab on her browser and directed it to plus.google.com/explore, a stream that enables you to see the hottest content on Google+. In another tab, Chapman changed her gender on her Google+ profile from female to male, and then loaded the Explore page into another tab.

The difference was astonishing. "As a girl, I get stupid warm-fuzzy meaningless shit," Chapman writes on a post (http://goo.gl/ZDBxT). "As a guy, I get nerdy stuff. This is not okay. I get that [What's Hot] algorithms are based on what people click, like, share, comment on, etc. Fine. But I challenge anyone to give me one good reason why there should... more »

2013-05-15 23:41:00 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Going to Androids do Daydream ... if for no other reason than it's a great name of a session. :-) #io13  

2013-05-15 18:08:19 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Speech recognition is awesome., And being able to activate it by just speaking is great, but ... is the microphone always on? Sounds ... risky. #io13 #googleio #goooglehotwords

2013-05-15 17:27:37 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Interesting to see photos chosen for different segments of keynote. Sometimes photos are of really diverse groups of people, sometimes almost all the people in photos are white. At least they are doing better on gender. #io13

2013-05-15 17:24:36 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

Mothership HackerMoms on front page of Bay Guardian!

2013-05-15 16:06:25 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Please support prosperity for all! #io13 #google

2013-05-15 00:53:00 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Registration ...

2013-05-15 00:07:32 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Who else is going to Google I/O? Anyone going to Women Techmakers tonight? Heading into SF now, will try to pick up badge first.  #io13

2013-04-09 05:54:04 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

I know a lot of people going to hacker schools and learning programming, and, like others, I'm concerned about the lack of girls and women interested in technology and other STEM fields, but here is a strong argument emphasizing the Arts as well (STEAM). We really need more writers who will write more diverse roles for women and girls on TV and other media. This makes me think that we need to do a writing workshop at LOL soon …

2013-04-01 06:31:32 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

2013-03-15 22:45:22 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Has anyone noticed something weird with Facebook today? Some of our computers can't get to facebook.com. I checked (from command-line) 'whois facebook.com' and got back some odd results.

2013-03-13 14:37:15 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Got a Google I/O ticket! Yay!

2013-03-13 14:18:36 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

So … trying for the fourth time to register for Google I/O … Google keeps telling me tickets might still be available, but I suspect they are probably all sold out. :-(

2013-02-25 07:28:47 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

http://oaklandmakerspace.wordpress.com/2013/02/24/make-meditation-pillows-at-our-zafu-making-workshop-on-39/

2013-02-05 22:33:26 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Come celebrate Liberating Ourselves Locally's first anniversary and new year's open house! We'll bid farewell to the dragon, and say howdy to the snake! There will be lots of food and plenty of great people! We want to spread the word about our space, but also to give people a chance to talk about how they'd like to use our space. :-)

2012-12-21 07:24:44 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

I've been baking a lot of pies recently, and people have been asking me about the recipe I use for the crust. It's basically a modified version of the Cook's Illustrated crust (where vodka is the secret ingredient). I got a vegan version from veganbaking.net and then modified it to use grams as the measure for most ingredients and, more significantly, to use maple syrup as the sweetener. This is actually a 3x recipe, meaning it yields 6 crusts, enough for 3 9" pies w/ both bottom and top crusts. Actually, I find there's more dough than you need for a 9" pie unless you are going for a thick crust.

Vegan maple syrup pie crust (yields 6 crusts)

Ingredients (don't worry about being exact … these measurements imply much more precision than they probably should):
937.5g flour
145g maple syrup
15g salt
133g vodka
129g water
4.5s... more »

2012-12-19 16:34:04 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Please support this important film project!

2012-12-13 20:18:47 (8 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Can anyone suggest a good place to pickup technical books (I'm looking for copies of +Sandi Metz's Practical Object-Oriented Design in Ruby) near Downtown San Francisco or Oakland?

2012-12-12 06:45:53 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

Liberating Ourselves Locally, a maker space in East Oakland, is gearing up for our Winter Creations Make-A-Thon! It's this Sat. (12/15) and goes from 12p-4p.

I'll be at the e-textiles station. Bring stuff to modify! We can make your existing gloves work w/ touchscreens, add LEDs to a scarf for that extra flair, and more!

2012-10-23 05:10:01 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Only 2 1/2 weeks left to donate to Agen(c)y, the qtpoc cabaret about the non-profit industrial complex! Please help us make the fundraising target and help ensure that there will be more shows in the future!

2012-10-16 14:46:57 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Pancakes and Politics — review the ballot w/ friends over delicious brunch! At LOL, an Oakland Makerspace

2012-10-09 05:41:09 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

LOL is hosting a costume making and sewing event! Please sign up on Eventbrite! http://sewbadasscostumes.eventbrite.com/

2012-10-08 03:35:32 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Please consider supporting Agen(c)y, a cabaret about the non-profit industrial complex. This should hit home for anyone who's worked at a non-profit whose aims have been subverted by looking for funding, or who had their funding cut unexpectedly by a foundation, etc. But there should be something for everyone in this show!

Thanks!

Full-discloser: I'm performing in the show.

2012-08-15 21:56:29 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Anyone have an iPhone 3GS you'd like to sell? We're looking for one for testing. Thanks!

2012-07-29 03:41:14 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Amber Kelsie will be hosing a discussion about Q/POC and woman-identified organizing in the Occupy movement at LOL on Monday at 7 p.m. Please spread the word!

2012-07-05 21:18:01 (6 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Anyone have any idea what's the best tool for cutting a bunch of circles out of paper? I have a few hundred 12" x 12" sheets that I want to turn into a bunch of 1-1.5" circles.

2012-05-29 04:31:53 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 3 +1s)

http://www.cepro.com/article/lack_of_women_hurting_it_industry/

2012-04-30 01:48:27 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Not sure where the data is coming from (Nook numbers are missing), but it looks like ICS isn't the only Android tablet game in town ...

2012-04-16 05:30:42 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Facebook translates "female" to "54ndw1ch m4k3r" when selecting leet speak option.

2012-03-30 20:47:36 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Awesome Web development-themed music video by KharaCara, featuring +Judy Tuan!

2012-03-22 18:05:53 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Want a free t-shirt? Music app company wants to interview people about music Friday or Monday near Montgomery BART in San Francisco. Let me know if you want to come by!

2012-03-22 14:16:06 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Want help w/ your Mac or PC? Come to the Mac/PC Clinic at LOL (an Oakland Maker Space) this Friday, March 23! It runs all day, from 8 am until 5:30 pm.

2012-03-01 07:42:24 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

I think non-geeks might enjoy too.

2012-03-01 07:21:01 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Whew! The LOL Oakland Maker Space is getting ready to open! We're working on figuring out a schedule now. Here's an update, though, on the pre-launch brunch event!

2012-02-29 21:24:55 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 3 +1s)

It's a three-peat! +Judy Tuan has proposed at and won another app contest! This time it's an awesome iPad app called PlayPitch. Unlike other music games, you actually play a real instrument, and PlayPitch tells you if you hit the right notes! It's kind of awesome, and it's now competing in the global App Olympics: http://appolympics.bemyapp.com/?cat=3. Please vote for them!

Teammate and Android wizard +Chiu-Ki Chan(creator of http://monkeywriteapp.com/) wrote about the process here: http://blog.sqisland.com/2012/02/bemyapp-hackathon.html. And there's a video featuring Judy using the app w/ a pan flute: PlayPitch on the pan flute

2012-02-12 07:06:02 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 2 +1s)

Excited about the event tomorrow! Should go to sleep soon so I can get up early ... or stay up tonight to get stuff done. Hmmm ...

2012-02-12 07:05:08 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 1 +1s)

It is truly a sad state of affairs that Australia, of all countries, has the ability to lead the world with solar renewables. There are brilliant ideas developed by Australian companies for multi gigawatt power plants which burn NOTHING, sadly they have had to take these ideas to the USA.
I have read plenty about the political lobbying from the mining companies, it's such a tragedy that a few 100 people can sway the government because, for the very short term future they are making billions of dollars.
I've driven far and wide across Australia, one of these towers would be such a landmark and produce so much energy people would travel from all over to marvel at it. But no, let's keep digging shit up and burning it.

2012-02-11 01:15:30 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Can anyone suggest a good place to setup a private wiki? I usually use GitHub (my wiki needs are pretty simple) but that won't work in this case. Just want a place that's private, ideally ssl protected, can add people to, and is either free or cheap. Thanks!

2012-02-09 07:41:29 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Interesting ...

2012-02-03 07:47:52 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

A people of color-led, gender balanced maker space is coming to East Oakland. Our blog is finally up, and we're having our first event on 2/12, looking for supporters and collaborators.

2012-02-02 07:55:30 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Great article by +puck lo about Occupy, race, gender, class, and privilege! Captures a lot of the issues that have come up for folks I know.

2012-01-30 07:37:14 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Looking jfor good examples of mobile web apps — Web sites that are optimized for a phone or tablet experience. The ones I find kind of useful (over native apps) are Google Maps and Gmail. I was (sort of) impressed with Amazon's cloud reader, but it hasn't been super useful on a practical level. For a while, I thought Facebook's mobile web version was better than the native app (by a lot) until they released their update. Any you particularly like? I'd especially like to hear of apps that are equal or better than native apps, on any platform (iOS, Android, RIM, WebOS, etc.).

2012-01-27 08:34:56 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

What's your favorite IRC client on Mac OS X? I used to use Colloquy a few years back. Just recently I've started working with a few teams that use IRC. I tried Colloquy first, but had some problems and noticed that it hasn't been updated in a year or so. So I looked around and saw a few different clients on the Mac App store, and saw LimeChat and Textual. LimeChat's UI seemed a little confusing to me; Textual's seemed a little more clear (even though it's a fork of LimeChat). Seems to be okay, but wondering if there's something else out there that folks like a lot. Or reasons to try to get to know LimeChat better. I have also considered using a command line client ... I used to use irssi once upon a time, which was actually very convenient because I could leave it running on a vm I had somewhere in the cloud so I could see messages that I might have missed while offline (is there... more »

2012-01-27 07:58:16 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Please don't think that you aren't guru enough to speak at conferences! I have attended conferences and hack-a-thons where I have caught mistake after mistake from people who label themselves as gurus in fields i don't feel anywhere near guru-esque.

So, you don't have to label yourself a guru (I certainly don't claim to be a guru of anything, other than making chocolate desserts and self-invented mixed drinks). Just realize that many people speaking at conferences aren't gurus at all. They just feel comfortable enough in a single sub-topic to present on that topic. Realize, if someone knows your topic like the back of their hand, they're not going to attend your session. Instead, they'll attend a session where the material is new.

So, while I truly believe all speakers should be competent in their subject matter (and i have seen many 'great'... more »

2012-01-21 20:49:46 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Hurray!