My 2006 holiday gift to you, the people of the Web… an updated Beverly experience! Now with the ability to add your own stories, and a Flickr group.
Beverly is Back!
Recent Posts
- T minus 10 (flights) Posted June 22, 2008
- The Girl Effect Posted June 6, 2008
- I helped elect a female president! Posted June 6, 2008
- Code Monkeys vs. Code Ninjas Posted June 5, 2008
- CS Skills FTW! (for the Web) Posted May 12, 2008
Keep Up with KB
Good Reading
Adapting to Web Standards: CSS and Ajax for Big Sites by Christopher Schmitt, Kimberly Blessing, et al.
Upcoming Events
- SXSW Interactive in Austin, Texas, March 7-11, 2008
- WebVisions 2008 in Portland, Oregon, May 22-23, 2008
- Voices that Matter: Web Design in Nashville, Tennesee, June 10-13, 2008 (Get $200 off with code WDDSPKR!)
- An Event Apart Boston, June 23-24, 2008 (Get $50 off with code AEABLESS!)
- Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing at Keystone Resort, Colorado, October 1-4, 2008
Latest Links
- Berners-Lee and friends promote web science study This article mentions that Web companies are stepping forward to say that they would want to hire grads of Web Science programs.
- Duran Duran » A Blog from Nick The Durans have a record player in their dressing room, and they listen to a different album before each show. Nick ends by suggesting what I always tell people... go back and listen to your vinyl. You'll appreciate your music so much more...
- Science Has Become the New Frontier for Title Nine Under Title IX, US government agencies have set up programs to look for sexual discrimination at universities receiving federal grants... in science.
- Zimbabwe introduces $100 billion banknotes Roughly equal to one US dollar, they're not even enough to buy a loaf of bread. Inflation in Zimbabwe is officially 2,200,000% but other estimates put it at 9,030,000%.
- Women break to front of tech It's nice to see that a national newspaper with fairly broad readership has this type of coverage, and that it doesn't paint women in tech as the odd ducks.