Just Sayin Blog Archive
Posted May 23, 2007 at 10:30 AM in Business, Just Sayin, Work | Comments (1)
Robert Scoble alerted readers to Jeff Barr’s post about Google recruiting. I had to laugh out loud here, because I’ve also been subject to some strange Google recruiting crap myself.
Most recently, I got an e-mail from a Google recruiter (who clearly did look at my Web site, because she commented on the pink-ness of my blog) with regards to a technical solutions engineer position. The first thing that struck me as odd is that, if you actually read my resume, you’ll learn that I’ve been in management positions for a while… so why would I be interested in an engineering position? The next oddity was the requirement that I complete a self-evaluation before discussions could proceed. Uh-huh. No thanks.
Of course, when I got that e-mail I was laughing pretty hard, because in the many years I’ve attended the Grace Hopper Celebration I’ve talked to Google folks many times about job opportunities there — and was basically told again and again that “Google doesn’t recruit Web developers because that’s not important to [their] business”. Whatever.
I have some friends that have gone to Google, but honestly, the more I learn about them, the more suspicious I am of them. I feel like they’re one giant social engineering experiment, and we’re all their guinea pigs.
Posted March 29, 2007 at 12:00 PM in Just Sayin, Politics, Women! | Comments Off
Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.
It’s amazing how many people believe that the above is already U.S. law. It isn’t — it’s Section 1 of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), which was not, in fact, ratified in 1982. It’s now known as the Women’s Equality Amendment and is being reintroduced in Congress. Isn’t it time, already?!?
Posted March 11, 2007 at 2:40 PM in Just Sayin, SxSW, Technology, Women! | Comments (4)
I’ll have more to say about other aspects of SXSW later, but I wanted to say that the Non-Developers to Open Source Acolytes: Tell Me Why I Care panel was the best panel I’ve ever been to at SXSW. The audience was diverse (about 50/50!) and engaged, and we had a discussion that even enlightened me about something I thought I knew quite a bit about.
Thank you, Elisa Camahort, for organizing such an interesting and engaging panel. Now I really want to attend BlogHer because I’m sure you organize a kick-ass conference.
It was also really wonderful to hear from Annalee Newitz (co-editor of the very awesome She’s Such a Geek), Dawn Foster, and my friend Erica Rios. Erica made poignant references to women’s involvement in creating technology and to the opportunities available to women via open source, which received a round of applause. Needless to say, that discussion needs to be continued.
Note to Hugh Forrest: Bring back Elisa as a moderator — or maybe as a keynote?! — and bring back these panelists to continue a discussion that brought everyone to the table!
Posted January 24, 2007 at 11:37 AM in Just Sayin | Comments (2)
…you could at least donate a dollar to save them.
Genius! Via CNN, this is a new advertising slogan for Susan G. Komen for the Cure (formerly known as the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation). I can’t wait to get my hands on a t-shirt. Can you imagine how much money I’d have raised by now if I’d started wearing such a shirt 10 years ago?
Posted December 30, 2006 at 1:25 AM in Just Sayin | Comments Off
What else would you get for a math geek friend that also likes to bake? (That said, I’ve never made a pie in my life! Guess I’ve got good reason to try, now.)
Hi, my name is Kimberly Blessing. I'm a computer scientist, Web developer, standards evangelist, feminist, and geek. This is where I write about life, the Web, technology, women's issues, and whatever else comes to mind.
