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1. Some entertaining issues related to diversity

   a.k.a. "why we should care:"

   From the Comp Sci dept WIMS mentor:

   • "In terms of design teams and designing products, there's evidence from other industries that if you have just a male team, you could have a flawed product. Let's look at air bags, for example. Only 8 …

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2. A slightly more thoughtful post on diversity

   (Some more meanderings on the brouhaha about diversity in the Python world.)

   First, I've removed 'python' from the tags and made sure that neither Planet Python nor Advogato feed from this blog otherwise; I suspect by talking about politics and feelings in OSS I'm getting further from my normal target …

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3. Diversity in a Nutshell

   Since a few people have asked, here's a rough guide to the diversity discussion. No specifics allowed.

   1. diversity list created to (among other things) ponder an official diversity statement for Python. List is closed-archive but open for general subscription.

   2. Various diversity list discussions become heated. Some people (including …

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4. Teaching girls to program in Ruby

   Sarah Mei posts about teaching Ruby to high school girls. Good stuff.

   While searching for some GHOP info from way back, I ran across this post asking "where are the girls among the GHOP winners?" (The statistics mentioned in the post may have been posted since, although I haven't seen …

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5. A personal diversity statement

   After being on the new Python diversity mailing list for a bit, I've just unsubscribed. While there was an unpleasant personal incident that catalyzed my decision, I also don't think I'm a good fit for the style of discussion taking place. (YMMV ;)

   That having been said, I want to give …

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