mnicole

40 ms·

121.
by mnicole 14y ago
I'm particularly enjoying how ignorance of the state of the industry leads to victim-blaming. Telling women who are continuing to deal with these issues in their "everyday realities" that it's all in their heads is the exact attitude that i
122.
by mnicole 14y ago
You must be missing the weekly blog entries by women on harassment in the workplace and at industry functions that get posted and subsequently flagged and responded to with "Not this again," and "Why is this on Hacker News?" I initially wro
123.
by mnicole 14y ago
Something that's been discussed in a few mailing lists/blog entries I've seen lately are women who are really put-off by the phrase "guys" to refer to a mass of people. For me, the word is synonymous with "all" rather than "male" specifical
124.
by mnicole 14y ago
I'll quote an excerpt from Lea Verou's exquisite article on sexism ( http://pensieve.verou.me/post/47360690848/what-is-sexism ) that I think helps answer this in a broader sense: There is a lot of talk about what’s innate and what’s acqu
125.
by mnicole 14y ago
> As to being excluded in a more social sense, the best way to defeat that is not to care about it. It's basic human psychology that not caring about acceptance will make the other group members wonder why you don't care, which naturall
126.
by mnicole 14y ago
I don't understand this article in the least. The idea that people shouldn't be doing things they want to do on their own time, that you'd rather say "be honest, not everyone is an entrepreneur," than let people explore their potential them
127.
by mnicole 14y ago
Man, everything in that office looks uncomfortable to sit on. Not exactly sure what they were going for by mixing the swanky agency wood look with temporary Boy Scout camp, but they missed the mark.
128.
by mnicole 14y ago
Her social media feeds are really trying too hard. Does spamming people with unrelated memes and asking for likes really onboard users vs alienate those she already has? And I'm with patio11 on the video, I had to stop it. Show me the prep
129.
by mnicole 14y ago
The guy he was tweeting back and forth with said something to the effect of "If you guys actually knew us, you'd know we're friends and we're just joking," at the end of it. We don't need to go back in time more than two weeks to realize th
130.
by mnicole 14y ago
If you don't, someone else will, and they might be even less ethical than you are. Additionally, like codegeek said, you may be shutting one person out, but you're opening the door for another or making them step up their game. There's also
131.
by mnicole 14y ago
Culling my friends still doesn't save me from seeing advertisements/promoted posts from services not even associated with them, and they shouldn't have to worry about liking something because it's going to spam me.
132.
by mnicole 14y ago
Interesting, I'm not sure what my deal is, maybe it's a firewall here at work. I was able to see the live editing going on in the box but the only cam preview was mine.
133.
by mnicole 14y ago
Really enjoying the concept of this! A few friends of mine and I do JavaScript lessons over Google Hangout right now and this would be a much preferred alternative, although it doesn't seem to allow more than two people's cams at once. I re
134.
by mnicole 14y ago
I'm a designer, but I've never been into traditional art because I grew up knowing that digital pieces could be so much more than traditional media. I think a lot of techies probably feel the same way; they're waiting for artists to better
135.
by mnicole 14y ago
How is this different from any other author on any other subject they might not be entirely familiar with prefacing their piece with acknowledgment that they don't have all of the information/experience to fully expound on the issue? Becaus
136.
by mnicole 14y ago
> DO NOT make first contact with me two months later asking me if I'm interested in the job. I'm not. I was interested two months ago. I get that you're talking about an internship here, so response time can be hugely relevant (althoug
137.
by mnicole 14y ago
The one-liners thing really put me off too. I couldn't tell if they were being sarcastic. Works 10% of the time because 10% have a bar low enough for empty flattery? A friend of mine dated one of the more prolific figures in that realm (don
138.
by mnicole 14y ago
Total opposite for me, I enjoyed the presentation a lot and he wrote about way more than you're giving him credit for (risk-taking, emotions, power of perseverance; the exact thing a college student would want to know). As for the self-depr
139.
by mnicole 14y ago
It wasn't broken to begin with. I honestly don't even understand why they felt like this was necessary. Make it optional, if anything.
140.
by mnicole 14y ago
This is what I was going to suggest. There are already other people offering courses on UI/UX there, as well.
141.
by mnicole 14y ago
Very true. What bothered me about this particular agency is that the owners were older folks who I believe were transitioning from design recruiting to tech because they knew there was more potential there. As such, they had nothing to rely
142.
by mnicole 14y ago
An issue we've talked about here before that I've experienced myself is that recruiters often don't understand that titles in this industry are often meaningless and don't know enough about the lingo and the languages to competently place s
143.
by mnicole 14y ago
Near-naked women hanging from ropes at IGDA? It's all in good fun! Booth babes on conferences floors? Get over it, that's marketing! Interpretive dance not at all even associated with the event, just being encouraged because it's someth
144.
by mnicole 14y ago
The state of the industry punishes a sizable amount of people that want to talk about these types of things too. If you really care about tech, you'll care about issues that keep people out that otherwise could have had a profound impact on
145.
by mnicole 14y ago
Never stop blogging about it, please. Did you see the post the other day from the woman who works at Game Informer ( http://meagan-marie.tumblr.com/post/46396481491/what-would-y... )? Her experience at PAX East was one thing, but her work s
146.
by mnicole 14y ago
You don't mention if it's just a facelift you want or if the UX/flow needs help too. Speaking from experience, it is often painful for everyone to have these roles come in after-the-fact unless the design is really barebones or built with s
147.
by mnicole 14y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5398681
148.
by mnicole 14y ago
But that's kind of the point; she knew what she was doing and that's exactly why she did it, she just hoped that in mislabeling it a women's issue, people would be empathetic to the fact that she was shaming someone that couldn't possibly
149.
by mnicole 14y ago
Without going to get into the specifics on how to handle situations that make you uncomfortable, there is always someone you can go to, whether it be event staff, venue staff or higher authorities if you really feel it warrants it. That sai
150.
by mnicole 14y ago
> What happened at PyCon has cast a spotlight on a range of deep issues and problems in the developer world. What happened at PyCon was nerds making nerd jokes. People talk to each other at public events, even with people on stage, an

More ›