John Resig | jQuery and the Open Source Process | Fronteers 2011 (by Fronteers)
Showing this today in the online identity & community class. John’s an RIT alum, and I heard him give a version of this talk here in Rochester last summer when he got inducted into the RIT innovation hall of fame—it was fabulous.
you thought I didn’t really notice. But I did. I wanted to high-five you. Yesterday I had a pair of brothers in my store. One was maybe between 15-17. He was a wrestler at the local high school. Kind of tall, stocky and handsome. He had a younger brother, who was maybe about 10-12 years old. The…
No, switching over to leet speak as my language on my account and finding that “female” became “sandwich maker” was NOT amusing or funny or a good joke. It was sexist and disgusting; it’s basically another version of the bullshit misogynist putdown “get back in the kitchen”, used to belittle and marginalize women for entirely too long.
If FB for whatever had a “race” setting, would it be okay if the only option for black people was “n*****” or “slave”? Really, how did this even get through?
To increase diversity at future ROFLCons, we’re not just going to try to invite more women and people of color from the internet: WE’RE GOING TO INVITE MORE INTERNETS, including those helmed by women (and Mexican ravers and queer posthumanists and Chinese vigilantes and skinny-jean-wearing Africans). Why not?
Awesome post by Christina Xu, who I’m really looking forward to meeting in a couple of weeks!
One of the things that triggers me to watch or read something new is when I hear about it close to simultaneously from multiple unrelated sources. Between the Folds has now triggered that. On my list for this break. Maybe even this weekend. It really does look fabulous.
First, let’s remove what we all *think* Lego is (i.e. our own nostalgic memories, our aspirational beliefs, or $250 robot sets), and instead concentrate on what Lego today is, for the most part: It’s movie-tie-in model sets marketed pretty much…
Love, love, love. What a way to start the morning. Thanks, K!