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SXSW 2011: Music and hack days - where the girls aren't http://bit.ly/eNeOEh

#1 5:28pm Mar 15th 2011 via twitterfeed

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Sexist bastards! @flaneur @haynes_dave RT @guardiantech SXSW 2011: Music and hack days - where the girls aren't http://bit.ly/eNeOEh

#2 6:06pm Mar 15th 2011 via web

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Oh dear. RT @eartle Sexist bastards! RT @guardiantech SXSW 2011: Music and hack days - where the girls aren't http://bit.ly/eNeOEh

#3 7:39pm Mar 15th 2011 via web

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@flaneur @eartle Tis all a bit sad. I'd go to the events, but I don't know what I'd work on and going for political reasons alone is daft.

#4 7:41pm Mar 15th 2011 via web in reply to flaneur

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@guardiantech I disagree. I organized @sciencehackday SF (I'm female) and we had a 33% female turnout. Feel free to interview me ;)

#5 7:54pm Mar 15th 2011 via web in reply to guardiantech

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@flaneur @eartle I @-replied @guardiantech as a girl who organized a Hack Day: http://twitter.com/arielwaldman/status/47747448025780224

#6 7:55pm Mar 15th 2011 via Tweetie for Mac in reply to flaneur

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@arielwaldman So why do you think there is such a big discrepancy between female presence at science and music hack days? /cc @flaneur

#7 9:07pm Mar 15th 2011 via web in reply to arielwaldman

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@debcha did you attend music hack day london?

#8 9:26pm Mar 15th 2011 via Twitter for iPhone in reply to debcha

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I'm tired of such articles RT @guardiantech SXSW 2011: Music and hack days - where the girls aren't http://bit.ly/eNeOEh (via @flaneur)

#9 10:03pm Mar 15th 2011 via web

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@arielwaldman I've been to music hack days in Boston (x2) + NYC. At all 3, someone asked me where all the women hackers were... :|

#10 10:03pm Mar 15th 2011 via Twitter for iPhone in reply to arielwaldman

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@utstikkar I'm tired of articles that just point out the problem, and offer nothing by way of reflection or solutions.

#11 10:13pm Mar 15th 2011 via Twitter for iPhone in reply to utstikkar

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@debcha and they insist so much on how we're exceptions that reading it I feel I don't belong! I never had this impression at #musichackday!

#12 10:19pm Mar 15th 2011 via TweetDeck in reply to debcha

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@utstikkar Exactly. It contributes to the problem with offering anything else.

#13 10:23pm Mar 15th 2011 via Twitter for iPhone in reply to utstikkar

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@debcha I think the best thing u could do would b2 invite ur female friends -hack days are self-organizing + word of mouth can go a long way

#14 10:24pm Mar 15th 2011 via Twitter for BlackBerry® in reply to debcha

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@utstikkar The @guardiantech article demonizes #musichackday, w/o asking why there are so few women in music and coding. /cc @arielwaldman

#15 10:26pm Mar 15th 2011 via Twitter for iPhone in reply to utstikkar

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@arielwaldman I did! But both music and coding are so male-dominated that the Venn intersection is bound to be pretty small.

#16 10:28pm Mar 15th 2011 via Twitter for iPhone in reply to arielwaldman

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@debcha @utstikkar the last #musichackday I attended I got to sit near a group of guys discussing porn loudly and lewdly.

#17 10:29pm Mar 15th 2011 via Twitter for Mac in reply to debcha

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@debcha @utstikkar I didn't find the @guardiantech article offensive, merely observational. Lots of white dudes w/ beards. Can't deny that.

#18 10:31pm Mar 15th 2011 via Twitter for Mac in reply to debcha

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@theleadingzero @debcha ok there are issues but our community is not worse than others and this article is not helping attracting more women

#19 10:32pm Mar 15th 2011 via TweetDeck in reply to theleadingzero

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@debcha I'm personally on a mission to make hack days less developer-centric, more focused on people w/ various bkgds who have awesome ideas

#20 10:36pm Mar 15th 2011 via Twitter for BlackBerry® in reply to debcha

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@theleadingzero Oh, that's awful! Did you tell any of the organizers? Was that the one in London? /cc @utstikkar

#21 10:37pm Mar 15th 2011 via Twitter for iPhone in reply to theleadingzero

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@arielwaldman I think that is an excellent way to get more people involved. #musichackday def focused on being a dev+creating a hack.

#22 10:41pm Mar 15th 2011 via Twitter for iPhone in reply to arielwaldman

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@utstikkar @theleadingzero @debcha hey guys, guardian article writer here. didn't think it "demonised" a good talk, just something i noted

#23 5:29am Mar 16th 2011 via web in reply to utstikkar

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@utstikkar @theleadingzero @debcha I don't think women are exceptions though and hope article highlighted the issue.

#24 5:30am Mar 16th 2011 via web in reply to utstikkar

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@mattpointblank Appreciate you noticing! Concern is suggesting #musichackday is F-unfriendly, w/o addressing lack of women in coding/music.

#25 2:25pm Mar 16th 2011 via Twitter for iPhone in reply to mattpointblank

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@mattpointblank Which is not to say they can't do better! But articles on lack of women make it harder, not easier, to attract them.

#26 2:28pm Mar 16th 2011 via Twitter for iPhone in reply to mattpointblank

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@mattpointblank Article did catalyse convos with/among #musichackday orgs on how to do better--a good thing!

#27 2:31pm Mar 16th 2011 via Twitter for iPhone in reply to mattpointblank

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@mattpointblank FYI, @utstikkar + @theleadingzero both grad students in the field. Me: schedule.sxsw.com/search?q=Chach…

#28 2:39pm Mar 16th 2011 via Twitter for iPhone in reply to mattpointblank

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@debcha @mattpointblank @utstikkar actually, I'm no longer a student, woo! I've written a longer response blog.theleadingzero.com/?p=228

#29 3:02pm Mar 16th 2011 via Twitter for Mac in reply to debcha

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@theleadingzero My apologies! Forgot that you had defended. :)

#30 3:03pm Mar 16th 2011 via Twitter for iPhone in reply to theleadingzero

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A post inspired by a twitter conversation on women and #musichackdays with suggestions for improvement blog.theleadingzero.com/?p=228

#31 3:05pm Mar 16th 2011 via Twitter for Mac

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