Category: Equality
In a matter of hours, a huge debate broke out on Twitter after CNN released a soundbite from an interview that occurred between Mike Arrington, Founder of TechCrunch and interviewer, Soledad O’Brian, anchor and special correspondent at CNN. Read More…
Last night I presented to a group of entrepreneurs participating in 100 Urban Entrepreneurs and it turned out to be an amazing session! I shared how I entered the field of technology and what helped to me to decide I wanted to an entrepreneur. I stepped the group through my discoveries of what worked and the obstacles I encountered. Finally I recommended three essential web apps that were instrumental in helping me grow and manage my business.
Here’s my presentation which I created in SlideRocket (love this tool!)
My key points were:
Are iPhone apps like TaxiMagic perpetuating hate crimes?
Last night I took a taxi home from the Tenderloin to the Mission District. I had the pleasure of being driven by Mustafa, a relaxed, cheerful older man. Mustafa shared with me how he no longer feels safe driving his cab after 16 years due to an iPhone app called TaxiMagic. He’s had at least three bad experiences upon being dispatched to a call that originated from the TaxiMagic iPhone app.
It’s affecting his work focus and earnings and the supervisor won’t help.
I asked Mustafa for permission to record our conversation.
If you have ideas that could help Mustafa, email me adria@butyoureagirl.com
Today we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday. I am so very grateful for the work he did to challenge the status quo and draw worldwide attention to the problems Brown people in America faced.
Today I share this music video from Common and Will.i.am, “I Have A Dream”
As I shared on Twitter today, my family is new to the word, “freedom”. My grandfather was a sharecropper and according to my mom, my great grandfather was a slave. This means my dad and his siblings were the first to really have “opportunties”. On my mom’s side (she’s the Jewish one), her great grandparents came from Poland. My grandparents were born in NYC, grew up, met each other, got married and lived the “American dream” but not before my grandfather and all his siblings changed their last names from Jepnick to Richards in hopes of avoiding discrimination for being Jewish (anti-semitism),
I am grateful I have the freedom to truly pursue what makes me happy. I thank the people before me who stood up for those of us who could not find our voices (or who had not been born yet!).
Thank you Dr. King
Today I flew out out for Wordcamp Atlanta. This is my first blogging conference of 2010. This will be my first word camp in the south. This will be the second Wordcamp I am speaking at. This is my seventh blogging conference I’ve attended. I am excited! Read More…
I CANNOT BELIEVE I just received this transcribed email from Google Voice! At the beginning of my friend’s message she says, “Hey Girlfriend” but Google Voice transcribed it as “Hey Negro”.
Photo Credit: adria.richardsI came across this very unique signup form at DandyID which allows you to indicate your gender choice as transgender. I have never ever seen this on a website form and it has intrigued me for months.
DandyID is a social identity service which allows you to centralize your identity, make your profiles portable and offers a Wordpress plugin to list all your social profile icons.
This got me thinking if a service like this is offering “transgender” as an option, why aren’t more sites doing this?
And why don’t sites like YouTube ask my race?
Current numbers about social media users are devoid of rich, detailed, niche statistics like, gender and race. That’s great here are 23 million people on Facebook but I want to know more about their daily lives, how they work, their interactions and what drives them.
As the internet community grows past forums and internet chat, people will begin to wonder, “Who else is online with me?”
In what ways can social networks help people connect based on race, sexual orientation, religion?
Gay people want their computers working, websites developed and social media strategies addressed just like everyone else but can they get it?
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This is my tribute to Valerie Aurora for Ada Byron Lovelace Day. I first emailed Val March 31st, 2006 after reading her website about how to get more women involved in Linux. I found out she was highly skilled and outspoken; both traits I admired. She was an advocate of open source and not only went to Linux User Groups (LUG’s) but also was involved in a group called, LinuxChix.
She put a challenge out on her website. There was a book she thought all women in technology should read, “Women Don’t Ask: Negotiation an the Gender Divide“. She was so convinced about this book that if you told her why you would benefit from reading it, she’d put $10 towards the purchase.
She kept her word and I kept mine so Val, today I pay you tribute for giving me the courage, understanding and faith that I could truly be successful in technology. I wish you the best in all that you do and thank you.
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I went ahead and made two videos today. One for Valerie and one to thank people who actually selected ME as their topic person for Ada Byon Day!
I want to thanks Lisa De Bruin known as @windivergirl on Twitter for blogging about me!
Lisa’s post at California Life: Better Than Happy Hour
I want to thank Debi Linton, known as @innerbrat on Twitter for blogging about me!
Debi’s post at Innerbrat
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| Flour Tortillas | French Bread | |
| Rice | Pasta |
