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Comment on The gender digital divide by digital-ascetic

digital-ascetic — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 17:06:38 +0000

I think the Digital Divide is a serious problem, but we must not forget the other side of the coin: drowning in a flood of information.

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Comment on Usability and Respect by uxarchitecture

uxarchitecture — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:33:47 +0000

I recognise this syndrome UX can be seen by as an unwelcome cost, a constraint on creativity and a crimp on architectural purity.

I don’t have a silver bullet but I’ve had good outcomes from spending time with technical colleagues, sharing war stories, finding shared goals and lending out my battered copy of the Polar Bear book. As ever, the best remedy for prejudice is meaningful collaboration.

Comment on Usability and Respect by Jay

Jay — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:39:53 +0000

Jenny:

Good stuff! I just read Nielsen’s Alertbox article as well. It really helps to put it in perspective. It actually causes me to smirk a little when I think about the fact that we (ux folks) should be able to bust through this wall with relative ease. If we would just use our professional skills and look at those who are adversarial and realize that they are our “users”. I also found two other great articles on Nielsen’s site that are about three years old. They talked about the corporate usability maturity time frame. One of the articles was the last link in his latest Alertbox. Definitely worth the effort to read, study and digest.

http://www.useit.com/alertbox/maturity.html
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/process_maturity.html

Comment on Sexting, Mass Hysteria, and the Inadequacies of the US Criminal Justice System by Deltaray

Deltaray — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 02:11:53 +0000

Just the other day I watched the movie American Teen and they had this sexting situation come up, it was a big part of the movie.

Comment on Gender representation in video games by Deltaray

Deltaray — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 02:24:02 +0000

This post reminds me so much of this episode of Penny Arcade: http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/12/3/ Most of the stuff that you see women wearing in video games is anything but practical. I mean they would be more protected wearing street clothes. What is the point of wearing metal if it doesn't cover any vital organs.

Comment on Happy Ada Lovelace Day! by Nitocris

Nitocris — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 19:26:05 +0000

Jenny, you’re one of my heroes! If it weren’t for you I never would have known that I could run. I just didn’t believe I had it in me. Running is incredible, painful and joyous all at the same time. It takes me back to a feeling from childhood when I could climb trees, swing on monkey-bars and feel totally alive and free. Finding the strength to persevere and overcome fitness obstacles helps me believe in myself and my capacity to create positive changes in the world around me. The world is better place with you in it and I am glad to count you as a friend.

Comment on Men text from Mars, women text from Venus by Amy Boivin

Amy Boivin — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 01:40:11 +0000

This was really interesting to me because I don’t find that to be the case with all of my friends. All of my friends both guys and girls tend to send really long text messages except me. Lol. Now in the case of IMs I would definitely say that girls type out way longer IMs than guys and with more detail, correct punctuation, etc. It would be interested to combine both text messages and IMs into a study. I also give kudos to Asta… very cool study. Congrats.

Comment on Women are damned if the do, damned if they don’t! by Amy

Amy — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 23:16:45 +0000

That’s ridiculous on both counts. We’re probably supposed to fear Obama now since she has biceps? It’s funny, because my mom was just telling me now we’d all have to wear sleeveless whether or not we were in shape because it’s the “in” thing.

Comment on Why WIC? by Amy Boivin

Amy Boivin — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 17:43:59 +0000

I strongly agree! That would be like saying all the groups of women that fought to get the right to vote were being hypocritical too. I think by promoting your group’s events you are putting a face to the group and hence being a great role model yourself. Others may follow just because they are impressed by all that you are doing and recognize the difference that it is making. I say Go You!

Comment on Gender attitudes toward computers by Jenny Hertel

Jenny Hertel — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:06:24 +0000

Thanks for the link, Max! I had not seen that. It is quite interesting!