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November 26 2008

In 2001-2, only 28 percent of all undergraduate degrees in computer science went to women. By 2004-5, the number had declined to only 22 percent. Data collected by the Computing Research Association showed even fewer women at research universities like M.I.T.: women accounted for only 12 percent of undergraduate degrees in computer science and engineering in the United States and Canada granted in 2006-7 by Ph.D.-granting institutions, down from 19 percent in 2001-2. Many computer science departments report that women now make up less than 10 percent of the newest undergraduates.
What Has Driven Women Out of Computer Science? I remember enrolling for a dual course (Bachelors +Masters) in Computer Engineering at University College, London in early 2000s. I changed my mind at the last moment and went to law school instead. Many people believe that computers is a man’s domain. I tend to think that my change in decision had nothing to do with this. Instead, I considered the logistics, cost v. benefit of moving away from my home land at the age of 18 and decided to stay back. The article is interesting in that it introduces several schools of thought. But it doesn’t explore other hardships, personal crisis etc. that might also be a contributing factor.

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danw:

Who’s Getting Hired in Tech? Last Week’s Jobwire Graphs

Where the heck is “Business Analyst” in the pie chart? I am a very important person. (:

November 25 2008

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marsz:

facebook sociopath

I think almost all my friends are sociopaths!

Xbox, Tumblr etc.

I am not sure why I’m so mad right now. I think the Xbox360 did it. I was trying to learn how to play Forza. It’s not that I suck at it. It’s just that the monotony of these video games really bothers me. It’s the same thing over and over again! I get bored very easily. I tried to play Bioshock before this and I got bored of that too. I feel like shoving that stupid console and controller into my closet now. ):

I booked my ticket to visit Washington, DC for Christmas! I get to be there for 4 days (December 25th-Dec. 28th) and stay at Hyatt Regency at Capitol Hill. :D Ain’t that cool? I really wanted to go to Las Vegas and Grand Canyon, but it was turning out to be freaking expensive. So I settled for DC instead. Always wanted to see all those museums.

I’m happy that I have work tomorrow and I get the rest of the week off for Thanksgiving. I’m not doing anything special special- just stay at home and unwind, clean and sleep all day long in my snuggly comforter. :) I’ve been invited by a family for Thanksgiving lunch but I’m not sure if I want to drive 4 hours each way. I’ll probably NOT go.

I’m getting quite addicted to Tumblr and Twitter currently, which is where the future lies! I haven’t been blogging at Wordpress much, due to a number of reasons. My problems with Wp.com community and the change etc. should be another LONG post. I have been mad about a couple of things happening at Wordpress.com and spoke to a really nice friend about them. I’m happy that he shares my concerns and feels the same way. In fact, he might also start posting here at Tumblr very soon. :-) You need to start following him!

Tumblr is a way of getting to know each other. Somehow, I don’t find pictures/reblogs of pictures interesting/personal enough. I’m realizing that I’ve started enjoying personal text posts/links/chat much more, compared to pictures. Not that I don’t welcome them, but there are some tumblr users who only re-blog pictures and post their own. That’s it! Of course, this might go with their general theme, but it’s tiring for me to try to wade through 5 pages of pictures to find one text post by someone. Hence the unfollowing. So, please don’t mind! Rest assured, I have the URL of your blog memorized and I go there directly. :)

November 24 2008

Do you have comments for your Tumblr yet?

stupidinboston:

amwelles:

stupidinboston:

forwhenifeellikesharing:

(Get them.)

Re-re-reminder for people - Please add comments! Often times I want to tell someone something, but I don’t want to reblog and clutter other peoples dashboards with conversation.

I’d rather you send me an email/feedback. See that link on my tumblr? The one that says “Feedback”? Yeah, use that one.

Email is so 1990’s.

I love getting emails! Please email me if you want to contact me. I’m just lazy when it comes to figuring out Disqus.

Iphone'ized

angad:

timparker:

I came across this awesome website for turning your own website into an iPhone / iPod Touch version. You can drop in your RSS feed link and it makes your site perfect for viewing on an iPhone. This includes the option to add a webclip, well worth checking out at - http://intersquash.com/.

I actually used this for a day or two. Not really perfect…screws up the formatting and the picture size etc. Try it yourself to know what I’m talking about. It seems like a perfect solution, but is extremely buggy.

I’d have a hard time trying to convince a corporate email user that Peek could replace his Blackberry, and I would probably be killed if I tried to swap someones iPhone for a Peek.
Product review - Peek mobile email device Well said! I would definitely kill this reviewer :-) Jokes apart, $19.99/mth for only email with NO CONTRACT is not bad. The downside is that there is no password security.
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sandhya:

iindia: India 1945

November 23 2008

Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge.
— Jimmy Wales, Founder of Wikipedia
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krisnair:

What is the value of 500 Rs for different people in today’s world ?

Check Grassroutes | A road-trip for change

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Saw this on CNN and loved it. There are many other longer videos too, but I really like the background music on this one.

November 22 2008

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desaturated:

Dilbert 11/22/2008

I think I’m actually that woman. I’m always on my iPhone, when I’m away from my desk.

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Copy of my NYT Obama newspaper
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