Riding Rails in South America
One of the objectives of the RailsBridge Open Workshops is diversity, so I asked Carmen Díaz Echauri to write in Spanish about her experience leading a small workshop when she traveled back to her hometown. Read the original blog in…
Inspiring Women Leaders
The Opensource Women’s Leadership event on January 28th was a real treat. Many thanks to our hosts She’s Geeky and the Bohemian Loft. Our sponsors, Pivotal Labs, Engine Yard, TrueCar, Enphase Energy, Balsamiq, Harvest, and Captain Recruiter provided dinner and…
Celebrate Women in Open Source on Jan 28th
Less than two years ago, the San Francisco Ruby Meetup routinely drew just one or two women to an event of 50 people or more. Female attendance at regional conferences hovered at 3%, sadly reflecting the number of women participating…
2011 workshop kick-off
RailsBridge Open Workshop Project Announces Workshops for 2011 SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — The RailsBridge Open Workshop project, which teaches web application development to both programmers and non-programmers, is announcing eight more of its popular free workshops for women in 2011….
a cultural exchange
Melanie Archer writes that “the point of the Rails for Women workshop is to make a cultural exchange” It’s like going to a country where you don’t speak the language. You prepare by learning basic phrases which will help you…