Tech

“This Aging Roxbury Victorian Will Become a Home for Minority Women Pursuing STEM”

“the newly purchased Victorian became the [G]Code House — a house where girls (that’s where the G comes in) can live, get support, and learn to code. The program is aimed at women ages 18…

“Tech Diversity Programs Are Conservative”

“Diversity programs in tech are a bit cruder. They often rely on the idea that issues like sexism can be solved just by having equal number of men and women in high-status occupations like tech. And by celebrating different identities with special events…

“Your App Isn’t Helping The People Of Saudi Arabia”

“For people like Srinivasan, a vindicating narrative is playing out. A young population craving freedom flocks to new technology, bypassing their oppressive gatekeepers, ultimately to ring in modernity — all while investors enjoy a windfall…

“Lost in the Digital Swamp, Link by Link”

“I went on that ride courtesy of one of the internet’s many “content discovery solutions.” These companies occupy real estate at the margins of websites like CNN, Politico and TMZ, and fill them with links to content landfills with names like Buzz-Hut…

“Jerks and the Start-Ups They Ruin”

“Bro cos. become corporate frat houses, where employees are chosen like pledges, based on “culture fit.” Women get hired, but they rarely get promoted and sometimes complain of being harassed. Minorities and older workers are excluded.

“ON READING ISSUES OF WIRED FROM 1993 TO 1995”

“Founded in 1993 by Jane Metcalfe, Louis Rossetto, and Kevin Kelly, Wired emerged when San Francisco’s tech scene was still shadowy and creative, populated by phreakers and neo-hippies, artists and anarchists, ravers and cypherpunks. The founders…

“Map of the Internet”

“When you clicked on this story that server heard you, retrieved our words and images from the magnets, and then shipped them to you through a branching maze of wires and computers.

The very last computer in our data center took those words and did something…

“An Open Letter To My CEO”

“So here I am, 25-years old, balancing all sorts of debt and trying to pave a life for myself that doesn’t involve crying in the bathtub every week. Every single one of my coworkers is struggling. They’re taking side jobs, they’re living at home. One of them started a GoFundMe…

“Etsy’s Trying to Fix Tech’s Women Problem. Why Aren’t You?”

“This dominant tech archetype doesn’t just affect funders’ decisions. It affects women themselves. All of the stories about start-up culture being defined by twentysomething men who enjoy beer pong don’t make many women want…