Lots of dudes like to claim that they don’t have women on their teams because there weren’t any available to hire. Here’s why this is wrong.
‘But no women applied for the position!’
Category: technology
Why would you trust the tech industry?
Don’t trust the woke tech industry to be your saviour, because it doesn’t have a good track record on the subject.
Make your social media more enjoyable with the unfollow button
People use social media in lots of different ways. If you don’t like the way someone you’re following uses it, there’s a very easy solution to your problem.
Trumping the tech industry
The tech industry needs to accept its ethical responsibility in light of growing government oppression.
Real names policies don’t work, so stop proposing them
Periodically, the ghost of real names policies rises again in discussions about online abuse. Such policies do not work, so why do people keep promoting them?
Enough with the unnecessary tech innovations
What if you build it and they don’t come? Not all technical innovations are needed, or even particularly welcome, so how can the tech industry learn to do the most good?
Why aren’t more of us working from home?
In an era of growing connectivity, why do so many workplaces still insist on demanding that people report for work in person?
Therapy in the internet age
Are psychologists and counselors keeping pace with online culture? Should they be?
Social media conspiracies can be actively dangerous
The growth of social media in the United States has brought about a number of alarming phenomena, including the tendency for false information to propagate rapidly through networks like Facebook, but one huge issue is the rise in conspiracy theories. Some are kind of ridiculous, laughable, and harmless, but others are actively dangerous, and it’s […]
Salary transparency in Silicon Valley is a dicey proposition
Silicon Valley is a rough place for women, people of colour, disabled people, and members of other marginalised groups. If you work in the tech industry, you can face constant and significant harassment and barriers in the workplace, from being looked over for promotion to getting racialised hate mail from coworkers. One very consistent thread […]