The Stories We Don't Tell
Presentations
- SeaGL 2021, 2021-11-05 (open captions, transcript, CC BY-SA 4.0)
Graphical Recording
References
Computer History Tours of Melbourne
- Computing in Melbourne: A Historical Tour
- Fleet Radio Unit, Melbourne
- Melbourne Observatory, 1863-1944, R. Gillespie, Museums Victoria, 2008
- Making Visible the First Women in Astronomy in Australia: The Measurers and Computers Employed for the Astrographic Catalogue, Cambridge University Press, 2014-04-01
- The hidden stories of Australia's first women working in computing, Carl Smith, ABC Online, 2019-12-01
Why people walk away
AI researchers at Google
- The withering email that got an ethical AI researcher fired at Google, Casey Newton, Platformer, 2020-10-04
- Timnit Gebru's Tweets about how the process of her removal from Google unfolded
- Google workers mobilize against firing of top Black female executive, Olivia Solon and April Glaser, NBC News, 2020-10-05
- Behind the Paper That Led to a Google Researcher’s Firing, Tom Simonite, Wired, 2020-12-08
- Two Google employees quit over AI researcher Timnit Gebru's exit, Rachel Metz, CNN Business, 2021-02-04
- What Really Happened When Google Ousted Timnit Gebru, Tom Simonite, Wired, 2021-06-08
- Google's AI researchers say their output is being slowed by lawyers after a string of high-level exits, Martin Coulter, Business Insider, 2021-10-22
Trans people at Netflix
- Terra Field's Twitter thread about violence against trans people
- Netflix suspends trans employee who tweeted about Dave Chappelle special, Zoe Schiffer, The Verge, 2021-10-11
- Trans employees at Netflix plan walkout even as one activist is reinstated following suspension, Zoe Schiffer, The Verge, 2021-10-12
- Netflix just fired the organizer of the trans employee walkout, Zoe Schiffer, The Verge, 2021-10-15
Over a third of the workforce at Basecamp
- Changes at Basecamp, Jason Fried, 2021-04-26
- Basecamp's new etiquette regarding societal politics at work, David Heinemeier Hansson, 2021-04-26
- An Open Letter to Jason and David, Jane Yang, 2021-04-27
- Breaking Camp, Casey Newton, The Verge, 2021-04-26
- Navid's Twitter thread on the DEI council (archived)
- George Claghorn's Twitter thread about Basecamp's announcement (archived)
- Let it all out, David Heinemeier Hansson, 2021-04-28
- Casey Newton's Twitter thread on Basecamp resignations
- Inside the all-hands meeting that led to a third of Basecamp employees quitting, Casey Newton, The Verge, 2021-05-03
Black people at Amazon
- Bias, disrespect, and demotions: Black employees say Amazon has a race problem, Jason Del Rey, Recode, 2021-02-06
The way into open-source
Open-source codes of conduct
- Contributor Covenant
- Speak Up! Community Code of Conduct (archived; original version is now offline)
- Geek Feminism Anti-Harassment Policies: Community Conference
Sponsoring open-source
Diversity in the workplace
Q&A (anonymised and reproduced with permission/minor edits)
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Q: How can I tell if the community is safe? Is the Code of Conduct enough, and what if it isn't enforced?
A: Look for communities that are transparent about how and when they enforce their Code of Conduct. This is why transparency is so important. Even if you can't give details, being clear with your community about how many reports you receive and how many you action is a basic step that can show, rather than tell, your intent. -
Q: What if I'm afraid to say who I am, what I need, and what I want to build?
A: I don't know that there is a perfect answer to this. What I do know is that most people will show different aspects of themselves in communities over time, as they become more or less comfortable within them. That's probably the start of the answer. The corollary is 'what if we could build a space where you go from not knowing the answers to these questions, or being afraid to share them, to knowing the answers, being able to share them, and being valued because of what you do bring?'
Images
- Apple Plus, Prateek Rungta (CC BY 2.0)
- Melbourne from near the Melbourne Observatory, John Menard (CC BY-SA 2.0)