"What could be wrong with a gentleman opening a door for a lady? According to some social psychologists, such acts endorse gender stereotypes: the idea that women are weak and need help; that men are powerful patriarchs. Now a study has looked at how women are perceived when they accept or reject an act of so-called "benevolent sexism"* and it finds that they're caught in a double-bind. Women who accept help from a man are seen as warmer, but less competent. Women who reject help are seen as more competent, but cold. ..."

Great post from ArsTechnica:
100 years of Big Content fearing technology—in its own words

on nina paley's film, "Sita Sings the Blues"

"the daily pulse of cool" - from emily chang

And the women (like me) who try to ignore them. Or at least I did -- until the Kathy Sierra affair.

Years after the arrival of the hands-free headset, many of us still cross the road to avoid someone who seems to be talking to an imaginary friend

...each time women have become the most frequent users of a popular and brand new communication technology, narratives emerge in the mass media and eventually in the popular psyche about the dangers awaiting women who use technology alone.

Slashdot has become the hub of the tech world. So why do many of its users seem like sexist dicks?

Like a girl

In 1980, Apple Computer asked a group of guys fresh from Stanford's product design program to take a $400 device and make it mass-producible, reliable and cheap. Their work transformed personal computing.

@GreatDismal I like "technology is stuff that doesn't work yet" - Bran Ferren via Douglas Adams http://bit.ly/DA