# Designers, Women, and Hostility in Open Source - Host: [smarterware.org](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/hosts/smarterware.org/) - Saved: March 24, 2011 (2011-03-25T03:25:38Z) - Record: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/d72e365c1d4e/ - JSON: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/d72e365c1d4e.json ## From the page (probably an excerpt, not Jamie's words) After working in technology for 17 years now, I can assure you: constantly being the only woman in the room stinks. Since I usually am, one of my career goals is to surround myself with capable women technologists as well as men. It's not easy, but it's important—and not just because I'm lonely, but because I make stuff, and creations reflect their makers. The tech industry is by and large a boys' club, and that's a shame, because homogenous teams turn out one-dimensional products. Diverse teams are better-equipped to make things that shine because they serve a wide range of people ## Facts - Kind: [Page](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/kinds/page/) ## Saved the same week - [Chartwell, the infographics font](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/160b66210211/) (kottke.org, March 24, 2011) - [Speeding Up Your Website’s Database - Smashing Magazine](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/7d6d687ccb02/) (smashingmagazine.com, March 24, 2011) - [Chartwell](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/79448dfe6066/) (scribbletone.com, March 24, 2011) - [OmniFocus Perspectives Galore Basics & Today View](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/360a06d8e67b/) (simplicitybliss.com, March 24, 2011) - [Apple files patent for graphics-based contact management](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/a324ade853c9/) (tuaw.com, March 24, 2011) ## Elsewhere - Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://smarterware.org/7550/designers-women-and-hostility-in-open-source