<story><title>Women and Tech</title><url>http://womenandtech.com</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>sophacles</author><text>Neat project. I like the focus on the positive. IMO this will be a good resource. I really hope this succeeds and takes off in a big way. I like to encourage the women I know in tech to participate in stuff like this, but many times they don&apos;t want to because a lot of times &quot;women in tech&quot; issues focus too much on the negative, or the sexism issue rather than the positive or even just the tech.&lt;p&gt;I don&apos;t know &lt;i&gt;anyone&lt;/i&gt; in Toronto, but I have several nominations around the US, should your scope expansion work out :)&lt;p&gt;(Completely aside: is there any good advice for men who want to further the role of women in tech -- because balance is always a good idea -- to help and encourage without being overbearing or accidentally patronizing? I worry about furthering the problem accidentally so I very rarely bring up this topic, even though I feel strongly about it).</text></comment>
<story><title>Women and Tech</title><url>http://womenandtech.com</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>gilrain</author><text>I&apos;d prefer a slightly different slogan. I like &quot;We&apos;re not endorsing the obvious,&quot; but I feel like &quot;We&apos;re really not complaining&quot; is a bit insulting to those who really are highlighting the problems with sexism in technology fields. That&apos;s valuable work too, and I don&apos;t think it&apos;s a positive step to position yourself as, &quot;We&apos;re not complainers, like those other women, gosh, am I right?&quot;&lt;p&gt;I love the idea, and I&apos;ll be keeping an eye on the site. I just wish the slogan was more like, &quot;We&apos;re not endorsing the obvious. We&apos;re celebrating the hidden.&quot; Or something like that. You can resolve not to focus on (often well deserved and important) &quot;complaining&quot;, and I think that&apos;s a valuable focus for someone to take, but please don&apos;t cast aspersions by implication on those that do speak up about active issues.</text></comment>