A couple of years ago, I was asked to help put together a code of conduct for the IA Summit. I laughed. We need a code of conduct here? The IA Summit is the nicest, most community-friendly conference ever! Those problems happen at other…

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This spring, a small group of volunteers organized !!Con (pronounced bang bang con), a two-day conference about “the excitement, joy, and surprise of programming.” We worked hard to make our conference as inclusive, safe, and…

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I learned something this week and I thought I would share it. Earlier this year I read Adrian Roselli's post “ Details/Summary are not [insert control here] ”. In this post Adrian says <details is not a tab set, it's not a…

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Incisive.nu – Erin – Sep 12, 2014, 8:09 AM

The day I drafted the code of conduct for OpenNews' first conference, SRCCON, I mentioned it on Twitter and got some puzzled replies. Why would a conference need such a thing? Why not just say “don't be a jerk?” The subtext was clear:…

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On a sunny July day in 2018, Alexis Stern was sitting behind the wheel of the red Ford Fusion her parents had given her the previous year when she'd learned to drive. Robbie Olsen, the boy she'd recently started dating, was in the passenger seat.

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