I am taking a time out from my scheduled anxiety about all that other stuff to really enjoy & embrace today’s Women in Tech conference in Philadelphia. It’s always a wonderful recharge to be surrounded by other people passionate about the same things as you, but it is profoundly more exciting that this group is all women.
The panels have been great and have featured several inspirational women (my dear friend Lynette included). After lunch the CEO of the company Cecily & I work for is going to make a big announcement. (here’s a hint – the beta is now LIVE! If you need help in getting your home life managed you should absolutely check it out.)
One of the interesting questions being asked here is, “at what point are you a woman in technology?”
It took a while for me to get that I was a tech person. I began to claim myself as a designer several years ago, but when I realized that I thrived and enjoyed in a task like creating a website I knew I was part of the tech tribe.
What about you? Do you consider yourself a tech person?
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I’m getting there. There are things I can do for myself that I couldn’t do even just a year ago, and that was much more than I could do a year before that.
My friend just opened a private counseling practice, and I’ve taken on the task of designing her blog to run in conjunction with her Website. She left her husband to design her Website, and I’m on a mission to make her blog bigger and more comprehensive than her main Website. HA! I realized just how “techy” I was when I found out last week that she had hired a local ISP to handle the set up of her hosting and domain services through DreamHost. I was like, “BECKY – I could have done that for you for FREE.” I have you to thank for having the balls to switch to self-hosting and teaching myself to do those “techy” things that were once beyond my level of expertise.
Now that I’m getting control of Photoshop, there are LOTS of things I’m able to do independently. Between you and Keiko, I am definitely growing more “techy.”
I work in the web in editorial and I would say I’m definitely not a tech person, though after six + years of working in our current CMS and having been there longer than any of our tech staff, I am really good at troubleshooting on my own. But I still find myself being corrected on terminology, or not fully understanding the behind-the-scenes aspect of things. But I probably know more than the average web user, for sure.
And I can DEFINITELY use help organizing my home life. I would say it’s the number one thing that I don’t like about myself — that I am not organized at home and would rather veg than do anything around the house. But I really want to find a solution since I like have a clean and orderly home life.
I’m glad you are having a great time! It sounds like an amazing conference.
I’m a tech person within my very small sphere. I can operate several things better than anyone else in my section…but I’m not a tech person otherwise.
I was going to say I have techy tendencies but then I thought about it and I guess I’m an all out tech geek. I reformatted my computer and reloaded all the drivers. I’m in the process of switching to self hosting. I edit and alter my photos using GIMP. Yeah, I’m a tech geek.
I think I’m like Kristen. I have techy tendencies, but I also cringe at having to do anything server-related in my office. I’m considered enough of a “super-user” to get to break some of our office rules (you pretty much have to beg permission to download anything) but again, please don’t leave me and all of the blinking lights alone in a room. On the home and blog front, I think I’m pretty competent, but I do know I am in desperate need of a blog design overhaul. I’ll get to it….eventually.
Sounds like you’re having a blast. Yay you. I love conferences with real content that I get to enjoy with people I really like. Have a great weekend!
I am an early adopter techie. Heck I worked in IT. I feel less and less in that world these days unfortunately. Hopefully I can start considering myself a techie woman again soon!! Have fun. Congrats to you and Cec on helping About One get to the Beta stage!!! I have seen you both in action and you have been both working so hard.