We want to inspire change by encouraging gender parity in tech

[BitcoinLady]

UPDATE from BITCOINWOMANmagazine:
We do our best to finish it, spending our all time on creating the platform. We make planning, coding, design...... We want it to be perfect in every detail.
In 2 weeks we will run 4 new platforms in 4 languages (English, Swedish, Russian and Polish)and you will be able to follow the progress.
Each platform consists of 4 parts:
1.NEWS-bitcoin related news, academy,  btc business, relax(style, fashion, beauty ,travelling)
2.NOESIS-{

    (Philosophy) the exercise of reason, esp in the apprehension of universal forms
    (Psychology) the mental process used in thinking and perceiving; }

  -here we are going to publish interesting news from the world of technology, science, medicine, promoting education from TEDacademy, KHANacademy, ADA initiative, She.code academy and many others......
3.BITGEMS- this part is similar to digg.com, here our readers can publish all they find interesting from Internet. What is the difference from "digg" is the system of scoring of entries. (this part is still under development)
4. ARTBREAK- here we are going to inspire people to acquire knowledge with the help of ART
 (3 of them are almost ready, in few days we will show you the screeshot)

  OUR MISSION IS :
-To inspire change by encouraging gender parity in tech.
-Our magazine is directed to everybody but mostly to women, because from cryptocurrencies perspective it is an area practically unexplored.

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You can read about it: http://bitcoinwoman.com/index.php/articles/54-hot-news/217-update

[tjohej]

Just some comments, I find your initiative interesting. 

There are two types of people in the world: those who understand binary logic, and those who understand fuzzy logic.  In the first group are mostly men, in the second - WE are.

I think there are women who can understand 'binary logic' too. How about Asperger's women or Autistic women? Or simply women whose father was a programmer and learnt the same as I did cause I also had a father as a programmer, and who also think in 'binary logic'.

Sarah Sharp, linux kernel contributor, who also works for the Intel Open Source center. If she doesn't have binary thinking I don't know if anybody else has either.
Some 30 interviews with linux kernel developers:
http://www.linux.com/news/special-feature/linux-developers/593966-30-linux-kernel-developers-in-30-weeks-sarah-sharp

Or my ex girlfriend whom I taught the magic of computer technology and she is so ever grateful I taught her. Now she manages her computer by herself and uses it in her studying. She is thinking much more 'binary logic' now than before.(before she was not owning a computer at all)  

[kolinko]

Just a thought, as a boyfriend of a girl who runs an organisation of women in IT...

By saying "women are better at X", you're enforcing stereotypes about women. If you say that "By the paradigm of biology women are more complicated, sophisticated and finesse.", you invite questions like: "then what women are worse at, by the paradigm of biology?". You're inviting all the misogynists to say: "yeah, and also, by the paradigm of biology they are worse at programming, overcomplicate things and are generally less intelligent and can't handle science that well." This is *not* the way to go.

Also, even if most women are sophisticated, it doesn't mean that this is due to the biology and not upbringing. Do you have any research to confirm that?

Finally, if you're coming to a forum full of males with a product that says on the front page that most of us are simple brutes incapable of understanding shades of grey between two extremes, don't be surprised if you won't be greeted warmly.


To remain positive though... I think it would be a good idea if you decided what is your target audience really. Is it "sophisticated, finesse" people, or is it women? Because "sophisticated and finesse" is a term that encompasses a plenty of people. You could write about the recent paintings' auction that took place in Poland, or about exclusive products that can be bought using bitcoin, or about beautiful and elegant pieces of technology.

On the other hand, if you really want to target woman, I think it might be a good idea to not exclude women who are more of a geeky type. There are women who are tomboys, geeks, or have aspergers ( as @tjohej mentioned). There are women who are rough, who love tech, fast cars and great pieces of engineering. There are women who don't consider themselves tiny delicate flowers, but who have to deal with everyone treating them like one.
If your site really wants to be for women, you could use it to empower them. Tell them that it's fine if they want to dig deeper into this tech. Show them role models that already do so. Reprint the tech articles written by women. If you really want to bring gender parity to tech, show people that it's okay to be a woman and be interested in tech.

[BitcoinLady]

Just some comments, I find your initiative interesting. 

There are two types of people in the world: those who understand binary logic, and those who understand fuzzy logic.  In the first group are mostly men, in the second - WE are.

I think there are women who can understand 'binary logic' too. How about Asperger's women or Autistic women? Or simply women whose father was a programmer and learnt the same as I did cause I also had a father as a programmer, and who also think in 'binary logic'.

Sarah Sharp, linux kernel contributor, who also works for the Intel Open Source center. If she doesn't have binary thinking I don't know if anybody else has either.
Some 30 interviews with linux kernel developers:
http://www.linux.com/news/special-feature/linux-developers/593966-30-linux-kernel-developers-in-30-weeks-sarah-sharp

Or my ex girlfriend whom I taught the magic of computer technology and she is so ever grateful I taught her. Now she manages her computer by herself and uses it in her studying. She is thinking much more 'binary logic' now than before.(before she was not owning a computer at all)  

Thanks for your response. In fact this passage about binary logic is provoking for purpose. For example to provoke such posts as yours . It's nice that you've noticed that there are women capable of understanding binary logic. I can even bet that the majority of them is (as well as majority of men). What is interesting is the fact of underrepresentation of women in such areas. There is Sarah Sharp, there is your ex-gf, I am too, however we all are in a small few percent group of women dealing with bits and bytes (sometimes even words ).
The main purpose of my website will be to encourage women to dive into digital world and to break their anxiety with regard to their strict science abilities.

[BitcoinLady]

Just a thought, as a boyfriend of a girl who runs an organisation of women in IT...

By saying "women are better at X", you're enforcing stereotypes about women. If you say that "By the paradigm of biology women are more complicated, sophisticated and finesse.", you invite questions like: "then what women are worse at, by the paradigm of biology?". You're inviting all the misogynists to say: "yeah, and also, by the paradigm of biology they are worse at programming, overcomplicate things and are generally less intelligent and can't handle science that well." This is *not* the way to go.

Also, even if most women are sophisticated, it doesn't mean that this is due to the biology and not upbringing. Do you have any research to confirm that?

Finally, if you're coming to a forum full of males with a product that says on the front page that most of us are simple brutes incapable of understanding shades of grey between two extremes, don't be surprised if you won't be greeted warmly.


To remain positive though... I think it would be a good idea if you decided what is your target audience really. Is it "sophisticated, finesse" people, or is it women? Because "sophisticated and finesse" is a term that encompasses a plenty of people. You could write about the recent paintings' auction that took place in Poland, or about exclusive products that can be bought using bitcoin, or about beautiful and elegant pieces of technology.

On the other hand, if you really want to target woman, I think it might be a good idea to not exclude women who are more of a geeky type. There are women who are tomboys, geeks, or have aspergers ( as @tjohej mentioned). There are women who are rough, who love tech, fast cars and great pieces of engineering. There are women who don't consider themselves tiny delicate flowers, but who have to deal with everyone treating them like one.
If your site really wants to be for women, you could use it to empower them. Tell them that it's fine if they want to dig deeper into this tech. Show them role models that already do so. Reprint the tech articles written by women. If you really want to bring gender parity to tech, show people that it's okay to be a woman and be interested in tech.

Just as a women who 3 years ago was complete ignorant in IT and now jumps into coding ...

You are wrong. By restraining from saying about differences you'll not make them disappear. This is *not* the way to go. I'm not affraid of misogynists saying bullshit. There are differences, moreover they are well documented and researched. Just google "anxiety women math" or something similar. These differences aren't around statistical error value, are just big. It's ease to notice, just count linux devs by sex. Do the same with students on strict science faculties. Do the same with Nobel Prize winners in strict sciences (even taking into account Matilda effect). Fighting facts by not talking about them is a risky business (  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuEQixrBKCc ).
What are reasons of above differencies? As you can read, there is no unified explanation. Partly it's because of culture (and stereotypes that follow), partly biology that plays important role in the way we perceive reality (for example there are multiple studies about hormones impact on mood, aggression, cognitive abilities and more. Start searching from "Nature" and Endocrine Society).
Finally, I came to this forum "full of males" earlier than you and long before accepted rules that shape it. I have absolutely no problem with masculine style of discuss, I hope you too. As to shades of gray - it's sometimes good not to play with shades, pleasing everybody is not my target.
As to target audience - I target women that are geeks, those who just want to know more and those that are only interested in practical use of cryptocurrencies. I do not disriminate any of these groups. You could notice this if you read my page carefully without just sticking to one sentence.
Anyway, thanks for response.

[Marlo Stanfield]

I think it's a good idea in general to promote more gender diversity in tech related fields. The imbalance is clear and it doesn't really help that a lot of males working in tech tend to be resistant to female colleagues.

One good thing about the internet is that people can contribute in a situation where gender is irrelevant and not a barrier, like on open source projects on Github for example.

[roslinpl]

BitcoinWoman Magazine is something really needed in the world of crypto.
As we already know that so many woman are using bitcoin and they trying to understand what it really is - BitcoinWoman magazine will give a huge advance for the female readers and not only I believe. My gf is already excited


I hope this project will stay with us forever.

[Marlo Stanfield]

BitcoinWoman Magazine is something really needed in the world of crypto.
As we already know that so many woman are using bitcoin and they trying to understand what it really is - BitcoinWoman magazine will give a huge advance for the female readers and not only I believe. My gf is already excited


I hope this project will stay with us forever.

It really is good that there is a bitcoin magazine targeted at women. And we didn't even have to wait many years for it to come. I hope it can be distributed widely so that all the potential readers have a good chance to become aware of it.

[BitcoinLady]

BitcoinWoman Magazine is something really needed in the world of crypto.
As we already know that so many woman are using bitcoin and they trying to understand what it really is - BitcoinWoman magazine will give a huge advance for the female readers and not only I believe. My gf is already excited


I hope this project will stay with us forever.

It really is good that there is a bitcoin magazine targeted at women. And we didn't even have to wait many years for it to come. I hope it can be distributed widely so that all the potential readers have a good chance to become aware of it.

Thank you Marlo Stanfield!
Thank you roslinpl!
Thanks such words of encouragment we have power to continue
Yes!!! this project will stay with us forever

[BitcoinLady]

Dear Readers,

You can take a look at dev version, at the moment only for PC not yet for mobile devices
http://bitcoinwoman.com/index.php/articles/54-hot-news/219-dev-version

[lucullus]

Look's like a great project, Bitcoinwoman. If you need any writer's for your site, I will be happy to help.

[BitcoinLady]

Sure That would be great!
As you probably noticed BITCOINWOMANmag is a donation project, we donate our money, time and skills. The only way to get payment for your effort  is by collecting donations from readers. Each guest writer has such possibility

[BitcoinLady]

Our magazine has a new logo design. We've designed social media icons  for the new platform too.

    

[BitcoinLady]

"Experts advice" is the answer to the increasing need for consulting concerning Bitcoin, cryptocurrency in general, IT security issues and due diligence. We've been answering questions since months and finally decided to inspire a group of Experts with IT, legal and business backgrounds. They are willing to serve with their knowledge and experience and contribute to the magazine.

The scheme is following: You send us a message with your question, remember 1 question!

The easiest way to contact us is by mail experts@bitcoinwoman.com

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You can take a look at the mockup, at the moment only for PC not yet for mobile devices
http://bitcoinwoman.com/index.php/articles/54-hot-news/219-dev-version

[foodies123]

Feminism hits crypto ... hahahhahaha dis gon be good.

[roslinpl]

Our magazine has a new logo design. We've designed social media icons  for the new platform too.

     

New logo design is looking very good in my opinion!
It looks very modern and it has interesting design!

When the new platform will be released??

My gf is getting excited about it already.

[BitcoinLady]

      

                

                

                

We design all details for the site, this FONT too

                

You can take a look at mockup, at the moment only for PC not yet for mobile devices
bitcoinwoman.com/newlookApt/
It will run on ModX, it's the best in PHP, later we plan something based on Node or web2py.  Don't dare looking in to the code, its a total mess yet

[BitcoinLady]

 A visual presentation (3D project) how the Bitcoin pendant could look like.

The pendant consists of the Bitcoin logo of our design hanged on a chain made of letters and numbers forming the public key string.

http://bitcoinwoman.com/index.php/culture/fashion-and-style/221-a-visual-presentation-how-the-bitcoin-pendant-could-look-like-our-3d-project