tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42304304736833005072024-03-14T02:40:29.523-07:00WoTech-BendWoTech is a blog for and about women who work in technology. We are a place for networking, educating, mentoring, building community, and sharing ideas.
WoTech will bring together innovative people who see the value of encouraging and supporting women in their technical career choices. We will actively support initiatives to encourage girls and young women to pursue careers in technology.juliejuliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11551399519518609941noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4230430473683300507.post-35778982963683978252009-07-29T12:42:00.001-07:002009-07-29T13:53:09.492-07:00August WoTech, August Tech Talk<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbdGvju9qLaf9h89G-aMS-ixlZ15P0YsFTJLl9Es2bsR1ZExH2Qgrn9mDpdpkumcfGycGJBL737w2ineTp_tx9K9itT4a-DVcV_3V3U0Betfq_M6AatVzWNswIkaAi3eYalgZzHXm55MU/s1600-h/moonalice+(1).png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 275px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbdGvju9qLaf9h89G-aMS-ixlZ15P0YsFTJLl9Es2bsR1ZExH2Qgrn9mDpdpkumcfGycGJBL737w2ineTp_tx9K9itT4a-DVcV_3V3U0Betfq_M6AatVzWNswIkaAi3eYalgZzHXm55MU/s320/moonalice+(1).png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363973061052810754" /></a><br />Oh for heaven's sakes. It's August already.<div><br /></div><div>Let's meet at Jackson's Corner again on Monday, August 3rd to chat. I'll be there from 11:30-1:00. At least that's what I always say. Thanks to anyone who arrives early to snag the big table in the corner!</div><div><br /></div><div>I want to tell you about the event I'm organizing for the Tech Alliance on August 21st, at the Silvermoon Brewing Company. We're hosting <a href="http://www.elevation.com/index.html">Roger McNamee</a> of Elevation Partners, who also has a band <a href="http://www.moonaliceband.com/band/">Moonalice</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>Roger's talk will be about Mobile Web Innovation, and Moonalice will be playin that night on stage at the Silver Moon.</div><div><br /></div><div>The Tech Talk event is free, with Pizza and Beer provided by our generous sponsors <a href="http://www.alpineinternet.com/">Alpine Internet</a> (and another one who I'll announce soon!) but you have to buy tickets to the concert, which are $10 a the door. The Tech Talk goes from 5:00 to 7:00 and the concert starts at 9:00 p.m.</div><div><br /></div><div>More details <a href="http://businessnetwork.meetup.com/53/calendar/10985579/">HERE</a> through this Meetup site. You have to RSVP through this link, and you should do it soon the space is rather small. This local tech meetup site is a great place to network, so I encourage you to sign up as a member. It's free.</div><div><br /></div><div>I promise to get better about posting this fall and yes, yes, yes, I'd like to have more companies host talks, so please continue to ask. It's been a busy summer, but we'll get back on track in September.</div><div><br /></div><div>Cheers and I hope you're staying cool in this ridiculous weather!</div><div><br /></div><div>Julie</div>juliejuliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11551399519518609941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4230430473683300507.post-86081134089430239262009-06-02T09:48:00.000-07:002009-06-02T10:22:24.210-07:00WoTech: Local Tech Blog Roundup!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVwbwjpkSL5iXNL8XRLqDQ1v_wmwWHvzf-uGc59SAipAZLnaG1Em2f75800TmNH877KIM4ZoMhZdZp1KQLK9VQ3dZVy_XyT2SHp1gfhb0zXmkjVt2t0KGPIZiCn3KjP32PibQG2NVOYgs/s1600-h/Julie,+Amy,+Sarah.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVwbwjpkSL5iXNL8XRLqDQ1v_wmwWHvzf-uGc59SAipAZLnaG1Em2f75800TmNH877KIM4ZoMhZdZp1KQLK9VQ3dZVy_XyT2SHp1gfhb0zXmkjVt2t0KGPIZiCn3KjP32PibQG2NVOYgs/s200/Julie,+Amy,+Sarah.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342779756089472178" /></a><div><br /></div><div>Thanks to everyone who attended Amy <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Tykeson's</span> talk at Bend Broadband yesterday! We had about 40 people show up, and I'll add the new people to the mailing list.<div><br /></div><div>Special thanks to Amy for her entertaining and informative talk about corporate culture, building a successful local business, finding work/life balance and her history as a woman working in a male-dominated field. I hope she'll consider doing an <a href="http://www.ignitebend.com/">Ignite Bend</a> presentation some day, maybe showing us all how to program our remotes.</div><div><br /></div><div>Here's a quick list of some of the local tech groups I mentioned, please feel free to send me more:</div><div><br /></div><div><ol><li><a href="http://cowpu.com/"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">COWPU</span></a>- Central Oregon Web Professionals User (group)</li><li><a href="http://blog.bendtech.com/"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">BendTech</span></a> - informative blog, and great <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Meetup</span> Group</li><li><a href="http://www.coisug.info/"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">COISUG</span> </a>- Central Oregon's Information Systems User Group</li><li><a href="http://www.ignitebend.com/"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">IgniteBend</span></a> - Join us this <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Thusday</span> Night at the Tower! RSVP required.</li><li><a href="http://www.edcoinfo.com/"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">EDCO</span></a> - Economic Development of Central Oregon</li><li><a href="http://www.sao.org/"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">SAO</span></a> - Software Association of Oregon, headquartered in Portland</li><li><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">TACOTA</span> - Tech Alliance: Central Oregon's Tech Association, our site is coming soon!</li><li><a href="http://www.globalstrategies.com/2009/gsi-launches-social-media-brunches/"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">GSI</span> Social Media Brunch</a> - Free monthly meetings at the <a href="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1480288/">Poet's House </a></li></ol><div>Hope to see you at the next <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">WoTech</span> event on Monday, July 6<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">th</span> at Jackson's Corner, any time between 11:30-1:00 for a no-host networking lunch. If <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">any one's</span> business would like to host a lunch and a guest speaker in the future, please let me know: <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">julieanderson</span> at <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">hotmail</span> dot com</div><div><br /></div></div></div>juliejuliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11551399519518609941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4230430473683300507.post-27770370444785769322009-05-30T12:51:00.000-07:002009-05-30T13:17:13.111-07:00WoTech at Bend Broadband<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju4NL8Tt_SpjpF4mXEAcDZlVZt2JufIV6T7XxO-q8ZfEK7Mu5ee3wJ_dco5_Fj-YR-S_ArUpA9uvTkrhnNX0esS9bpEq5baQvMXgddaDPb2qLub94JFdm0S0bTFYBvpZKeFgLVF33ae8g/s1600-h/wotech+bb+flier.bmp"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 233px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju4NL8Tt_SpjpF4mXEAcDZlVZt2JufIV6T7XxO-q8ZfEK7Mu5ee3wJ_dco5_Fj-YR-S_ArUpA9uvTkrhnNX0esS9bpEq5baQvMXgddaDPb2qLub94JFdm0S0bTFYBvpZKeFgLVF33ae8g/s400/wotech+bb+flier.bmp" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341712165928234370" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Click on the image, above, to see a close-up version you can read.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span>Whoa - sorry for the late post, folks! I hope everyone on the mailing list has seen the invitiations to the lunch with Bend Broadband's CEO, Amy Tykeson this Monday, June 1st at 11:30 a.m. Please rsvp to Molly Renner, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128); font-family:Arial;font-size:12px;"><span style="color:gray;"><a href="mailto:mrenner@bendbroadband.net">mrenner@bendbroadband.net.</a></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128); font-family:Arial;font-size:12px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128); font-family:Arial;font-size:12px;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:10.0pt;color:#A6A6A6;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><div><br /></div><div><br /><div><br /></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div>juliejuliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11551399519518609941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4230430473683300507.post-27184226521027135922009-02-27T17:22:00.001-08:002009-02-27T17:27:53.197-08:00Secrets of Six Figure WomenI was talking to a Finance Recruiter/Friend/Colleague this morning who referred me to a really good book. I thought I'd pass along to all of you. It's Barbara Stanny's "Secrets of Six-Figure Women". Check out her website - <a href="http://www.barbarastanny.com/secrets-of-six-figure-women.html">http://www.barbarastanny.com/secrets-of-six-figure-women.html</a><br /><br />TGIF!!!!! It's been a long week. How I hope so much this "Stupid Economy" (or is it "Economy Stupid") turns around!!!! I do believe it's a very complicated situation.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4230430473683300507.post-47734888852435023482009-02-13T14:59:00.000-08:002009-02-14T07:46:41.390-08:00Three Women Start Recessionwire.comAll,<br /><br />Another great article on three women who lost their publishing jobs during this sudden and unexpected downturn. Instead of drowning in their sorrows, they picked themselves up to start recessionwire.com.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/09/business/media/09recession.html?_r=3&ref=business">New York Times Article</a><br /><br />Have a GREAT WEEKEND!!!<br /><br />Ruth AnnUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4230430473683300507.post-58416377218858038872009-02-06T20:16:00.000-08:002009-02-06T20:40:38.310-08:00WoTech Gets A Breath of Fresh Air!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7lQkFHSGCu1WCVFb4oZP-Ao7W2KQj2TaRORl7dQYrsrylydB5Sy7tpn5JCXhspIeOPPH2Vjtz1MIL0vCgIJfnjWw9yKfCZfsqi8wk045kSv2BFfB4eVKOQJ3Dh6pH_CzdqR6-T3Fwsh8/s1600-h/women+in+tech+sign.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7lQkFHSGCu1WCVFb4oZP-Ao7W2KQj2TaRORl7dQYrsrylydB5Sy7tpn5JCXhspIeOPPH2Vjtz1MIL0vCgIJfnjWw9yKfCZfsqi8wk045kSv2BFfB4eVKOQJ3Dh6pH_CzdqR6-T3Fwsh8/s320/women+in+tech+sign.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299908825183626466" /></a><br />Hey Everyone - I want to say a special thanks to Ruth, one of our new members, for volunteering to update the blog. Please let us know if you have anything specific you want to see featured, or submit an article or a topic, and one of us here at WoTech will do our best to write about it.<br /><br />Wanna write for our blog? Excellent! Would love to have you!<br /><br />I got a note from Ben Montgomery at the Bend Bulletin's U-Magazine, a special publication that features stories about and for women. He'd like to know more about us for a possible article. This seems like a good time to redefine who we are and what we're all about.<br /><br />Here are some things that came up in our last, impromptu meeting:<br /><br />WoTech is a social group where women who work in technology can come together to network and establish friendships and business contacts. We want to support women in their tech careers.<br /><br />Several members would like to do some outreach in the local schools and hopefully start a “GirlTech” group soon to work with high school girls. <br /><br />We have about 60 people in the group, although we’ve fallen off on regular meetings and are now working to start meeting again and infusing new energy into the group. <br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">We want to meet monthly, on the first Monday of each month for lunch</span> (let's say we'll meet at <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?rlz=1C1CHMB_en-USUS300US304&sourceid=chrome&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=jackson's+corner+bend+oregon&fb=1&split=1&gl=us&view=text&latlng=16094575148923982313">Jackson's Corner</a> until further notice!)<br /><br />That means: <span style="font-weight:bold;">Next Meeting March 2, 2009!</span><br /><br />Some members would like a quarterly meeting where we invite guest speakers. Last year, <a href="http://2009.thecableshow.com/Attending/Speakers.aspx?ID=1004">Amy Tykeson</a>, the CEO of BendBroadband spoke at a WoTech event, and we'd like to get more tech leaders to share their stories and talk about their companies.<br /><br />I am also on the newly formed board of Tech Alliance: Central Oregon’s Tech Association with other tech group leaders, business leaders, and EDCO. We are working with the Software Association of Oregon to help grow the tech initiative in Central Oregon. The Tech Alliance will support WoTech's efforts and help with events.<br /><br />Thanks so much for your interest in our group, and feel free to email me with questions or ask about volunteer opportunities!<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />Juliejuliejuliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11551399519518609941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4230430473683300507.post-61034550137302698612009-02-06T14:16:00.000-08:002009-02-06T20:15:47.042-08:00Magazine pays tribute to 10 women in technologyGreat article that I thought would be of interest to all of you - it looks to be a few weeks old, but still good reading.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2009/01/19/daily47-Mass-High-Tech-announces-Women-to-Watch-award-winners.html">Tech Women to Watch Award </a><br /><a href="http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2009/01/19/daily47-Mass-High-Tech-announces-Women-to-Watch-award-winners.htmlhttp://"></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4230430473683300507.post-45250376630823539022009-02-05T05:18:00.000-08:002009-02-05T05:26:50.152-08:00Good Morning!!!Good Morning All,<br /><br />It was great meeting everyone last week (geez, I think it's already been 2 weeks). I'm new to this blogging stuff so this is really just a "test blog post".<br /><br />Julie has asked me to contribute to this blog. As such, I think I will attempt to post once a week - we'll see how I do. Being that we are a "women's group" I'm thinking of focusing my attention on women's issues/news. Not necessarily only in technology, but pretty much everything.<br /><br />O.K.... so here we go....I'll see how this turns out!!!<br /><br />Ruth AnnUnknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4230430473683300507.post-13071350257755502472008-12-04T17:29:00.000-08:002008-12-06T08:26:25.893-08:00WoTech Holiday Party - Bring on the Airplanes!<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fiveforefun/2787763171/" title="Lunch bunch by fiveforefun, on Flickr"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 120px; height: 200px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3017/2787763171_ec0e99e0f8_m.jpg" width="144" height="240" alt="Lunch bunch" /></a><span style="font-weight:bold;">Join WoTech and friends for a FREE geeky-fun family event</span> on Saturday December 13th, from 5:00-8:00 p.m. for Pizza and a Paper Airplane contest at the Marshall High School gym in Bend.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">There will be prizes!</span> We'll divide people by age, and come up with some good categories. Will your airplane fly the highest? The longest distance? What can you do with a single sheet of 8.5" x 11" paper? How about a few add-ons? Bring paper clips, and any other gadgets to add to your paper for the "enhanced" competition.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Bring your spouse, children, parents, friends and a dessert.</span> Pizza and pop provided. Wondering where to wear your best tacky holiday sweaters? This is you chance! Tacky gift exchange optional, bring a white elephant gift if you want to play.<br /><br />If you or your company want to donate prizes or cash to buy prizes, please call Julie at (541) 977-8282. If you can help solicit prizes, let me know. It's fun to win something, even a coffee card.<br /><br />Special thanks to our friends and supporters, especially Sarah Cofer of OSU, who runs the K-12 Tech Education Outreach program for kids in rural areas, and <a href="http://sao.org">Software Association of Oregon</a> , <a href="http://cowpu.com">COWPU</a>, <a href="http://www.coisug.info">COISUG</a>, <a href="http://blog.bendtech.com/">BendTech</a> and <a href="http://www.edforco.org/">EDCO</a> Together, we're helping build the tech community of Central Oregon.juliejuliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11551399519518609941noreply@blogger.com3