This afternoon Jack Turner and Jill Tubman over at Jack & Jill Politics have launched the Voter Suppression Wiki, a non-partisan

When I delivered my second child this past May, things didn't go exactly as I'd planned, which is usually how it goes, but still. I had totally intended to Twitter the whole thing. I had a brand new MotoRazr smartphone and everything. It was going to be awesome. But when the time came, it just wasn't possible. Man, was I bummed.

I spent last weekend at DrupalCamp Colorado 2008, where 100+ Drupal enthusiasts gathered to meet each other, share knowledge, and spread the word about Drupal. And I always come away from these events with a charge of energy from being around so much enthusiasm and passion for open source. But I also come away with a bit of wonder at why there aren't more women involved, at least in a public way. The only barriers to entry are self-imposed. No gatekeepers. No glass ceilings. I haven't figured it out yet.

This weekend, I attended a dynamic conference at MIT for developers, educators and users working with the Scratch programming language. Scratch allows novices to program using graphical blocks that snap together to create interactive stories, games and animations. I decided to write my blogpost in Scratch. Click on the image below to watch it, then hurry on back!

NpTech Punk Leslie Madsen Brooks introduced me to a new term called "EduPunk" that is spreading quickly in the edutech blogosphere and beyond.  In short, edupunk is student-centered, resourceful, teacher- or community-created rather than corporate-sourced, and underwritten by a progressive political stance. Barbara Ganley's philosophy of teaching and digital expression is an elegant manifestation of edupunk.  Nina Simon, with her imaginative ways of applying web 2.0 philosophies to museum exhibit design, offers both low- and high-tech edupunk visions.

Virginia DeBolt wrote a post on The New York Times placing a technology story about women in engineering and science in the fashion section.  More recently there was an article by Elaine McArdle, that I read online via The Boston Globe, that offered the premise that women are not interested in science and technology jobs. 

Looking through the technology blogs on BlogHer reminds me that the women of BlogHer run free and wild through technology topics of every category.We've got mommy bloggers, and we've got Tech Savvy Mama. Right now Tech Savvy Mama has The Great Scholastic Book Giveaway! underway. You can win $100 worth of children's books in this giveaway. She explains,

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At DrupalCon Boston 2008, which took place this past week, some 850-900 people attended. Of those, only 2% 7% were women. Just a few months ago, we represented 7% at DrupalCon Barcelona 2007. So are things getting worse no better for women in the Drupal open source software world? I don't think so.

There are so many technology blogs that I don't know about.I found some interesting ones by exploring the BlogHer Technology Blogrolls. Beachwalks with Rox is a daily walk along the beach with Roxanne Darling and her dog Lexi. She reflects on various topics as she walks. Sometimes the topic is technology, sometimes not. She often takes a spiritual approach to a problem or topic and might be considered as inspirational as she is technological. These beach walks are filmed by a secret camera person and can be subscribed to by RSS or on iTunes.

When it comes to buying gifts for the technology nut or geek in your life there is one thing you can be sure about. They need a constant stream of new information to keep up with advances in technology. Books fit the bill. Here are ten great tech/geek books you might give the geeks in your life.

New Mexico is a small state, with a small population, and very seldom the top item on most people's radar. Nevertheless, it's home to two of the most dynamic women you could ever hope to be awed by. I thought you'd like to get to know them.