Comments on: BoredAt, Anonymity, Kathy Sierra, etc… http://blog.andrewparker.net/2007/03/29/boredat-anonymity-kathy-sierra-etc/ Tech, Entrepreneurship, and Venture Capital in New York City Wed, 08 Oct 2008 05:21:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Jen http://blog.andrewparker.net/2007/03/29/boredat-anonymity-kathy-sierra-etc/#comment-69094 Jen Wed, 01 Aug 2007 03:19:05 +0000 http://blog.andrewparker.net/2007/03/29/boredat-anonymity-kathy-sierra-etc/#comment-69094 Hi Andrew, great blog post. I am a marketing intern at this startup where you can chat anonymously with co-workers. of course you need to access from your corporate networks. Check it out at <a href="http://www.wurkpal.com" rel="nofollow">WurkPal - corporate version of boredat </a> -Jen jenl[at]wurkpal.com Hi Andrew,

great blog post.

I am a marketing intern at this startup where you can chat anonymously with co-workers. of course you need to access from your corporate networks. Check it out at WurkPal - corporate version of boredat

-Jen
jenl[at]wurkpal.com

]]> By: Erik http://blog.andrewparker.net/2007/03/29/boredat-anonymity-kathy-sierra-etc/#comment-51399 Erik Tue, 03 Apr 2007 02:42:48 +0000 http://blog.andrewparker.net/2007/03/29/boredat-anonymity-kathy-sierra-etc/#comment-51399 There is certainly a large part of it that is the plurality of socially inept males in CS. But there is a not insignificant part of it which stems from bloggers volunteering to be public figures in the legal sense. There is certainly a large part of it that is the plurality of socially inept males in CS.

But there is a not insignificant part of it which stems from bloggers volunteering to be public figures in the legal sense.

]]> By: candice http://blog.andrewparker.net/2007/03/29/boredat-anonymity-kathy-sierra-etc/#comment-51079 candice Sat, 31 Mar 2007 00:05:51 +0000 http://blog.andrewparker.net/2007/03/29/boredat-anonymity-kathy-sierra-etc/#comment-51079 It does tend to be all over in CompSci. One thing I've noticed in particular this week, is how many other women have come out with similar stories. Me too, even, at RIT - and they weren't anonymous. One positive thing that I have noticed since returning to school is I haven't had a single issue with it yet with any of the younger guys. One offhand theory? Is that a lot of guys go into CS because it is somewhere they feel powerful, in control of the computer, and all that, and it's the power-hunger that it goes back to. It does tend to be all over in CompSci. One thing I’ve noticed in particular this week, is how many other women have come out with similar stories. Me too, even, at RIT - and they weren’t anonymous. One positive thing that I have noticed since returning to school is I haven’t had a single issue with it yet with any of the younger guys.

One offhand theory? Is that a lot of guys go into CS because it is somewhere they feel powerful, in control of the computer, and all that, and it’s the power-hunger that it goes back to.

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