http://www.sfwow.org/blog San Francisco Women on the Web: serve, educate, empower Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:04:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A friend called me the other day to ask urgently, did I know a dependable, quick web designer for some clients of his? "I used to know a lot, but now I don't even know where to find one!" he said. Well, I posted to the list asking that question- ... http://www.sfwow.org/blog/2008/07/24/from-the-list-recommended-web-designers/ January 24th was another in our long string of rainy nights. Nonetheless, as SFWowers showed up for our get-together on the subject of LinkedIn, at WineBarSF, we had to move to a larger table. In attendance: Doris Beers, Teri Gardella, Maritess Hoy, Megan Keane, Ellen (?), Anna Papina, Rebecca ... http://www.sfwow.org/blog/2008/02/08/the-year-of-knowledge-sharing-effective-use-of-linkedin-january-24/ About a year and a half ago, longtime WoWser and online community expert, Susan Tenby, revived the dormant San Francisco Online Community Report MeetUp group. There's no shortage of technology groups in the bay area, with various focuses from web applications to software development to Web 2.0 technologies. With so ... http://www.sfwow.org/blog/2008/01/15/taking-online-offline-sf-community-report-meetup/ Our kick-off monthly meeting for 2008 was held at Cav - a fancy-smancy wine bar that even serves beer. The gang included Mary Choy, Rebecca Kidder, Nancy Purcell, Doris Beers, Erin O'Neil, Eleanor Beaton and my humble self. As usual, wonderful conversation on a wide ranging set of topics and even ... http://www.sfwow.org/blog/2008/01/10/2008-the-year-of-knowledge-sharing/ How interesting that it took the weather to get us all talking. I loved the small insights into individual lives. And the reassurance that at least those reporting in came through OK. I promised a post on the Facebook Beacon situation and here it is. The simplest explanation is that Facebook ... http://www.sfwow.org/blog/2008/01/09/its-raining-beacons/ Thanks, indeed, to Mary and her family for hosting the December meeting/holiday potluck. The food was lovely (Mary's mac and cheese, Susan's vegetarian lasagne, lots of pie, amazing ice cream, and more) but what I enjoyed most of all were the conversations. I am a bit embarrassed to admit that I had ... http://www.sfwow.org/blog/2007/12/09/holiday-potluck/ Wowzers made it out from the far corners of San Francisco to attend this year's WordPress conference- WordCamp 2007- held at my people's hall- Swedish American Hall. I showed up for the last 3 talks, but others were there earlier and longer. I asked a few Wowzers the following questions. ... http://www.sfwow.org/blog/2007/07/25/wowzers-on-wordcamp-2007/ Okay, I consider myself a fairly outgoing person. Yet asking for things--especially asking for things that have to do with my career is something that I dread doing. So when I heard about SF WoW's Salary Negotiation Panel event, I figured this was probably a good thing for me ... http://www.sfwow.org/blog/2007/07/10/salary-negotiation-recap-62807/ There's been a few threads on the SF WoW list about a local phenomenon- superhappydevhouse. It's intriguing in that it's so open door policy, and also attracts so many people. One member wrote in that she was going, another seeing if there was anyone who wanted to carpool (besides me). ... http://www.sfwow.org/blog/2007/05/17/organizing-an-sf-wowshdh/ So I got a free exhibit pass via the Mobile Monday yahoo group and decided that Tuesday was my day to visit the Web 2.0 Expo event. The event was a bit of a yawner if you ask me. I don't see the paradigm shift that many people are talking ... http://www.sfwow.org/blog/2007/04/18/web-20-a-yawn/