Why is WordPress so male-dominated, and what, if anything, is being done to address that? There seems to be no shortage of female geeks involved with Drupal, for example.
I was intrigued by the recent post on the WordPress development blog about contributing to WordPress through graphic design. What are the “first steps” an interface or graphic designer should take if they want to get involved in contributing to WordPress? What are some of the challenges you face in trying to integrate design contributions into the WordPress core? Finally, do you think crowdsourcing is always the best way of making design decisions?
I have served for 26 plus years in the Navy and am a Master Chief Petty Officer. My work background in the Navy is telecommunications related so my hobby of computers fit well in what I did for the Navy. I consider myself a tech geek and enjoy most things in that arena.
My first website - AnotherWin95.com - came online in 1996. Back then I used GeoCities Web Hosting for it and have all the GeoCities “stuff” to show for it!
I have progressed from a single page, link-filled, static html page to using PHP, databases and coding to make my pages.
Why is WordPress so male-dominated, and what, if anything, is being done to address that? There seems to be no shortage of female geeks involved with Drupal, for example.
There are actually dozens of women involved with WP plugin development and theme design; I think they’re a little more low key than the guys.
Lorelle, Linda McPhee-Cobb, Harley Quine, and Chiq Montes are good examples. All of them are very productive.
Awesome!
I am really looking forward to this interview.
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I was intrigued by the recent post on the WordPress development blog about contributing to WordPress through graphic design. What are the “first steps” an interface or graphic designer should take if they want to get involved in contributing to WordPress? What are some of the challenges you face in trying to integrate design contributions into the WordPress core? Finally, do you think crowdsourcing is always the best way of making design decisions?
Why do we care about the male – female makeup of each company. If you enjoy the product then…then enjoy it.
no personal site of Jane Wells? i mean with personal domain