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In certain circles, the words “networking” or “networker” have a slighty negative connotation to them - adding themselves to the ranks of car salesman or ticket scalper. The word “schmooze” sounds greasy on purpose, [...]

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Saturday I attended the (first) FemCamp (a BarCamp) in Italy, at Bologna. The location was prime, inside a tech lab for women, TechneDonne.
I’ve heard some say that the easiest way to describe a BarCamp (in Italy) is chaos. They are totally correct. But I don’t see how having low expectations of anything will help [...]

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Tomorrow I’m heading with Michelle down to Bologna for the first FemCamp, a BarCamp for women and technology and new media. Don’t know what BarCamp is? It’s basically a series of “unconferences” - informal get-togethers organized by the participants themselves, using an online wiki that anyone can edit or add to. The topics are proposed [...]

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Friday night I was lucky enough to have grabbed an invitation to the first Girl Geek Dinner in Italy (thanks for the heads-up Deirdr�). I wanted to post about this as soon as I got back to the house - unfortunately that night I came down with a stomach virus that is making the rounds [...]

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