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Letter of apology to girl geeks

There has been a lot of interesting discussion in the blog comments, twitter, and personally over the past week about the Beauty and the Geek invitation.  It has become clear that our attempt to let people decide for themselves has … Continue reading

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Letting the girl geeks decide for themselves

We here at girl geeks sydney have a relatively open policy for our blog and twitter feed.  Quite a few people have the ability to write a blog post or send out an email or twitter (though not many do) … Continue reading

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Live-streaming of tonight’s Google Girl Geek Dinners Sydney event

We are looking forward to seeing all of you at tonight’s Girl Geek Dinners Sydney event at Google.  But if you cannot make it, please note  we will be live-streaming from 6pm Australian Eastern Standard Time (check the time in … Continue reading

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Girl Geek Dinner – 30th June 2011

Girl Geek Sydney would like to invite you to a winter Girl Geek Dinner The girl geeks at Google (say that 3 times fast) have organized an evening of networking, lightning talks, and gaming with a keynote from Mary Gardiner … Continue reading

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Girl Geek Dinner – March 2011

Almost 150 girl geeks showed up for a full night of talks at the Aerial Function Centre at UTS.   For many, Lynn Kraus (right – top), partner at Ernst & Young was one of the highlights of the evening … Continue reading

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Girl Geek Dinner – 10th March 2011

Girl Geek Sydney would like to invite you to the first Girl Geek Dinner of 2011! The girl geek ninjas have finally subdued holidays and homework with their flying kicks and are ready for the first girl geek dinner of … Continue reading

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Want to learn to write code?

Girl Geek Dinners founder and general girl geek diva Damana Madden is looking for a group of four to six women who have always wanted to program or are looking to get back into programming. Contact her at damana at … Continue reading

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Hold the date!

Hold the date!  The December party is planned for Friday, 3 December from 6 PM to 8 PM.  We are planning drinks and a Secret Santa at a CBD bar/pub, exact location under investigation. Let us know if you have … Continue reading

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Girl Geeks Talk Like Lightning

Our regular monthly networking drinks will be extra special this month as we are inviting you, yes YOU, to present a lightning talk on whatever you want. You’ve got 5 minutes, with or without slides, to tell us something about … Continue reading

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Haecksen Miniconf LCA2011 Call For Papers Extended

Did you know that haeksen is the feminine plural in German for ‘hacker’?  Well now you do!  And the haeksen are looking for people willing to give longer talks (20 to 40 minutes) as well as lightning talks, and people … Continue reading

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