Female tech influencers and their ... hairstyles?
January 27, 2011 2:28 PM Subscribe
"The most notable women in technology probably don't spend all day thinking about hairstyles and dinner parties. But according to a bright pink infographic making its way around the web, you can tell a lot about some of the world's most tech-savvy women based on their hairdos and extracurriculars. In hopes of inspiring people, Wpromote ... created "Which Female Tech Influencer Are You?" -- an infographic reminiscent of a teen magazine quiz."*
The infographic was created in response to the lack of female representation in last year's 'The Evolution of the Geek.'
The infographic was created in response to the lack of female representation in last year's 'The Evolution of the Geek.'
Some early reaction:posted by ericb at 2:28 PM on January 27, 2011
Is that intense pink in front of my eyes merely a bad aesthetic choice or the colour of my blinding rage?
posted by maudlin at 2:30 PM on January 27, 2011 [7 favorites]
posted by maudlin at 2:30 PM on January 27, 2011 [7 favorites]
The stupid, it burns!
posted by rtha at 2:35 PM on January 27, 2011 [10 favorites]
posted by rtha at 2:35 PM on January 27, 2011 [10 favorites]
OFFS.
Wpromote, you are neither funny, nor cute, nor actually helpful in anyway. You are sexist and condescending, though, so I guess you fit right in with the rest of society. Congratulations.
posted by lydhre at 2:36 PM on January 27, 2011
Wpromote, you are neither funny, nor cute, nor actually helpful in anyway. You are sexist and condescending, though, so I guess you fit right in with the rest of society. Congratulations.
posted by lydhre at 2:36 PM on January 27, 2011
Is a tech influencer anything like a horse whisperer? I have a mental picture of someone making quiet beeping noises to a broken iPad.
posted by le morte de bea arthur at 2:38 PM on January 27, 2011 [17 favorites]
posted by le morte de bea arthur at 2:38 PM on January 27, 2011 [17 favorites]
Where are all the tips on how to drive my man wild in bed? There isn't one explanation as to how to find a frenulum in that so called "info"graphic.
posted by madred at 2:40 PM on January 27, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by madred at 2:40 PM on January 27, 2011 [2 favorites]
Aw, man, I'm "Error establishing a database connection."
posted by klangklangston at 2:41 PM on January 27, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by klangklangston at 2:41 PM on January 27, 2011 [1 favorite]
I don't see the problem. For one thing, the evolution of the geek thing was equally as condescending. Big whoop.
I like purple, and the infographic you complain about has as much of that as the pink. And any of those women look like great work role models.
First world problems....
posted by St. Alia of the Bunnies at 2:45 PM on January 27, 2011
I like purple, and the infographic you complain about has as much of that as the pink. And any of those women look like great work role models.
First world problems....
posted by St. Alia of the Bunnies at 2:45 PM on January 27, 2011
Hm, I tried to open the main link and got a Network Error. That's a problem with my connection rather than with the premise of the link, but it made me snicker.
posted by ChuraChura at 2:45 PM on January 27, 2011
posted by ChuraChura at 2:45 PM on January 27, 2011
"MUST CONTROL FIST OF DEATH."
wait... no I don't. RELEASE THE FIST OF DEATH. ALSO, THE KRAKEN.
posted by rmd1023 at 2:45 PM on January 27, 2011 [11 favorites]
wait... no I don't. RELEASE THE FIST OF DEATH. ALSO, THE KRAKEN.
posted by rmd1023 at 2:45 PM on January 27, 2011 [11 favorites]
If you can't access the link above the break, the first link below has the same graphic, mostly legible. (And isn't it mostly purple, with pink text boxes, or is it just me?)
posted by filthy light thief at 2:52 PM on January 27, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by filthy light thief at 2:52 PM on January 27, 2011 [1 favorite]
Also, what What the hell is a "tech influence"? This PR Sarah Evans (not to be confused with the Country Singer) is actually in public relations.
I think the confusion here is between "Tech" and "Social Media" Social media is similar to the media of old, just more democratic. The same kinds of people attracted to jobs in old media (i.e. the popular kids) are now interested in "Tech" and worse, calling themselves "geeks" in the process.
As far as I know, only a single person on this list is actually a technical person, Marissa Mayer. Sheryl Sandberg at Facebook actually comes from the world of politics. One is a fashion person, one is a journalist, and one is as mentioned a PR person. Ugh.
posted by delmoi at 3:01 PM on January 27, 2011 [7 favorites]
I think the confusion here is between "Tech" and "Social Media" Social media is similar to the media of old, just more democratic. The same kinds of people attracted to jobs in old media (i.e. the popular kids) are now interested in "Tech" and worse, calling themselves "geeks" in the process.
As far as I know, only a single person on this list is actually a technical person, Marissa Mayer. Sheryl Sandberg at Facebook actually comes from the world of politics. One is a fashion person, one is a journalist, and one is as mentioned a PR person. Ugh.
posted by delmoi at 3:01 PM on January 27, 2011 [7 favorites]
Wpromote, you are neither funny, nor cute, nor actually helpful in anyway.But they are getting a shitload of traffic.
posted by delmoi at 3:06 PM on January 27, 2011
Error establishing a database connection
Whichever one it is it clearly isn't one who is a DBA.
posted by Artw at 3:07 PM on January 27, 2011 [1 favorite]
Whichever one it is it clearly isn't one who is a DBA.
posted by Artw at 3:07 PM on January 27, 2011 [1 favorite]
I couldn't get beyond the word "influencer". It's almost as bad as "thought leader".
posted by brundlefly at 3:18 PM on January 27, 2011 [3 favorites]
posted by brundlefly at 3:18 PM on January 27, 2011 [3 favorites]
I have a mental picture of someone making quiet beeping noises to a broken iPad.
I pet my test machines and call them 'kitten' in a little baby voice when software I'm working on throws an exception error or crashes SQL. Does that count?
-spinifex23, Official Woman in Tech.
posted by spinifex23 at 3:32 PM on January 27, 2011 [2 favorites]
I pet my test machines and call them 'kitten' in a little baby voice when software I'm working on throws an exception error or crashes SQL. Does that count?
-spinifex23, Official Woman in Tech.
posted by spinifex23 at 3:32 PM on January 27, 2011 [2 favorites]
gah! You're coddling them! Bad machines must be beaten and sworn at!
posted by Artw at 3:38 PM on January 27, 2011 [3 favorites]
posted by Artw at 3:38 PM on January 27, 2011 [3 favorites]
As a woman in tech, I wasn't so much offended by the pink as I was some of the questions. Seriously? You think someone in tech reads a magazine?
posted by olinerd at 3:40 PM on January 27, 2011 [5 favorites]
posted by olinerd at 3:40 PM on January 27, 2011 [5 favorites]
I don't have time to read all that tiny white-on-pink text. Can someone please summarize it for me in webinar format?
posted by No-sword at 3:45 PM on January 27, 2011
posted by No-sword at 3:45 PM on January 27, 2011
I absolutely HATED the disinfographic!it was really hard to read and way too pink and aquamarine. The white cake handwriting font was invidible.
And I would think REAL techy women would have very easy-care clothing and hair, with maybe some quirky touches. I suppose if they were rich they'd get stuff.
This piece however was a disgusting bit of marshmallow and cotton cand covered fluff. It was all way too foofy for me.
posted by Katjusa Roquette at 3:46 PM on January 27, 2011
And I would think REAL techy women would have very easy-care clothing and hair, with maybe some quirky touches. I suppose if they were rich they'd get stuff.
This piece however was a disgusting bit of marshmallow and cotton cand covered fluff. It was all way too foofy for me.
posted by Katjusa Roquette at 3:46 PM on January 27, 2011
(I would also accept a summary in the form of a retweeted Jeff Jarvis quote.)
posted by No-sword at 3:47 PM on January 27, 2011
posted by No-sword at 3:47 PM on January 27, 2011
I don't understand how the lack of women in the geek evolution graphic leads to the "women influencers" infographic. I get they're trying to ride the publicity, but the theoretical connection beyond that simply does not compute.
posted by immlass at 3:54 PM on January 27, 2011
posted by immlass at 3:54 PM on January 27, 2011
condescending stereotypification.
posted by seawallrunner at 4:09 PM on January 27, 2011
posted by seawallrunner at 4:09 PM on January 27, 2011
I misread the post and thought the info flowchart was an alternative to shallow ones, so I happily went to take it. It was pretty confusing and depressing.
posted by Solon and Thanks at 4:17 PM on January 27, 2011
posted by Solon and Thanks at 4:17 PM on January 27, 2011
I don't have time to read all that tiny white-on-pink text. Can someone please summarize it for me in webinar format?
posted by No-sword at 6:45 PM on January 27 [+] [!]
Translation:
LOL GIRLS DONT PLAY WOW
posted by perilous at 4:18 PM on January 27, 2011 [2 favorites]
I always forget that "women in tech" means extremely brilliant women whose head shots have been pasted on cartoon bodies in order to make them non-threatening.
-guybrush_threepwood: woman, Ruby programmer, QA engineer, Linux user
posted by guybrush_threepwood at 4:44 PM on January 27, 2011 [1 favorite]
-guybrush_threepwood: woman, Ruby programmer, QA engineer, Linux user
posted by guybrush_threepwood at 4:44 PM on January 27, 2011 [1 favorite]
The format was annoying. I didn't have the patience to look at it in detail. What kind of tech female does that make me? The RTFA-failing tech female?
Doesn't bad infographic/graphic design annoy tech influencers?
posted by sciencegeek at 4:46 PM on January 27, 2011
Doesn't bad infographic/graphic design annoy tech influencers?
posted by sciencegeek at 4:46 PM on January 27, 2011
"We are all Xeni Jarden."
This will all be unpublished down the memory hole?
posted by aerotive at 5:28 PM on January 27, 2011
This will all be unpublished down the memory hole?
posted by aerotive at 5:28 PM on January 27, 2011
Aw, man, I'm "Error establishing a database connection."
She's pretty hot.
posted by mhoye at 5:29 PM on January 27, 2011
She's pretty hot.
posted by mhoye at 5:29 PM on January 27, 2011
I don't see the problem. For one thing, the evolution of the geek thing was equally as condescending. Big whoop.
I like purple, and the infographic you complain about has as much of that as the pink. And any of those women look like great work role models.
The problem isn't the women portrayed. It's that to identify with them, you have to answer a bevy of questions about shoes and accessories and ♥ Who is your dream man? ♥ It's sickening hyper-gendered stereotypical tripe that's dismissive to both the specific women represented and the sex as a whole.
posted by girih knot at 6:11 PM on January 27, 2011 [3 favorites]
I like purple, and the infographic you complain about has as much of that as the pink. And any of those women look like great work role models.
The problem isn't the women portrayed. It's that to identify with them, you have to answer a bevy of questions about shoes and accessories and ♥ Who is your dream man? ♥ It's sickening hyper-gendered stereotypical tripe that's dismissive to both the specific women represented and the sex as a whole.
posted by girih knot at 6:11 PM on January 27, 2011 [3 favorites]
Two things ...1) Just what is wpromote promoting? 2)Are you shitting me?
posted by Lynsey at 6:26 PM on January 27, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by Lynsey at 6:26 PM on January 27, 2011 [1 favorite]
/kisses guybrush_threepwood as an antidote to the infographic.
posted by jopreacher at 6:47 PM on January 27, 2011
posted by jopreacher at 6:47 PM on January 27, 2011
I can't make it past the first block. Is Metafilter news, or social networking, or what's the interweb?
posted by casarkos at 7:09 PM on January 27, 2011
posted by casarkos at 7:09 PM on January 27, 2011
From The Onion Magazine:
The World's 10 Most Powerful Women: We Make Them Discuss Fashion and Lindsay Lohan
posted by straight at 7:30 PM on January 27, 2011 [2 favorites]
The World's 10 Most Powerful Women: We Make Them Discuss Fashion and Lindsay Lohan
posted by straight at 7:30 PM on January 27, 2011 [2 favorites]
Yeah, this is moronic. I saw this on Twitter yesterday and quickly moved on.
posted by limeonaire at 7:46 PM on January 27, 2011
posted by limeonaire at 7:46 PM on January 27, 2011
START HERE
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"Sex and the City" or "Desperate Housewives"?
posted by katillathehun at 9:38 PM on January 27, 2011 [3 favorites]
The reverse bobble-head of a photo-pic of head on barbie/bratz-doll body?
Designed to signal to people with two neurons to rub together that they can ignore the story.
posted by porpoise at 9:54 PM on January 27, 2011
Designed to signal to people with two neurons to rub together that they can ignore the story.
posted by porpoise at 9:54 PM on January 27, 2011
gah! You're coddling them! Bad machines must be beaten and sworn at!
And THIS is why we lock the important machines up in the server room.
posted by mikelieman at 2:01 AM on January 28, 2011 [1 favorite]
And THIS is why we lock the important machines up in the server room.
posted by mikelieman at 2:01 AM on January 28, 2011 [1 favorite]
But they are getting a shitload of traffic
Don't believe what the SEO people tell you, there is such a thing as bad publicity.
posted by Summer at 2:55 AM on January 28, 2011
Don't believe what the SEO people tell you, there is such a thing as bad publicity.
posted by Summer at 2:55 AM on January 28, 2011
Hahahahaha,, marketers are so cuuuute!!! By which I mean, what a bunch of sexist jackasses, and this is why I hate and despise marketing.
posted by theora55 at 9:05 AM on January 28, 2011
posted by theora55 at 9:05 AM on January 28, 2011
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