http://www.artima.com/weblogs/index.jsp?blogger=aahz Artima Weblogs is a community of bloggers posting on a wide range of topics of interest to software developers. http://www.artima.com/images/artima88x33.gif http://www.artima.com/ http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=264020 The Python community is both incredibly diverse (Python 3.1's release manager was not yet eighteen years old) and incredibly lacking in diversity (none of the regular committers is a woman). I'm now working on creating more diversity in the Python community, and I welcome anyone who wants to help. http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=263671 Many men in Open Source refuse to confront the fact that they need to do something about the lack of women in Open Source -- partly because they don't believe that there are so few women. http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=254889 Early registration ends June 2. http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=240654 Linux.com interviews me on Python 3.0 http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=7590 With the advent of languages such as Python, the debate over typing has heated up again. Contrary to some claims (notably from Bruce Eckel), I believe Python has strong typing, and this article explains why. http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=4967 Why a technophilic Luddite would choose to write a blog