Nerd Camp
Nobuko and I spent a couple of hours dismantling a computer this Saturday. It was the geekiest fun I'd had in a long time. It was even better than learning about adjusting levels in photoshop. As the facilitators clarified, the goal here was not to break the computers but to take them apart. That said, we didn't have to be afraid of breaking anything since these were being cannibalized for recycled parts anyways. Excellent.
I once seriously considered building my own computer and did a reasonable amount of weenie research into the art of choosing a motherboard and appropriate processor, soundcard etc. But I got a bit overwhelmed with all the options and gave up. I learned more in 2 hours with tech women actually handling computer hardware than I did in all that reading. I now know that motherboards are actually quite beautiful and Nobuko has an affinity for Linux.
Given my frustrations and ambivalence with professionalized identity poltics, it was also refreshing to actually appreciate an identity specific (in this case women) space. These were a bunch of tech nerds who just wanted to bring together other women who were curious about the insides of a computer. And not to sound all cheez fest, but there is something about the way women teach each other and learn that is distinct from a mixed gender space. This was probably enhanced by the majority women of color element too. Who knew the brazilians knew their hardware so well?
Being fully nerdy, there's a wiki and an IRC chat all set up. Rock on to the next endeavor--build a computer from spare parts and install Linux!
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