Geek Feminism Wiki is an interesting resource for women in technology, CS, gaming, engineering, and other “geek communities,” detailing the issues faced by women in these areas.  It provides a brief explanation of Feminism and how it applies to the “geek” aka technology community.

Some of the most interesting reads on the wiki so far include:

• List of historical women geeks – a great list of names of famous women with a short blurb about who they are
• List of women in Open Source – a terrific jumping-off point to find out what women have done and are doing in the OS movement
• Getting girls into IT – What programmers and educators can do to encourage young women to enter the field of technology
• Blogging – an interesting history of issues that women bloggers face online

What’s so great about this site is that, as a wiki, you have the power to contribute and many of the sections of the wiki are off to a great start but are clearly asking to be filled with contributions.  Sections are ready for women in science, engineering, and even “hacker” culture, but they need more information.  As this wiki grows, it will continue to grow into an impressive resource for young people and educators in the field of Information Technology.

When the going gets tough, the tough complain on their Twitter feeds.

According to the Boston Globe, C. C. Chapman wrote a complaint on his Twitter account about his nonexistent Internet connection when Comcast was unresponsive. Within a few hours of posting his complaint, C. C. had received communication from Comcast proper and his Internet was up and running.

“We’re in a world where one person, by their actions, can make a company look bad, and it can get echoed and amplified over and over again,” Forrester Research analyst Josh Bernoff said. “The power has shifted, [so] that big companies now have to be worried about one individual with a microphone called a blog.”

Other big-name companies are following this train of thought as well, including Southwest Airlines. Twitter is easily term-searchable and so is one of the most prevalent social-networking services, but other tools such as Facebook, MySpace, and blogs like these are being combed for feedback and candid case studies. Another cool example of this is Ohio-native Pete Blackshaw’s hybrid-car-saga blog, HybridBuzz.