As some of you know by now, we really enjoy doing fun stuff with Darryn’s “wife” and TechGirl editor, Sam Wright. She was the catalyst for the ridiculously entertaining Mortal Kombat X fight with SA Gamer, and has also contributed a bunch of content to us when she gets sent around the world to play with the latest tech toys. She and I also do a podcast where we talk about everything from tech to our failings as feminists to cyber infidelity. Now, she and I are looking to do a talk at a major tech conference, but we need your support.
Tech4Africa isn’t your typical tech event. It seeks to break the rules, upset trends and present great content outside of the typical “networking event” space. Towards that end, the focus is on giving interesting talks but the organizers don’t pretend to know what’s going to interest everyone. As a result, people can vote on the talks that they’d like to hear, and that’s where you come in.
Sam and I have pitched the idea for a talk. Basically, we didn’t want to talk about the same old controversies and drama about women in tech. Instead, we want to look at what women want from their tech and how companies are getting it wrong when convincing women to buy their products. Our presentation also may or may not include demonstrations by Sam of fitting phones in her skinny jeans pockets. But really, we’d like to give a talk and get the word out there that women are also smart tech consumers and fix the way companies talk to us.
So, please head on over here and give a thumbs up for our talk if for no other reason than you want to see Lazygamer show the other stodgy tech media how it’s done.
Last Updated: August 24, 2015
Ranting Raptor
August 24, 2015 at 12:20
Voted!
Alien Emperor Trevor
August 24, 2015 at 12:23
Even I know women don’t put phones in the pockets of their skinny jeans. Sam is womaning wrong!
RinceThis
August 24, 2015 at 12:24
GG# Never forget!
Sageville
August 24, 2015 at 14:06
My wife does this, even with the phone horizontal, instead of vertical…. clearly she wants the world to burn.
VampyreSquirrel
August 24, 2015 at 12:25
Voted.
hairyknees
August 24, 2015 at 12:37
OREO CREDIBILITY! 😀
Hammersteyn
August 24, 2015 at 12:48
I just ate one O_o
Sageville
August 24, 2015 at 14:06
That wasn’t the cookie we were looking for
Hammersteyn
August 24, 2015 at 14:19
Nope. Got a bigger one!
Hammersteyn
August 24, 2015 at 12:48
I just ate one O_o
Kromas,powered by windows 10.
August 24, 2015 at 12:39
“Together, the pair are able to impart to the audience how smart women
want to be communicated with …”
Isn’t that just sending a whatsapp with “Get in the kitchen and make me a sandwich”? 😛
Voted.
konfab
August 24, 2015 at 13:56
Voted, you guys have such reasonable views of the whole feminism thing.
Brady miaau
August 24, 2015 at 13:58
yeah, why not? Sounds interesting
Voted, 278 now.
Also, got Wife to look at.