Gender Bias – It’s All In Your Head

By now you have probably heard of a scandal that recently erupted last week which involved a well known freelance writer who built her business by pretending to be a man. James, of Men with Pens, posted a confession over at Copyblogger explaining the circumstances which led her to perpetrate the deception.

To grind the gritty details down to a point, through her experiences James came to feel she earned more money and respect pretending to be a man than she did when people knew she was a woman. She felt there was a gender bias being perpetuated in the online community that played a hand in how she was treated by her customers.

Pownce Finds a Home at Six Apart

Pownce, a microblogging tool, is set to close on December 15th, 2008. Pownce was started up by Kevin Rose (Digg Founder), Leah Culver, Mike Malone, Daniel Burka, Ariel Waldman, and Shawn Allen as a way to tap into the success of Twitter. It offered many of the same features as Twitter except you can send files to one another and upload video.