Ashley Richards

Congrats to the Bloghercon women – Eleanor, Elisa and Lisa – on getting Bloghercon mentioned on CNN. This conference might just get more of us chicks on the Technorati Top 100.
So I’ve been thinking about what I want out of Bloghercon and things that have bothered me about past conferences I’ve attended. [...]

For those who want to capitalize on possibly catastrophe, you might want to stock up on almond futures (if such a thing exists). Turns out there’s a nasty little Asian mite that has made it’s way to America and is sucking all our honey bees to death.
Turns out that 80% of the world’s almond crop [...]

Congrats to Flickr (Ludicorp) on their acquisition by Yahoo! It’s one of the few Vancouver success stories that I’ve heard since moving to there five years ago. But what really surprised me when I first heard about them was that hardly anyone that I know up in Vancouver heard about them when I first told [...]

you put the ketchup in your tea instead of on the eggs you’re having for breakfast.

I don’t like the idea of this. The California State Senate earmarked money to study if a new highway over Mount Hamiltonshould be constructed.
For me it’s a no brainer. There should not be one. The light pollution will most likely make the Lick Observatory obsolete. It’s an incredibly beautiful area that’s amazingly undeveloped [...]

Only Americans would think that Condoleezza Rice’s “transformation” equals sexiness. Watching Good Morning Americathis morning, I hear them refer that the long coat and knee high boots she wore to Wiesbaden Airforce baseas a “dominatrix, Matrix” ensemble. Yes I know this is old news, but I never got around to commenting on it. Anyway, she [...]

A group of women are getting together to start of conference to address issues about women and blogging – Bloghercon. It’s like BloggerCon, but focused on women.
Now the question is : Should we invite men to Bloghercon or not?
Neither – Do not advertise it as a women only or men invited conference. You’re probably [...]