Emma Jane Hogbin

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Emma Jane Hogbin
Born
Emma Jane Hogbin

(1977-05-02) May 2, 1977 (age 46)
NationalityCanadian
Occupations
Political partyGreen Party of Canada
SpouseJames Westby (2012 -)
Websiteemmajane.net

Emma Jane Hogbin (born May 2, 1977) is a Canadian

Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound during the 2011 federal election.[9]

Unicorn Law

Hogbin formulated the "Unicorn Law", named by herself and Gabrielle Roth in 2009. The law states:

If you are a

open source, you will eventually give a talk about being a woman in open source.[This quote needs a citation
]

In late 2010, the Unicorn Law was controversially referenced on T-shirts for the Haecksen conference, a mini-conf preceding Australia's linux.conf.au 2011.[10][11]

Politics

Hogbin has been interested in politics from an early age. In 1991, she served as a

Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound in the 2011 federal election.[9]
On May 2, she was defeated, having received 5,092 votes.

Technology

Hogbin is active in the world of

freelance consulting
business.

Free software

Hogbin is an accomplished contributor to

Ubuntu community, and is a co-author of the book Front End Drupal.[19]

Career

Hogbin runs HICK Tech, a

service business providing education and Web development services.[20] Included in the work she has done is Web design development for the Language Evaluation and Assessment Project and Collaborative Environment for Language Learning projects at the University of Toronto,[21] and work for Canadian Department of Foreign and National Affairs.[22] HICK Tech has done two technology conferences for rural Canada, HICKTech 2007 and HICKTech 2008.[23][24]

Personal life

Hogbin enjoys crafting activities. She has been featured for her work as an amateur bookbinder[25] and knitting.[26]

Hogbin is known for being the first person on record to apply the GNU General Public License to a knitting pattern.[27]

References

  1. ^ Twitter "Emma Jane".
  2. ^ LinkedIn. "Emma Jane Hogbin Westby". Publication date unknown. Retrieved 2015-08-22.
  3. ^ a b Drupal Voices 60: Emma Jane Hogbin on Theming and Bazaar version control Archived 2010-04-09 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
  4. ^ The Linux Documentation Project Weekly News, Issue 15. Published 2004-04-14. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
  5. ^ Port Elgin Skills Canada Networking Dinner - Event Summary Report Archived 2010-06-28 at the Wayback Machine. Published 2008-05-14. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
  6. ^ a b Form an Orderly Queue, Ladies. Archived 2010-12-30 at the Wayback Machine Talk given at OSCON. Published 2008-07-24. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
  7. ^ Emma Jane Hogbin's home page on the Ubuntu Women Wiki Archived 2019-08-09 at the Wayback Machine. Published 2008-01-14. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
  8. ^ Ubuntu Women - Home Archived 2012-02-26 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
  9. ^ a b "Greens pick Hogbin". Archived from the original on 2010-08-19. Retrieved 2010-08-19.
  10. ^ Gardiner, Mary. "A unicorn races around the world before the truth has got its boots on". lecta. Mary Gardiner. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  11. ^ Steenhout, Nicholas. "Humour, Irony, Disablism and Sexism – Haecksen T-Shirt LCA2011". Accessibility NZ. Nicholas Steenhout. Archived from the original on 11 December 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  12. ^ Hansard Issue: l036. Published 1991-05-27. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
  13. ^ Hansard Issue: L033a. Published 1998-06-25. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
  14. ^ a b Open for (small) Business. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
  15. ^ emmajame - CIA.vc Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
  16. ^ RFC: Bazaar Web site Home Page Redesign, Emma Jane Hogbin, 2009-08-05. Mailing list thread. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
  17. ^ Writing Effective Self Help Guides for World Domination Archived 2010-01-24 at the Wayback Machine. Published 2010-01-22. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
  18. ^ Craftzine.com blog : Crafter Emma Hogbin Speaking at Geek Conference Archived 2011-07-08 at the Wayback Machine. Published 2008-03-30. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
  19. ^ Front End Drupal: Designing, Theming, Scripting. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
  20. ^ HICK Tech Web site. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
  21. ^ Dominique Sheffel-Dunand CV. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
  22. ^ Foreign Policy Dialogue - Partners - More Credits. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
  23. ^ HICK Tech Forum | HICK Tech Archived 2010-12-25 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
  24. ^ HICK Tech 2008 | HICK Tech Archived 2010-12-25 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
  25. ^ photojunkie » Strange Little Girl : Emma binds it DIY style Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine. Published 2005-09-07. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
  26. ^ Craftzine.com blog : Drupal Knitting Charts Archived 2010-02-17 at the Wayback Machine. Published 2008-08-28. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
  27. ^ Drupal Knitting Charts | emmajane.net Archived 2010-03-25 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
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