Emma Jane Hogbin
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| Born | Emma Jane Hogbin May 2, 1977 |
| Residence | Owen Sound, Ontario |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Occupation | Technical writer, Consultant |
| Known for | Drupal Socks,[1] Unicorn Law[2] |
| Political party | Green Party of Canada |
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Emma Jane Hogbin (born May 2, 1977) is a Canadian technical writer and free software advocate who lives in Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada.[3] She is active in Drupal[4][5] and the Bazaar version control system[4] in different capacities and has contributed documentation to the Linux Documentation Project.[6] She also speaks at various events on a range of technical and social topics.[7][8] She is a member of Ubuntu Women,[9] a group devoted in part to “Encouraging women to participate, for example, to learn to create new FLOSS software (or revamp existing software), not only to use GNU/Linux software, but to integrate backwards and learn more about it.”[10] Hogbin unsuccessfully ran for the Green Party of Canada in the Ontario riding of Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound during the 2011 federal election.[11]
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[edit] Unicorn Law
Hogbin formulated the “Unicorn Law”, named by herself and Gabrielle Roth in 2009.[2] The law states:
- If you are a woman in open source, you will eventually give a talk about being a woman in open source.
[edit] Politics
Hogbin has been interested in politics from an early age. In 1991, she served as a Legislative Page to the 35th Legislative Assembly of Ontario.[12] In 1998 she served as a Legislative Usher to the 36th Legislative Assembly of Ontario.[13] She continues to be politically active through her Web development consultancy and has built the campaign Web sites for Shane Jolley[14] and Dick Hibma. On March 25, 2010, she announced that she has successfully filed to run for the Green Party nomination to be a candidate in the next federal election. On August 17, 2010, she won the nomination becoming the party's candidate in the riding of Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound for the 2011 federal election.[11] On May 2, she was defeated receiving 5,092 votes.
[edit] Technology
Hogbin is active in the world of technology, specifically in free software and operates a freelance consulting business.
[edit] Free software
Hogbin is an accomplished contributor to free software projects in terms of documentation of software,[15] Web development (such as for the Bazaar version control system Web site[16]) and talks.[8][14][17][18] She has written articles for Full Circle Magazine on women in the Ubuntu community,[5] and is a co-author of the book Front End Drupal.[19]
[edit] 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 and development for The Osborne Collection at the Toronto Public Library,[21] development for the Language Evaluation and Assessment Project and Collaborative Environment for Language Learning projects at the University of Toronto,[22] and work for Canadian Department of Foreign and National Affairs.[23] HICK Tech has done two technology conferences for rural Canada, HICKTech 2007 and HICKTech 2008.[24][25]
[edit] Personal life
Hogbin enjoys crafting activities. She has been featured for her work as an amateur bookbinder[26] and knitting.[27]
Hogbin is known for being the first person on record to apply the GNU General Public License to a knitting pattern.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Drupal Knitting Charts | emmajane.net. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
- ^ a b Unicorn Law - Geek Feminism Wiki. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
- ^ a b Drupal Voices 60: Emma Jane Hogbin on Theming and Bazaar version control. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
- ^ a b Emma Jane Hogbin - Ubuntu Wiki. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
- ^ The Linux Documentation Project Weekly News, Issue 15. Published 2004-04-14. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
- ^ Port Elgin Skills Canada Networking Dinner - Event Summary Report. Published 2008-05-14. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
- ^ a b Form an Orderly Queue, Ladies. Talk given at OSCON. Published 2008-07-24. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
- ^ Emma Jane Hogbin’s home page on the Ubuntu Women Wiki. Published 2008-01-14. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
- ^ Ubuntu Women - Home. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
- ^ a b Greens pick Hogbin
- ^ Hansard Issue: l036. Published 1991-05-27. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
- ^ Hansard Issue: L033a. Published 1998-06-25. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
- ^ a b Open for (small) Business. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
- ^ emmajame - CIA.vc. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
- ^ RFC: Bazaar Web site Home Page Redesign, Emma Jane Hogbin, 2009-08-05. Mailing list thread. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
- ^ Writing Effective Self Help Guides for World Domination. Published 2010-01-22. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
- ^ Craftzine.com blog : Crafter Emma Hogbin Speaking at Geek Conference. Published 2008-03-30. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
- ^ Front End Drupal: Designing, Theming, Scripting. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
- ^ HICK Tech Web site. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
- ^ The Osborne Collection: Credits. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
- ^ Dominique Sheffel-Dunand CV. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
- ^ Foreign Policy Dialogue - Partners - More Credits. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
- ^ HICK Tech Forum | HICK Tech. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
- ^ HICK Tech 2008 | HICK Tech. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
- ^ photojunkie » Strange Little Girl : Emma binds it DIY style. Published 2005-09-07. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
- ^ Craftzine.com blog : Drupal Knitting Charts. Published 2008-08-28. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
