Idealist News

Calling all idealists . . .

September 30th, 2009

It's hard to believe that it's already been 3 months since we celebrated ideaCity's 10th Anniversary. For those of you who were able to attend, I hope that you found it as inspiring as I did, and are as excited about entering what I am confident will be another illuminating decade of stimulation, creativity and extraordinary ideas... Read More...

Women in Tech: The Silicon Ceiling

September 24th, 2009

When I first attended the Webby Awards in 2001, I noticed an anthropological paradox: The line to the ladies' room was nonexistent, the men's, long.

Where were all the women? Surely they existed in the then-budding Internet industry (I did!)... Read More...

How did 100,000,000 women disappear?

September 14th, 2009

Two researchers crunching population statistics have confirmed an unsettling reality. Siwan Anderson and Debraj Ray noticed the ratio of women to men in developing regions and in some cultures is suspiciously below the norm... Read More...

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: An Art Exhibition Curated by Moses Znaimer, The Last Taboo

October 31 - November 1, 9am - 5pm at The 2009 ZoomerShow, Direct Energy Center, Exhibition Place, Toronto

In December of 1962, the founder of another iconic magazine embarked on a monthly series of essays known as The Playboy Philosophy. Whatever their flaws, Hugh Hefner's pieces had an historic ambition: to break what he considered the last taboo of his day, sex... Read More...