Sterling Rose Design Blog

I was fortunate to run into Ray Hightower as we both left the TDD BoF at 10PM one night. I was pretty wiped out by that point, but was still excited to find out that I was talking to the man behind Windy City Rails.

We had a great discussion on our way to the elevators, about conferences and how to get more women in attendance at them. I mentioned one thing that had come out in the Women in Rails panel as a suggestion: childcare at events. I am of the opinion that having childcare available at conferences, workshops, and other events will be a huge win for families in general, and perhaps women in particular. Ray was very enthusiastic about the idea, and actually followed through on researching childcare alternatives for WCR!

The Westin – which is host...