Emma Jane Hogbin

Emma Jane Hogbin
Born Emma Jane Hogbin
May 2, 1977
Residence Owen Sound, Ontario
Nationality Canadian
Occupation Technical writer, Consultant
Known for Drupal Socks,[1] Unicorn Law
Political party
 Green Party of Canada
Website
emmajane.net

Emma Jane Hogbin (born May 2, 1977) is a Canadian technical writer and free software advocate who lives in Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada.[2] She is active in Drupal[3] and the Bazaar version control system[3] in different capacities and has contributed documentation to the Linux Documentation Project.[4] She also speaks at various events on a range of technical and social topics.[5][6] She is a member of Ubuntu Women,[7] 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."[8] Hogbin unsuccessfully ran for the Green Party of Canada in the Ontario riding of 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 woman in open source, you will eventually give a talk about being a woman in open source.

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 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.[9] On May 2, she was defeated receiving 5,092 votes.

Technology

Hogbin is active in the world of technology, specifically in free software and operates a freelance consulting business.

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.[6][14][17][18] She has written articles for Full Circle Magazine on women in the 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.[1]

She married James Westby on December 24, 2012.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Drupal Knitting Charts | emmajane.net. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
  2. ↑ The Sun Times. "Local author launching web guide". Publication date unknown. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Drupal Voices 60: Emma Jane Hogbin on Theming and Bazaar version control. 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. Published 2008-05-14. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Form an Orderly Queue, Ladies. Talk given at OSCON. Published 2008-07-24. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
  7. ↑ Emma Jane Hogbin's home page on the Ubuntu Women Wiki. Published 2008-01-14. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
  8. ↑ Ubuntu Women - Home. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Greens pick Hogbin
  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. 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. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Open for (small) Business. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
  15. ↑ emmajame - CIA.vc. 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. Published 2010-01-22. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
  18. ↑ Craftzine.com blog : Crafter Emma Hogbin Speaking at Geek Conference. 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. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
  24. ↑ HICK Tech 2008 | HICK Tech. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
  25. ↑ photojunkie » Strange Little Girl : Emma binds it DIY style. Published 2005-09-07. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
  26. ↑ Craftzine.com blog : Drupal Knitting Charts. Published 2008-08-28. Retrieved 2010-02-28.