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I mainly post on my blog at https://ar.al  (RSS: https://ar.al/index.xml ) and interact on my Mastodon https://mastodon.ar.al . Please follow me there.

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    Aral Balkan‏ @aral 26 Feb 2013

    In case you missed it last night: Fun with developers’ penises and PHP: the male gaze, revisited. http://aralbalkan.com/scribbles/the-male-gaze-part-ii/ … #PHPness

    6:05 AM - 26 Feb 2013
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      2. Richard Cargill‏ @richard_cargill 26 Feb 2013
        Replying to @aral

        @aral don't you think that enhance your #PHPness joke actually takes the piss out of guys?

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      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 26 Feb 2013
        Replying to @richard_cargill

        @richard_cargill I wrote at length about my thoughts on the matter in my post. Twitter isn’t the best medium to discuss details.

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      4. Richard Cargill‏ @richard_cargill 26 Feb 2013
        Replying to @aral

        @aral still trying to wrap my head around all this jazz, it's all a bit confusing really :-P I'll get it eventually I'm sure :-]

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      5. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 26 Feb 2013
        Replying to @richard_cargill

        @richard_cargill Hey, the important thing is not to outright dismiss it. Anything else—giving it thought, talking about it—is good :)

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      2. Larry Garfield‏ @Crell 26 Feb 2013
        Replying to @aral

        @aral So wait, you're accusing a 75% women company of "male gaze" for saying "we thought the joke was funny, we're *not* booth babes?"

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      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 26 Feb 2013
        Replying to @Crell

        @Crell That’s not an accurate summary of my article. Have you read it?

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      4. Larry Garfield‏ @Crell 26 Feb 2013
        Replying to @aral

        @aral Yes. And didn't understand your point other than that.

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      1. Ben Marks‏ @benmarks 26 Feb 2013
        Replying to @aral

        @aral Thank you for "male gaze" - I've struggled for a term or phrase to use.

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      1. Event Razor‏ @leedavis81 26 Feb 2013
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        @aralhttps://mobile.twitter.com/leedavis81/status/306270286267961345 …

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        Event Razor @leedavis81
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        @aral A good post, but imo you don't have to have a penis to be the target audience. It was women that found it funny in the first instance.
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      1. twistor‏ @chrisleppanen 26 Feb 2013
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        @aral It's not a joke that assumes the audience is male. It's a joke that assumes the audience has received penis enhancing spam.

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      1. lisa rokusek‏ @lisarokusek 26 Feb 2013
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        @aral Such a theme this week - the linuk kernel dustup, the Oscars, and the phpness. Lots to digest.

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      2. Jack Franklin‏ @Jack_Franklin 26 Feb 2013
        Replying to @aral

        @aral and if so, any re.commendations or pointers? :)

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      3. Patrick Hamann‏ @patrickhamann 26 Feb 2013
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        @Jack_Franklin @aral we've been playing with a Chromebook Pixel @gdndevelopers and are writing up our experiences trying to develop on them.

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      1. Jack Franklin‏ @Jack_Franklin 26 Feb 2013
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        @aral back at @laurakalbag's house warming you showed us your Chromebook - just got one today, curious if you use yours for developing?

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      1. Peter Cooper‏ @peterc 26 Feb 2013
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        @aral It's funny because I totally didn't get it till you specifically explained the joke. Too highbrow for me, clearly.. ;-)

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