Researchers have found that code written by women—submitted to the software repository GitHub —was approved at a higher rate than code written by men, but only if the submitter’s gender was not disclosed (download and read the study here (PDF)). We discuss this topic, and alot more, on this week’s podcast.

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott and Phil Wilson.

Music: Basic Jazz Blues by J. Simon van der Walt under a Creative Commons License

The Podcast

Story Links

Past Week’s Top Minnesota Stories

* DevFest recap

* Twin Cities angel investor group wants to help Vegas startups hit the jackpot

* Tony Hsieh’s $350 Million Gamble On Las Vegas

* SPS Commerce feels the squeeze of a tightening labor market

* Parking in downtown St. Paul? Feed meter with mobile app

* Gravitational wave detection used supercomputing system of Burnsville’s Nor-Tech

* Experience the Torchlight Parade in virtual reality

* Chuck Olsen and team’s company Visual

Other Top Tech Stories

* The First 100,000 Funded Kickstarter Projects in 100 Numbers

* UK politicians green-light plans to record every citizen’s internet history

* ‘Internet of Things’ an Absolute Goldmine for Big Brother, Admits Top US Spy

* Full text of Clapper’s testimony (PDF)

Cool Thing of the Week

* Phil: Quartz News App

* Tim: Fitbit Alta

* Steve: Visual Hunt

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