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Post by dutchdev on Feb 1, 2024 16:30:18 GMT -5
Completely random question, but does anybody have an idea why the site is called paradevo?
I have looked in the history and could find people thinking that the para stands for well para. I actually thought it was the spanish para Devo, as in “for Devo”.
Anybody a real answer or other theories?
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Post by devogirl on Feb 1, 2024 20:17:17 GMT -5
Lee came up with the name because he is a devotee of paraplegics. He created the website first way back when you needed actual coding skills to put up a site. For a few years it was just a website with some content created sporadically by me and some fiction by Lee and other devs. Lee added a guest book and people starting chatting there, obviously desperate to make connections with other devs. So then Lee added a message board to the website because people wanted to talk. Not a lot of thought went into the name Paradevo, and in retrospect I would have chosen something else because it has caused SCI devs to be over-represented here, and devs of other disabilities have hesitated to join.
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Post by loveonaroll2 on Feb 1, 2024 20:20:06 GMT -5
Very interesting
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Post by ayla on Feb 1, 2024 21:22:07 GMT -5
devogirl do you know when exactly PD was launched? I'm curious!
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Post by devogirl on Feb 1, 2024 23:57:20 GMT -5
Lee and I met in a Yahoo egroup for devs around 1999, and we were both really frustrated with the gross behavior of the male devs in that group. I had tried to form websites with some other dev women but it hadn't worked out and I don't know how to code. I kept pestering Lee to make a website and he finally did in 2000. I generated most of the content, which was the FAQ about devs that is still up, reviews of movies and books I liked, and devvy fan fiction. The website was updated sporadically for a few years, but the fiction section was the most active. Lee started the message board in 2005.
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Post by dutchdev on Feb 2, 2024 12:58:43 GMT -5
Lee and I met in a Yahoo egroup for devs around 1999, and we were both really frustrated with the gross behavior of the male devs in that group. I had tried to form websites with some other dev women but it hadn't worked out and I don't know how to code. I kept pestering Lee to make a website and he finally did in 2000. I generated most of the content, which was the FAQ about devs that is still up, reviews of movies and books I liked, and devvy fan fiction. The website was updated sporadically for a few years, but the fiction section was the most active. Lee started the message board in 2005. Thank you, both for the answer as for founding this place. I saw a lot of people saying that Para didn’t mean exclusively paraplegics, so always wondered. Also read your diary’s and since you aren’t primarily a SCI dev, I always assumed it would be something else. |
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Post by devogirl on Feb 2, 2024 20:01:49 GMT -5
You're welcome! Thanks for reading Devo Diary.
Lee chose the name Paradevo on his own. I might have chosen something else but it's not like I had any better ideas.
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Post by wheelzoffortune on Feb 3, 2024 21:12:43 GMT -5
So it doesn't have anything to do with 70s/80s New Wave band Devo then?
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Post by kwhi13 on Feb 7, 2024 13:40:30 GMT -5
Lee came up with the name because he is a devotee of paraplegics. He created the website first way back when you needed actual coding skills to put up a site. For a few years it was just a website with some content created sporadically by me and some fiction by Lee and other devs. Lee added a guest book and people starting chatting there, obviously desperate to make connections with other devs. So then Lee added a message board to the website because people wanted to talk. Not a lot of thought went into the name Paradevo, and in retrospect I would have chosen something else because it has caused SCI devs to be over-represented here, and devs of other disabilities have hesitated to join. Congrats to all you guys that did your part to create community. Cheers! |
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