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By: Today is Ada Lovelace Day — Climb to the Stars

Today is Ada Lovelace Day — Climb to the Stars — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 08:35:04 +0000

[...] [fr]Aujourd’hui, 24 mars, c’est la Journée Ada Lovelace. lisez l’explication en français (ou en anglais) [...]

By: [Journée de la Femme] Le 24 mars, c’est la Journée Ada Lovelace. | Presse-Citron

Sun, 08 Mar 2009 07:26:13 +0000

[...] Comme mon amie Suw Charman, c’est avec beaucoup de pincettes et pas mal de retenue que j’aborde généralement les questions liées aux femmes dans la technologie — et les questions “féministes” en général. Du coup, quand Femina me demande de contribuer une petite bafouille répondant à la question “Féminisme: que reste-t-il à faire?” je me dis “Bon dieu, qu’est-ce que je vais bien pouvoir leur dire?”. [...]

By: Journée Ada Lovelace: francophones, nous avons besoin de vous! — Climb to the Stars

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 19:34:45 +0000

[...] admirable women in the field. If you haven’t yet signed up for Ada Lovelace Day, please go and read the announcement written by Suw Charman, the initiator of ALD.[fr]Le 24 mars, c’est la Journée Ada Lovelace. Plus de mille blogueurs [...]

By: 24th March: Ada Lovelace Day | Chez Emily - Mots d'une femme transsexuelle

24th March: Ada Lovelace Day | Chez Emily - Mots d'une femme transsexuelle — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 17:45:39 +0000

[...] her announcement: Ada Lovelace Day is an international day of blogging to draw attention to women excelling in [...]

By: Penny Herscher

Penny Herscher — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:47:13 +0000

Suw – Absolutely!! I’m female tech CEO: a maths grad from Cambridge now with 25 years of tech in silicon valley – and while on many levels things have greatly improved for tech women the latest phase of the tech frat boys around the web industry is pretty disheartening. Yes I’ll sign your pledge – but I’d also point you to the Anita Borg Institute for Women in Technology http://www.anitaborg.org. Sponored by firms like Google and Microsoft, ABI focuses on programs to keep women engaged in technology despite their environment (I sit on the board).
I built my last company to an IPO and subsequent sale in the semiconductor industry (the first female CEO to do so) and I knew semi was old school. Now my current company, FirstRain, is in the business of using the web for investor research, and while there are a few more women in the blogging world, the culture you have observed is tech frat boy instead of old school white male. It’s a fascinating problem and one we must work to change so that the next generation of smart technical women stay in the tech industry.