• Posted on July 20th, 2009

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    Her Code: the IT Girls – videos

    There’s a video news report with a section (at 2:03) about breaking down barriers for women in tech – comprising short interviews with some Silicon Valley tech women at the launch of Her Code in San Francisco. (“Girl Geek Dinner” gets a scrolling mention!) Also, here’s a (different) Her Code video plus slides of the [...]

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  • Posted on June 2nd, 2009

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    W-Tech 24 June 2009

    For those who’ve not heard of it, W-Tech 2009 is a free 1-day event on Wednesday 24 June 2009 – described as a “one day recruitment, career development and networking event for women interested in IT” – with a panel on IT careers and drinks afterwards. Organised by the British Computer Society and Women in [...]

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  • Posted on March 7th, 2009

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    European Code of Best Practices for Women and ICT signed

    For those who’ve not seen this EU statement: “On 3 March 2009 the European Commission received a signed Code for Best Practices for Women in ICT by some of the major actors in the ICT sector. The Code provides for practices which aim not only to attract women in ICT but also to keep them [...]

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  • Posted on May 4th, 2008

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    Dr Sophie Kain on Being a Geek (and on The Apprentice & Sir Alan Sugar..)

    The combined London Geek Dinner and London Girl Geek Dinner on 26 April was fun. The venue was perfect, just the right size for the attendees, so you could mingle and sit down at various tables and even sofas without being too cramped. Here’s the video of the speech by Dr Sophie Kain on being [...]

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  • Posted on May 4th, 2008

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    IT Girls – shadowing conference

    I thought it was worth publicising the European Commission‘s Shadowing Conference on 6 March 2008 in Brussels, though girl geeks may already know about it. The Commission’s “IT Girls” initiative aims to get more girls into information technology / ICT careers. (I notice their webpage includes a link to the excellent Women In Technology group [...]

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  • Posted on March 31st, 2008

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    London Girl Geek Dinner 20 on SEO, 25 March 2008: the recordings

    If you missed the last London Girl Geek Dinner on search engine optimisation, you may be interested to see the video of the talk by Judith (deCabbit) Lewis (who blogs at SEO Chicks), or hear the MP3 recordings of the talks by Judith and Sheila Farrell of Zing Media on SEO, or by Sarah McVittie, [...]

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  • Posted on March 9th, 2008

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    Pyjama drama

    Why do men’s pyjamas (or pajamas, perhaps I should say) have buttons all the way up to the top, when women’s pyjamas or nightgowns gape open teasingly at the neck? Do manufacturers and designers think that the nightie’s only function is to display women’s near naked breasts for the benefit of men? I mean, who [...]

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