Posted on March 8th, 2010
Written by Sarah Blow
Today is officially International Women’s Day and there have been a whole lot of different things going on today and being launched. The one that has really caught my eye and imagination though is the Thierry Mugler Womanity campaign. This one is a bit of an unusual one as it turns fashion, perfume and design [...]
Posted on February 26th, 2010
Written by Sarah Blow
Following on from the post about writing your Ada Lovelace Pledge, come and join us on Ada Lovelace Day, 24 March 2010, to celebrate the achievements of women in technology and science!
During the evening we will hear from Maggie Philbin, the science and technology journalist that many of us remember fondly from Tomorrow’s World, and… [...]
Posted on February 24th, 2010
Written by Sarah Blow
A series of free, half-day practical hands-on workshops have been scheduled to introduce the Women’s Business Centre Quality Standard and assist delegates in identifying how they can meet the standard in the North West of England. Aimed at Directors and Quality Managers of Business Support Provider organisations, as well as [...]
Three weeks ago, Borders had a closing down sale at their Oxford Street branch in London. Of course being a literary addict, I had to check it out for myself. Absolute chaos ensued; you will find cookery books amongst other titles such as an autobiography on Winston Churchill, to Windows XP for Dummies. The experience [...]
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 Technology [...]
Posted on April 19th, 2009
Written by Sarah Blow
As many of you know, writing conference notes can be dull and distracting, however when I was at The Next Web conference over in Amsterdam I came across Esther Gons, aka Wilg/ Wilgengebroed. She did some wonderful sketch notes whilst at the conference and I managed to borrow her for a few minutes to [...]
Whilst I was away on vacation Betty sent me the blog post below to be posted today for the Ada Lovelace Day. So just in time for the event here is her post below:
If you don’t know Ada Lovelace let me introduce you to her, as she is a fascinating human being. I got to [...]
This post on Florence Nightingale was written in support of Suw Charman-Anderson’s fantastic Ada Lovelace Day Pledge to ‘publish a blog post on Tuesday 24th March about a woman in technology whom I admire‘.
[Florence Nightingale Image Source: ThrillSeeker]
Florence Nightingale & Information VisualisationWhile Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) is generally remembered for nursing reform and the appealing [...]
Posted on January 6th, 2009
Written by Nicole Mathison
If you’re a blogger and happy to write/video/podcast about one of your female technology heroes on 24th March 2009, please do join us in supporting the following fantastic initiative from Suw Charman-Anderson and sign-up to the Ada Lovelace Day Pledge:
I will publish a blog post on Tuesday 24th March about a woman in technology whom [...]
Amplified 2008
Amplified 2008, a ‘network of networks’ event bringing together entrepreneurs, creatives, digital media practitioners, and geeky types, was held from 4-8pm on Thursday, 27th November 2008 at NESTA’s offices by Chancery Lane. NESTA did a great job of hosting the event, also providing much-needed refreshments throughout. Amplified 2008 attracted around 200 attendees, followed an [...]
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