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  • Posted on March 8th, 2010

    Written by Dr Mariann Hardey

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    Barack Obama, Gordon Brown, influencers, internet behavior, MP, navigation, NHS, Phillip Schofield, PM, politics, prediction, Sarah Brown, social media, social networking, Stephen Fry, Trend Spots, Trend Spotting Behavior, twitter, Voting, workers, yoff

    Politwits. by Dr Mariann Hardey

    Who/what will be 2010s key influencer’s? In the run up to the General Election maybe it will be the highs (and no doubt lows) of politics and politicians. This time we have political ‘news’ and ‘views’ via their Twitter feeds. Here’s the crunch. First are we really that interested in what they tweet?

  • Posted on March 8th, 2010

    Written by Sarah Blow

    Tags

    community, design, international women's day, product, Thierry Mugler, woman, womanity, Women

    International Women’s Day & Womanity!

    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

    Tags

    ada, ada lovelace, day, Finding Ada, geeky, Inspiration, lovelace, mathematician, parent, role model, Science, student, teacher, techie, Technology

    Ada Lovelace Inspirations & Pledge

    If you remember, last year brought the very first Ada Lovelace Day, Founded by Suw Charman-Anderson where loads and loads of bloggers, male and female wrote about their geeky, science, technology and mathematical inspirations.  Well it’s coming back round again.
    Keep the 24th March at the forefront of your mind for a blog post about who [...]

  • Posted on February 10th, 2010

    Written by Sarah Blow

    Tags

    advice, law, legally blonde, stereotypes, support, Technology

    Education: Legally Blonde The Musical

    A number of weeks back I was invited along to Legally Blonde the Musical, it was the Gala evening and all the stars were out in support of the event. I was fortunate enough to be there as a result of the event sponsor Veuve du Vernay, who also sponsored the evening Gala.
    The reason [...]

  • Posted on January 1st, 2010

    Written by Sarah Blow

    Tags

    designer, Ferguson Hill, interview, sound, Timothy Hill

    An Interview with Timothy Hill of Ferguson Hill

    A while back I got the opportunity to catch up with some great people at the Beam Presents event, and chat to them about their technologies, what they do and how young people might be able to get into something like their jobs.
    The second of these video’s to be released out into the wild is [...]

  • Posted on December 31st, 2009

    Written by Sarah Blow

    Tags

    funds, grants, help, history, Inspiration, News, reskill, retrain, support, Technology, Women

    Women & Technology 1999 – 2009

    Since everyone has been doing their decade blog posts I thought it might be a good idea to look back through the last 10 years of women in technology and see how the industry has changed during this time.
    Many of you already know that I tend to keep an eye on what’s in the news [...]

  • Posted on December 23rd, 2009

    Written by Sarah Blow

    Tags

    2009, christmas, Ella, Gadgets, Gismos, I Want One Of Those, interview, IWOOT, tour, Video

    Ella takes us on a Gadget Tour!

    At the Beam Presents event a few weeks back I got chatting with Ella from I Want One Of Those where she gave me a gadget tour of their latest geeky gadgets that they have been selling this Christmas holiday!
    Ella is the buyer for I Want One Of Those… She possibly has one of [...]

  • Posted on November 30th, 2009

    Written by Dr Mariann Hardey

    Tags

    announcement, Events & Calls, Gadgets, News, social media, tech, Technology

    Freedom to ride the web? It’s going to rust.

    Our freedoms as they (seemingly) are on the web: fluid, multi-dimensional, creative, and even (at times) considerate and assertive, have, I must warn you, only a limited lifespan.

  • Posted on November 4th, 2009

    Written by Sarah Blow

    Tags

    awards, glasgow, nominations, Northwest Development Agency, NWDA, NWWEF, OWA, Rosalind Franklin, Royal Society, Women in Business

    It’s the Awards Nomination Season!

    For some reason at this time of the year there are fair few Tech, Science and Engineering based Awards Nominations calls.  This year is no different to any other.  In the past week I’ve been contacted by couple of different organizations requesting I forward the information on and let people know about it.  Since these [...]

  • Posted on July 20th, 2009

    Written by Improbulus

    Tags

    code, Education, geek, girl, IT, learning, Video

    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 Orange [...]

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