Posted on December 31st, 2009
Written by Sarah Blow
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 September 2nd, 2009
Written by Sara Stephens
Provides an outline of women within the IT sector the reasons for their lack of numbers, if they face any gender related obstacles with conclusions around awareness, communication and confidence issues.
Posted on April 24th, 2009
Written by Nicole Mathison
I am re-publishing the below by kind permission of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP), as it was written for the May issue of their Update magazine.
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Research findings released late last year by the University of Illinois suggest that when conducting cardiopulmonary resuscitation on those who have suffered a cardiac [...]
Posted on February 5th, 2009
Written by Dr Mariann Hardey
We like to bring a range of stories and commentaries to the GG blog. What follows is as much for your stomach as your social network. And could do damage to both…
In the light of Facebook’s fifth birthday (yesterday) have you heard that the ‘King’ of the burger giants has created an application [...]
Posted on August 19th, 2008
Written by Dr Mariann Hardey
Ok, so I am a little late in the day with this post in terms of timing, but last months (how retro2.0 of me) Wired Magazine had an article (and cover) led by Julia Allison.
I’m sorry, Who?
Oh you too. Well Girl Geek’s could there (finally) be a leading lady in technology and with enough [...]
After asking about whether anyone would be interested in sending us some fun gadgets and toys I’ve had a fair few turn up for me! Some geeky, and some just practical!
The one that I’ve been using a lot is this one… the UniRoss battery… And before you ask no I wasn’t using them [...]
Posted on July 28th, 2008
Written by Dr Mariann Hardey
Top of the Girl Geek agenda this Monday morning is the subject of good taste and social network decorum. The week has commenced with a noisy foray of commentary about ‘the shank’ on Facebook. This refers to the not-so-super superpoke, where users can choose to ‘stab’ at oneother as a symbolic poke. The [...]
Posted on April 17th, 2008
Written by Barry Dorrans
It appears my seduction technique is not so far off the mark, with Infosecurity Europe doing their annual poll to see who will give their passwords away.
According to the survey, 45 per cent of women were quite happy to give strangers, posing as market researchers, their email password, in return for a chocolate bar, as [...]
Posted on March 25th, 2008
Written by Dr Mariann Hardey
In the same week as our latest Girl Geek Dinner it seems appropriate to post a little, and lament a lot, about the experience of networking. As frequent readers of this blog know I’m an academic at heart, used to the conference rounds and being able to put yourself ‘out there’, engage with some [...]
Posted on February 19th, 2008
Written by Dr Mariann Hardey
As I have blogged before, mediated social identity raises complex issues. And so it is fitting that I share with you a recent experience that has impacted upon my ability to enjoy the relative freedom of navigating across various digital media (Twitter, Facebook, YouTube to name but few!).
Somewhere between a latent introduction to a [...]
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