Posted on March 10th, 2010
Written by Dr Mariann Hardey
In the wings looms heavily a general election. You hadn’t noticed? So far by the leaders of the political parties there has been limited (success) social media engagement. So Facebook or Twitter; Tory, LibDem or Labour: Which is it to be?
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 26th, 2010
Written by Sarah Blow
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
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 31st, 2010
Written by Sarah Blow
A short while ago I came across a fantastic little tweet courtesy of my lovely followers! It was all about a new board game which I’m hoping to get my hands on to review and see how good it is. In essence it’s a board game that teaches the fundamentals of object orientated programming through [...]
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 November 30th, 2009
Written by Dr Mariann Hardey
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 16th, 2009
Written by Sarah Blow
Some time ago I got sent Mary Kirk’s book Gender and Information Technology. It’s taken me a while to get round to writing about it as it’s quite a thick book and is not exactly what I’d call a light read. The book covers all aspects of women and Information Technology.
I was initially really excited [...]
Posted on September 1st, 2009
Written by Anonymous
I was so aggrieved by the situation presented before me, that I felt compelled to put my experience into words. My thanks go to the Girly Geekdom blog to allow me to write anonymously.
I have worked in the I.T industry for many years, each company brings in new experiences and my employment has always been [...]
Posted on August 14th, 2009
Written by Rebecca Thomson
One of the most common issues for women in technology is the feeling of turning up to a networking event or conference and seeing a sea of white, male faces. It can be intimidating, and it means that the viewpoint of only one social …
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