Ada Lovelace Day
Today is , a global celebration of women in technology, inspired by a woman who many believe was .
The day's by .
See all the Ada Lovelace Day posts , or .
We've picked out a select few to share with you.
First, John (we don't know his second name!) .
On the Radio 4 blog Alexandra Feachem sings the praises of CERN scientist Pippa Wells.
Ex-大象传媒 now-Guardian man , whom he met in 2004. Martin quotes her, with admiration, as saying:
"I think it's very important to get more women into computing. My slogan is: Computing is too important to be left to men."
Emma Wallace, a management consultant, , one time presenter of :
To have a woman, an educated, clever woman show me that being interested in new technology, gadgets and the design of the future was not only alright it was actually something I could do left an immeasurable impression on me.
Former information architect at the 大象传媒 Karen Loasby has dedicated to her Mum:
Mum has been a huge influence on me. She made a technical career seem perfectly normal, and left me rather oblivious to any prejudice. As a result I am a rather poor feminist. I feel rather more constrained by looking much younger than I am, and by being an introvert. I struggle to think of any situations where I have experienced sexism. At least from the men...
The Guardian's Jemima Kiss expresses her admiration of games designer .
's Ian Forrester's
If you're not familiar with the fascinating career of Ada, you can listen to this Radio 4 documentary about her life.
We're big fans of Ada here at the 大象传媒 -- so much so we even have a room named after her (right).
, Dr Sue Black from the University of Westminster will be making an appearance at around 8.20pm tonight on the 大象传媒 News Channel to discuss the day. You can (UK only).
Dave Lee is co-editor, 大象传媒 Internet blog, 大象传媒 Online, 大象传媒 Future Media & Technology.
Comment number 1.
At 24th Mar 2009, Andrew Bowden wrote:Eagle eyed people might spot that the name on the room sign actually says "Ava Lovelace"
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Comment number 2.
At 24th Mar 2009, Nick Reynolds wrote:The picture is a big old. We couldn't find a better one.
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Comment number 3.
At 24th Mar 2009, Hymagumba wrote:off topic I know but there hasn't been an "interesting stuff" post for a day or two, sorry :(
are you aware the "explore" button on this page is showing its :hover text with a blue background but black text instead of white in firefox?
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At 24th Mar 2009, Englishman21c wrote:May I cast my vote for Dame Stephanie Shirley, founder of F International.
As someone who fell over (or rather inside) a computer in 1964 she shone out as a beacon to attract females into the Arran sweater and sandal world of DP (as it then was. (Or even EDP if you needed a TLA.)) in the 60's.
Note the nested parentheses!
More power to all their attractive pointy elbows!!
Cheers
Englishman 21C
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At 25th Mar 2009, generalparesis wrote:Hedy Lamarr was one of the most popular Hollywood actresses of the 1930s and 40s. But she also played a part in making today鈥檚 digital mobile phone calls harder to intercept and monitor.
Away from the MGM studios, Lamarr (a.k.a. Hedwig Keisler Markey) worked in the field of radio physics during the Second World War, and (with her close friend, musician George Antheil) basically invented the 鈥渟pread spectrum鈥 technique of radio communications 鈥 the transmission of a radio signal in a complex pattern, which reduces the chances of a signal being intercepted or the location of its transmitter identified.
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