Comments on: Worth Blogging About! Suggested Subjects for Ada Lovelace Day http://anitaborg.org/news/archive/worth-blogging-about-on-ada-lovelace-day/ Connecting Women and Technology Fri, 18 May 2012 22:17:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: BJ Wishinsky http://anitaborg.org/news/archive/worth-blogging-about-on-ada-lovelace-day/comment-page-1/#comment-36 BJ Wishinsky Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:30:13 +0000 http://69.55.229.28/news/archive/worth-blogging-about-on-ada-lovelace-day/#comment-36 Wonderful suggestion! Mary Lou Jepsen was a keynote speaker at last year's Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing (see http://gracehopper.org/2008/conference/keynote-speakers/). She is an inspirational example of a woman making important technical contributions while working to make the world a better place. As Ada Lovelace Day draws closer I've been thinking about more role models who will make great blogging subjects on March 24. There are mentors, teachers, volunteers, and other technical women every day who are doing outstanding work or who are making time to support their sisters. Think about the technical women you admire, then take the pledge at http://www.pledgebank.com/AdaLovelaceDay Wonderful suggestion! Mary Lou Jepsen was a keynote speaker at last year’s Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing (see http://gracehopper.org/2008/conference/keynote-speakers/). She is an inspirational example of a woman making important technical contributions while working to make the world a better place.

As Ada Lovelace Day draws closer I’ve been thinking about more role models who will make great blogging subjects on March 24. There are mentors, teachers, volunteers, and other technical women every day who are doing outstanding work or who are making time to support their sisters. Think about the technical women you admire, then take the pledge at http://www.pledgebank.com/AdaLovelaceDay

]]> By: Ada Lovelace Info http://anitaborg.org/news/archive/worth-blogging-about-on-ada-lovelace-day/comment-page-1/#comment-34 Ada Lovelace Info Thu, 19 Mar 2009 11:29:53 +0000 http://69.55.229.28/news/archive/worth-blogging-about-on-ada-lovelace-day/#comment-34 I think Mary Lou Jepsen Founder and chief technology officer of One Laptop Per Child (OLPC), could be another good woman to be blogged about. I think Mary Lou Jepsen Founder and chief technology officer of One Laptop Per Child (OLPC), could be another good woman to be blogged about.

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