Archive for March, 2010
All About Ada: Cause for Celebration

All About Ada: Cause for Celebration

Posted 24 March 2010 | By Cathy Brooks | Categories: Feminism, Technically Women, Women and conferences | 1 Comment

Generally on Ada Lovelace Day the idea is to pick a woman who inspires you and toss up a blog post extolling her virtues. I’ve done so over on my own blog, but when the Technically Women posse started talking about how to tackle the topic, I opted to scramble up to 30,000 feet and [...]

My inspiration – Marissa Mayer

My inspiration – Marissa Mayer

Posted 24 March 2010 | By Anne K Petterøe | Categories: Technically Women | 1 Comment

I chose to write about Marissa Mayer for Ada Lovelace day 2010.

I have always defined myself as a girl geek, but also a person who enjoys fashion, make up, shoes, bags and everything else which somehow by definition don’t really fit into the tech world which is dominated by suits and ties.
Then Marissa Mayer crossed [...]

The New Face of Geek Chic

The New Face of Geek Chic

Posted 24 March 2010 | By Susan Scrupski | Categories: Technically Women | 2 Comments

I was introduced to Anne Petterøe in 2009 by a fellow Enterprise Irregular (EI) who asked me if I might be able to help her find a place to stay for SXSW here in Austin.  I had already been following Anne on Twitter, but definitely didn’t know her at all.  But, because she hailed from one of [...]