Very quick Ada Lovelace Day post
Because I somehow managed to forget that today is Ada Lovelace Day, I don't have a full-on post about a particular woman in technology ready to go. And I couldn't narrow it down to just one. So instead I'm cheating a bit by posting a list of all the women I'd like to write about at greater length if my brain hadn't spaced out this week:
- The female telegraph operators of the 19th and early 20th centuries, who worked (albeit for lower wages than their male counterparts) in one of the first information technology careers open to women.
- The women of Bletchley Park, who helped break the Enigma Code during World War II.
- The various women tech bloggers I read regularly or semi-regularly, including danah
boyd, Caterina Fake,
Annalee Newitz,
Gina Trapani, and the creators of the Geek Feminism Wiki and blog. Also Nora Young, who hosts the always-fascinating Spark radio show (and podcast) on CBC. - All the awesome women I met at THATCamp last summer, and all who'll be attending this summer (with an extra shout-out to my friend Amanda French, who's just accepted a position at the Center for History and New Media as Regional THATCamp Coordinator: congratulations, Amanda!).
- And, because I can't resist talking about knitting at every possible opportunity: Math- and science-inclined fiber artists of all stripes, including all the women working on the KnitML knitting markup language standard.
Happy Ada Lovelace Day, everyone!
How lovely to pop in here straight from the 2D-goggles site of Ada Lovelace and Babbage comic strips and find you’ve Ada-ed as well!
We’re all at it… here’s mine http://thehistoricalhousekeeper.blogspot.com/2010/03/ada-lovelace-day-2010.html
Happy Ada Lovelace Day!
Hooray for everyday math and chemistry and physics!