Comments on: Ada Lovelace Day – Celebrating women in tech

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[...] from: Tech Crunch UK Geek n Rolla, Guardian’s Naomi Alderman’s, Paul Walsh , The Athena Factor by Harvard Business School [...]

By: stephen

stephen — Fri, 29 May 2009 22:40:49 +0000

Hi Simone , congratulations on your sucses, is this rearly the sweet girl i met all those yers ago ?

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By: geekess

geekess — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 03:36:55 +0000

thank you so much for an article on women in tech. I used to hide my gender when I first started out—many years ago

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By: that canadian girl

that canadian girl — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 14:25:24 +0000

Ada Lovelace Day: Make Your Own Path…

Today is Ada Lovelace Day; organised by Suw Charman-Anderson, the day was inspired by her female friends in technology who felt they were “disenfranchised and invisible”. The idea of recognising the women in our lives who inspire, support a…

By: Vero Pepperrell

Vero Pepperrell — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 14:19:36 +0000

Thanks for the mention, Mike, and for including so many great women to your list. If I might add, I wrote about Ada Lovelace day as well, on the 24th, to explain how I feel about this day. As long as the aim is to celebrate the actions of proactive and enterprising women, I'm thrilled. If it's about nattering about the victims that women become when working in tech, then I'm uncomfortable with the purpose of this day. We all need to buckle down and work hard, just like (most) boys do, in order to get recognition.

By: Claire

Claire — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 12:36:10 +0000

Nice initiative! I would add the following two women, who in my mind are as relevant as the given list: Sophia Raw/Java Programmer, Quirk Janine Carpenter/Group COO, Quirk

By: Meriem Aissaoui

Meriem Aissaoui — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 11:53:23 +0000

Great idea Mike and well done for the initiative.

Honoured to be in the company of such fantastic women.

Hats off ladies! keep up the good work!

By: Helen Keegan

Helen Keegan — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 22:02:20 +0000

Thanks for including me Mike! In such fantastic company too.

By: Deirdre Molloy

Deirdre Molloy — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:25:56 +0000

Thanks Mike! Apologies the online community I’m building hasn’t launched quite yet, nearly there though

I’d add Brighton-based Flash accessibility goddess Niqui Merrett who’s also graced SXSW panels and many other conference and event line-ups http://niquimerret.com/

And Laura Jordan-Bambach, group creative director at LBi http://optimistprime.wordpress.com/

By: Simone Brummelhuis

Simone Brummelhuis — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 10:47:25 +0000

Hi, thanks Mike to have included me. We have just published the first part of our database of women investing, leading or founding internet companies (about 300). http://thenextwomen.com/female-internet-heroes/
It’s work in progress, but a good start.

By: Nicola Robinsonova

Nicola Robinsonova — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 09:23:40 +0000

The whole point of Ada Lovelace day is that (according to research) it’s important for women and girls to see examples of women as role models, so the list above is a nice contribution. Thanks.

Hmm, maybe I’ll start using the hashtag #femaleCEO .

By: Yuri Bacas Hosaka

Yuri Bacas Hosaka — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:17:42 +0000

Cheers Mike!

Very honoured to be next to other women I respect
(sorry to sound repetitive, but I share the same feeling than Wendy)

Hopefully we will inspire more women to join us

By: alan p

alan p — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:58:38 +0000

I’d add these women from Tuttle Club who I’ve worked a bit with in the last year or so, they do heavy lifting:

Helen Lawrence (Dare / MeasurementCamp)
Joanne Jacobs (Amplified 09)
Janet Parkinson (COO, Quirk)
Jamilla Knowles (BBC)

And if I had to reach into my Client base, Twitter directory, Conference cards or Linked In network, then far more….

By: Katie Lips

Katie Lips — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:34:27 +0000

Thanks for the mention Mike; great list, great initiative!

By: bena roberts

bena roberts — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:04:42 +0000

Thank-you so much for the mention Mike! I really appreciate it. Bena

By: Falafulu Fisi

Falafulu Fisi — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 11:25:44 +0000

How about the prominent particle physicist Prof. Lisa Randell from Harvard? Prof. Randal was included in the 2007 Time Magazine top 100 most influential people.

By: Kristoffer Lawson

Kristoffer Lawson — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 10:56:41 +0000

Cool article.

I think I’d add Esther Dyson to that list, considering she is with Dopplr, Meetup and several other tech startups (as well as training to be a cosmonaut!).

By: Andraz Tori

Andraz Tori — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 10:30:14 +0000

Mike, the list idea was great!

no more excuses!

I’d add Nicole Simon, great thinker, blogger and speaker from Germany (and a good friend

bye
Andraz Tori

By: Wendy Tan White

Wendy Tan White — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 10:04:18 +0000

Thanks Mike, honoured to be on the list with peers I respect.

Would be good to encourage more girls into tech and the industry. Don’t know if anyone knows of organisations that go into schools/universities to encourage this?

I first came across Ada at uni while studying computer science, but rather isolated with 7 girls on the course out of 120.

By: Elizabeth Varley

Elizabeth Varley — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 09:46:27 +0000

Great list Mike and thanks for the inclusion – I’m in some seriously great company!

By: Zuzanna Pasierbinska-Wilson

Zuzanna Pasierbinska-Wilson — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 08:34:22 +0000

Very honoured indeed! Thank you Mike for your continuous support! With your help, we will get more women into tech and get them adequately recognised.

By: Cate

Cate — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 01:58:09 +0000

Great list, Mike! Thank you so much. Very honored to be on a list with such fantastic women.

By: Elsa

Elsa — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:58:33 +0000

A great list thanks Mike. I think the fact that you don’t recognise those women on the Guardian list just highlights why this is a really good idea.

Also if people are looking for women speakers for events I was recently pointed to http://www.geekspeakr.com/ which is another great initiative to promote women speakers in the tech industry.