I am so very honoured to be part of today celebrating the incredible achievements of Ada Lovelace, who is widely regarded as the first woman programmer (see http://www.agnesscott.edu/lriddle/WOMEN/love.htm). Ada is a fantastic 'tech girl' role model who paved the way for where we are today.
So that means today is also about celebrating women who now study or work in technology careers, women who are innovative, intelligent and chic!
Working in IT (or any similar names) is a great career for women, and one that I feel very lucky to be part of. So I would like to say Happy Ada Day to all of the fabulous women out there who challenge technology and the stereotypes every day to pave the way for the next generation of women!
There are just so many women who inspire me everyday so I send a huge hug out to you all :)
Enjoy, enjoy, enjoy! :) and most of all, be proud!
Jenine
For other bloggers who pledged to blog on this day, see http://ada.pint.org.uk/
Monday, March 23, 2009
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Geek Girl Coffee #1 at Griffith Uni
The first of the Geek Girl Coffees sponsored by Google was held on Friday 6th March at the Griffith Campus Club. It was small, but it was great to meet the girls. To find out about future events, go to: http://sites.google.com/site/girlgeekcoffees/Home
pics are here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/24088643@N00/sets/72157615118377908/
and also posted here: http://sites.google.com/site/girlgeekcoffees/Home/inspirational-women
pics are here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/24088643@N00/sets/72157615118377908/
and also posted here: http://sites.google.com/site/girlgeekcoffees/Home/inspirational-women
Announcing another baby tech girl!
Huge congrats to Sarah on her beautiful daughter born on the 14th Feb (how sweet, a Valentines Baby!)
Jaiden-Lee Afia May weighed 6.5 lb. I dont know where Sarah finds the time but she has created this awesome website to share pics with family and friends: www.jaiden-lee.com
Best wishes to Sarah and Kieran :)
Jaiden-Lee is the 3rd baby born to a tech girl in the past year. Bronwen and Lilah, and Vanessa and Zach are all doing well too, but growing up much too fast! :)
Jaiden-Lee Afia May weighed 6.5 lb. I dont know where Sarah finds the time but she has created this awesome website to share pics with family and friends: www.jaiden-lee.com
Best wishes to Sarah and Kieran :)
Jaiden-Lee is the 3rd baby born to a tech girl in the past year. Bronwen and Lilah, and Vanessa and Zach are all doing well too, but growing up much too fast! :)
Friday, March 6, 2009
Happy Birthday to Tech Girls are Chic!
A huge happy birthday to the Tech girls are chic, not just geek book!
This sunday, International Womens Day (8th March) marks the 1st birthday of the Tech girls book, so happy birthday to all of the book's fabulous authors for helping to make it happen!
To celebrate (and very timely) a podcast about the background of the book has just been published by the Sydney Writers Centre. I did the interview back in September and have been hanging out to hear it, and perfect that it arrived in the inbox today!
You can listen to the podcast or read the transcript at: http://www.sydneywriterscentre.com.au/podcast/jeninebeekhuyzen.htm
Or visit the facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sydney-Writers-Centre/13402093390
I encourage you to blog about the book if you have the means to, or link your facebook page to it, I will be shouting it from the rooftops!
And the book has been picked up by thinkgeek.com who has asked if they can buy the books wholesale to resell them in the US on their very popular website. How could I say no! So it seems we have cracked the boy geek club, they said they loved the concept and would be 'honoured to show it off to as many people as possible!'.
So the book now seems to have a life of its own, and may there be many more birthday celebrations! Congrats to every single tech girl for helping to make it a reality. I cant thank you enough!
Enjoy :)
Jenine
This sunday, International Womens Day (8th March) marks the 1st birthday of the Tech girls book, so happy birthday to all of the book's fabulous authors for helping to make it happen!
To celebrate (and very timely) a podcast about the background of the book has just been published by the Sydney Writers Centre. I did the interview back in September and have been hanging out to hear it, and perfect that it arrived in the inbox today!
You can listen to the podcast or read the transcript at: http://www.sydneywriterscentre.com.au/podcast/jeninebeekhuyzen.htm
Or visit the facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sydney-Writers-Centre/13402093390
I encourage you to blog about the book if you have the means to, or link your facebook page to it, I will be shouting it from the rooftops!
And the book has been picked up by thinkgeek.com who has asked if they can buy the books wholesale to resell them in the US on their very popular website. How could I say no! So it seems we have cracked the boy geek club, they said they loved the concept and would be 'honoured to show it off to as many people as possible!'.
So the book now seems to have a life of its own, and may there be many more birthday celebrations! Congrats to every single tech girl for helping to make it a reality. I cant thank you enough!
Enjoy :)
Jenine
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
the month of February
Lots happening as usual!
* We hosted our 4th Girl Geek Dinner last week which was a great success. See Bronwen's blog for a roundup of the night. Thanks Jess for your great presentation! Book in early for our next GGD5 which is going to allow the girls to battle, on the gaming console that is. Join us at the Microsoft office in the city to show your skills at Guitar Hero, Rock Band and Dance!
* I visited Lourdes Hill College last Wednesday to present about the book. Thanks to the students for their participation and thanks to the student's great IT teacher Robin for organising the visit. It was fun!
* When I went to the Game On Wired Women presentation a few weeks ago, the Courier Mail snapped a pic of my friend Heather and me.
* And lastly, dont forget to celebrate International Womens Day this Sunday the 8th of March. This date also marks the 1st anniversary for the book so please tell us what you think about it. And to celebrate its birthday, IBM just purchased 500 books to distribute to their staff for IWD. How exciting! :)
Happy Birthday Tech Girls!
* We hosted our 4th Girl Geek Dinner last week which was a great success. See Bronwen's blog for a roundup of the night. Thanks Jess for your great presentation! Book in early for our next GGD5 which is going to allow the girls to battle, on the gaming console that is. Join us at the Microsoft office in the city to show your skills at Guitar Hero, Rock Band and Dance!
* I visited Lourdes Hill College last Wednesday to present about the book. Thanks to the students for their participation and thanks to the student's great IT teacher Robin for organising the visit. It was fun!
* When I went to the Game On Wired Women presentation a few weeks ago, the Courier Mail snapped a pic of my friend Heather and me.
* And lastly, dont forget to celebrate International Womens Day this Sunday the 8th of March. This date also marks the 1st anniversary for the book so please tell us what you think about it. And to celebrate its birthday, IBM just purchased 500 books to distribute to their staff for IWD. How exciting! :)
Happy Birthday Tech Girls!
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