Re: [Gendergap] Giving Women the Access Code

2012-04-03 Thread Lennart Guldbrandsson
Yes, a course for very, very unexperienced programers would be great. And just to continue on that thread about pursuing your passion, I trust you have seen Sir Ken Robinson talk at TED? http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html Med vänliga hälsningar,

Re: [Gendergap] Giving Women the Access Code

2012-04-03 Thread Thomas Morton
Tangentially related story: http://raganwald.posterous.com/a-womans-story Tom On 3 April 2012 15:34, Lennart Guldbrandsson l_guldbrands...@hotmail.comwrote: Yes, a course for very, very unexperienced programers would be great. And just to continue on that thread about pursuing your

Re: [Gendergap] Giving Women the Access Code

2012-04-03 Thread Ryan Kaldari
As someone who has worked as a computer programmer for 20 years and took several Calculus classes, I would like to vouch for the fact that in order to have a successful career in computer programming, it is necessary to have at least 4 years of math education - in elementary school. I find it

Re: [Gendergap] Open Street Maps - plenty of strip clubs but...

2012-04-03 Thread aude
On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 10:06 PM, Sarah Stierch sarah.stie...@gmail.comwrote: Hi folks, During the #geowebchat Twitter meeting I met (as close as you can meet someone on Twitter) a woman who is writing her dissertation about Open Street Maps and the representation of women's health and