shameless plug...you can include me... Avis Mulhall, Co-Founder, www.mmmule.com (online community bringing locals & travellers together, launching July), http://twitter.com/#!/avismulhall
On May 3, 6:58 am, Matthew Ho <matt.h...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hey Kate & others, > > I read this blog by Jean Hsu, she used to work at Google which I found > via Hacker News. She wrote a post the other day about females in > computing and how she got into it. > > http://www.jeanhsu.com/2011/05/01/i-learned-to-program/ > > Two interesting comments on her post: > > 1. Most female contributors' experiences were very different, and > seemed to be mostly about learning to program in a high school or > college class or getting introduced to programming through another > interest (design, biology, music, etc). > > 2. At the same time, I can't help but think of the many women who fell > through the cracks (what the book refers to as the "leaky pipeline") > because they felt like they didn't have enough experience, and > couldn't catch up with their mostly male peers (of course, this > probably applies to many men without previous programming experience > as well). > > She also references this book called "Unlocking the clubhouse: Women > in computing" which might be relevant to you. > > http://www.amazon.com/Unlocking-Clubhouse-Computing-Jane-Margolis/dp/... > > On May 2, 5:45 pm, Tagmotion <tagmot...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Two more (who presented at last year's Sydney Bloggers' Festival): > > 1. Jackie Maxted - Beauty Heaven > > 2. Juliet Potter - Auto Chic -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. Guidelines on discussion: http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia/msg/351e183e1303508d?hl=en%3Fhl%3Den No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself. To post to this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en
