Re: Ada Lovelace Day - pledge

2009-02-12 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Brenda Wallace [2009.02.12.0241 +0100]: > Someone once said they'd be happy just to find one male geek who sees > a prominent female technologist as their hero/role model > The converse is often true. I never had a single hero or role model to whom I looked up; many people have influ

Re: Ada Lovelace Day - pledge

2009-02-12 Thread Enrico Zini
On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 02:41:32PM +1300, Brenda Wallace wrote: > Someone once said they'd be happy just to find one male geek who sees > a prominent female technologist as their hero/role model I do not recall having had any hero or role model since I got past puberty, but I consider the work of

Re: Ada Lovelace Day - pledge

2009-02-11 Thread Brenda Wallace
Someone once said they'd be happy just to find one male geek who sees a prominent female technologist as their hero/role model The converse is often true. On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 7:38 AM, Penny Leach wrote: > On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 03:29:52PM -0200, Margarita Manterola wrote: >> As Meike said, i

Re: Ada Lovelace Day - pledge

2009-02-11 Thread Penny Leach
On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 03:29:52PM -0200, Margarita Manterola wrote: > As Meike said, it's the only way to use pledgebank. And it sucks, but > I don't know if there's an equivalente system that does the same thing > without forcing such stupid text on you. Yeah I didn't realise that at time of w

Re: Ada Lovelace Day - pledge

2009-02-11 Thread Margarita Manterola
On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 7:31 AM, Penny Leach wrote: > "I will publish a blog post on Tuesday 24th March about a woman in > technology whom I admire but only if 1,000 other people will do the same." > > So what if 1000 other people don't do the same? As Meike said, it's the only way to use pledge

Re: Ada Lovelace Day - pledge

2009-02-11 Thread Meike Reichle
Penny Leach wrote @ 11/02/09 10:31: > On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 10:26:28AM +0100, Anne Ghisla wrote: >> here is a nice initiative: >> http://www.pledgebank.com/AdaLovelaceDay > > Sorry to be the negative voice, but > > I've seen this pledge in other places around the internet and it kind of > c

Re: Ada Lovelace Day - pledge

2009-02-11 Thread Penny Leach
On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 10:26:28AM +0100, Anne Ghisla wrote: > here is a nice initiative: > http://www.pledgebank.com/AdaLovelaceDay Sorry to be the negative voice, but I've seen this pledge in other places around the internet and it kind of confuses me: "I will publish a blog post on Tuesd