We need your ideas for geeky symbols for our t-shirt! The graphic will be of a large image made-up of lots of smaller icons. This links to an example of the type of piece we are creating. Please send us your ideas for generic Geeky symbols we should include or if you have any particularly… Continue reading »
Jul
19
Save the Date Jan 29-31 – She's Geeky Bay Area
Save the DATE! – Friday January 29th to Sunday January 31st. We will be back at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View. We are working on getting early registration up (you can add your e-mail in the side bar if you want to be notified when it opens). We are working to find venues… Continue reading »
Jul
18
Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing Conference 2009
In 1994 Dr Anita Borg and Dr Telle Whitney co-founded the Grace Hopper Celebration (GHC) of Women in Computing Conference. They have since had eight conferences with more than 7400 attendees and over 1000 scholarships awarded to students. Together with Association on Computing Machinery (ACM) these conferences “offer opportunities for mentoring, motivation, networking, technical and… Continue reading »
Jul
16
Inspiration from Women of Vision 2009 Keynote Speaker Padmasree Warrior
On April 30, 2009 the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology honored three influential women who have made significant contributions to technology with their Women of Vision award. The recipients were: · Innovation Award: Yuqing Gao, Senior Manager, IBM Research, IBM · Social Impact Award: Jan Cuny, Program Director, National Science Foundation · Leadership… Continue reading »
Jul
08
Her Code: Engendering Change in Silicon Valley report and video launched
Pascale Dianie from Orange Labs hosted a great event yesterday evening to launch Her Code: Engendering Change in Silicon Valley a video and published report about women in technology. I annouced to the crowd gathered that we have a tenative date for the next Bay Area She’s Geeky for the last weekend of January and… Continue reading »