Calling all All Women Bloggers - Take the Ada Lovelace Day Pledge

Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace, was born on 10th December 1815, the only child of Lord Byron and his wife, Annabella. Born Augusta Ada Byron, but now known simply as Ada Lovelace, she wrote the world’s first computer programmes for the Analytical Engine, a general-purpose machine that Charles Babbage had invented.

Her historical contributions to thinking about how computational devices could be used are not just significant from a technological point of view, but because they serve as a reminder of the potential waste of talent created by a climate that may often deter women from making the contributions they could make.

This blog describes an initiative that's been set up to promote awareness of great women technologists - by blogging about someone you know about who is one:

http://findingada.com/2009/01/05/ada-lovelace-day/

I've signed the pledge to blog about a female technologist whose work has inspired me and I'd like to invite others to sign up to the pledge too. All the details are in the blog above.

Of course, I guess that it works just as well to Podcast or to speak in public about an inspiring woman in the same way.

Christine Burns