Shailja Blog: Ada Lovelace Day

was just brought to my attention by my favourite hipster-geek-programmer, Minjung Kim.

Born in 1815, Ada Lovelace was the first ever computer programmer. She wrote programs for Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine, along with the very first description of a computer and software.

Ada Lovelace Day celebrates women in technology. I've taken the Ada Lovelace Day pledge:

I will publish a blog post on Tuesday 24 March about a woman in technology whom I admire.

Techie women who rock my world:

The above-mentioned Minjung Kim
Ory Okolloh, founder of Ushahidi
My web-angel and hoop mentor, Jan Camp
Everyone I met at the AWID Feminist Tech Exchange in Capetown last November

Thinking about this evokes four hauntingly lovely lines of poetry, by the brilliant Eavan Boland, written for Grace Hopper, another pioneering techie-goddess.

Happy Code Is Poetry (thanks, Minjung!) Day.

3 Comments:

Min Jung said...: Psst. I geek but I don't program! Not one bit! But I do love knowing that the first computer programmer EVAR was a woman and one who grew up as the child from a union of a mathematician and a poet. How marvelous is *THAT* ?; 3/24/2009 8:43 AM
shailja said...: I'm crushed, MJ. I thought you could do EVERYTHING. On a skateboard. Eight months pregnant.

You're still my favourite hipster-geek :-); 3/24/2009 9:00 AM
Min Jung said...: *Giggles* Thanks hon!; 3/24/2009 9:18 AM

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