Dugie sent me a mailshot from O’Reilly which led me to their Women in Technology page (I totally love the logo, love the strapline Tatiana).
“O’Reilly Media aims to celebrate and give voice to the real-world experiences and concerns of these female trailblazers by publishing a new online series, “Women in Tech.” The brainchild of Tatiana Apandi, an associate editor at O’Reilly, the series features articles solicited from technology’s female side–and all focused on what it’s like to carve out a career in technology.”
The article by Leslie Hawthorne particularly resonated with me. She talks about social engineering and how it feels to work in such a technical team (how true!), and Nelly (who runs WebGrrls) talks about the insecurities and fear that plague not only women, but men in Technology who struggle to keep up with their peers. Themes that resonate with women around the world as I found out when I did my sessions in Orlando and Auckland earlier this year.
With all of the Women in Technology stuff I do, there’s one theme that comes back to me over and over again.
“Why isn’t there some sort of centralised place for women in Technology to go? A sort of landing place for resources?”
Well, I’ve searched and searched around, both on the web, and on Technorati, to find out if anything like this exists, and drawn a blank. So I’ve created a page of links and resources that I’ve found so far that point to women’s groups around the world.
If you find any site, blog, or group in your area that you think is worth adding to the list, let me know and I’ll add the link to the page.
And Tatiana, if you’d like an international view of Women in Technology, ping me and I’ll put you in contact with other girly geeks around the world…
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