ALD10: Celebrating Suw Charman-Anderson

by Miko Coffey | 24th March 2010

Today is Ada Lovelace Day, and I have joined the pledge to write about a woman in technology whom I admire. Having written about someone whom I have admired from afar last year (Lynda Weinman), this year I decided to write about someone anear (is that a word?) – the woman who started Ada Lovelace [...] Read More

Lynda Weinman is my hero

by Miko Coffey | 24th March 2009

In honour of Ada Lovelace Day, I want to share my admiration and awe for a woman who clearly shares my deepest passions – design, computers, teaching and humour: Lynda Weinman. I first encountered Lynda way back in 1996, when I was learning how to code HTML to create these new-fangled things called web pages. [...] Read More

Celebrating women in technology: Ada Lovelace Day

by Miko Coffey | 30th January 2009

I have just signed up to the Ada Lovelace Day pledge: on March 24, I pledge to write a blog post about a woman in technology. The concept is simple: get as many people as possible to blog about a woman they admire who works in technology; the more, the merrier. The idea was hatched [...] Read More