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  • GHC 2012: How to Influence without Authority, and Why It’s Important

    These are some notes and thoughts from one of the sessions that I attended at Grace Hopper this year. Dictionary definition of Influence. – The capacity to have an effect on the character, development, or behavior of someone or something, or the effect itself. Inherently, you don’t need authority to influence. What do you need to…

  • GHC2012: Nora Denzel’s Keynote – Tips for staying in your technical career

    Go and watch her whole keynote speech here. It’s well worth it, and much better than I could ever attempt to summarise! See here for Nora’s bio and some of the quotes from her keynote. Nora’s keynote was funny and inspiring. She’s a great speaker. As well as talking about her own journey she focused…

  • GHC 2012: The Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing 2012

    This years Grace Hopper Celebration of women in computing was held in Baltimore, in the US. I once again got the chance to go and it’s always an amazing event. This year was the biggest ever at nearly 3700 attendees, made up from students, academia, industry and some military. It was a very busy year…

  • San Francisco, California

    After Napa Valley, we headed back to San Francisco here are some of the shots from our adventures.              

  • The Napa Valley, California

    A month ago, my fiancé and I went on holiday to California, to a family wedding in the Napa valley and then to spend time with friends in San Francisco. The wineries were beautiful. Could of happily spent days wandering around the vines and the gardens. Here are a few of the shots that I…

  • Little Miss Geek

    I wanted to share with you a campaign that has been gaining traction in the UK recently. There has been a lot more media coverage of the lack of women in IT due to the launch of a new book. The ladies of Lady Geek have launched a campaign through their social arm to inspire young girls…