I struggled with who to write about ever since I signed up for this pledge. Knowing how noteworthy and valuable this series would be, I had to get it right. Thanks to my addiction to political news and Rachel Maddow, I found Adria Richards. She is now known for exposing lax or non-existent security on Norm Coleman’s website (R: Minnesota senate candidate) leaving over 50,000 donor credit cards vulnerable to fraud and theft. Ms. Richards is an independent woman in technology, young, with vision and a political bent…for this post, she is perfect! Check out more about Adria on her site: But You’re a Girl.Com (I love that site name.)
Quoting directly from her About Me page: “Women often get the short end of the stick when it comes to technology. People’s perceptions of what she’s capable of and interested in affect her opportunities and earnings. I know I’m not the only female in technology who is sick of pink laptops and rhinestone cell phones. I’m going to blog about things I enjoy in the technology world and gripe about the frustrating things in a constructive way.”
And:
I could not be more proud to be a working woman in this time and place right now. People like Adria Richards with her focus, determination, courage and brilliance inspire me to do more, be more, reach for more. I love that she has a running list of goals on her web site. And she’s crossing them off one by one. Her sharp and gentle savvy are a breath of fresh air. It is my honor to share with you this Woman in Technology: Ms. Adria Richards.
Photo & Video courtesy of Ms. Adria Richards website.
AND:
* http://findingada.com
* http://www.pledgebank.com/AdaLovelaceDay
* http://twitter.com/FindingAda
* http://groups.yahoo.com/group/findingada
* http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=47550446005
Wow. One degree of seperation from Rachel Maddow…just like that. What a world!
Seems a lot of intelligent, forward thinking women are all swimming in the same cyber sea (the Adria-tic?) at the very same moment. Hmm…Water, fluidity, waves of change, the small wave advancing and promoting the larger…The extended dive into the cyber oceans to glean bits of truth and bright treasure…Ms. Richards’ harvest of documents that just happen to be floating around, and then the full story brought up to the surface for all to see on national tv. A nice piece of work by Adria Richards, and Ms. Maddow. And you.
So one feels compelled to ask: what kind of wine does Rachel Maddow enjoy ?
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You are so interesting! I don’t suppose I’ve truly
read anything like this before. So nice to find somebody with some genuine thoughts on this subject.
Really.. thank you for starting this up. This website is one thing that is required
on the internet, someone with some originality!