Looking for women in tech every March 8

I don’t have to look at my calendar to know that March 8 – also known as International Women’s Day – is approaching. In the days leading to this holiday, I usually get requests from journalists to comment on the position of women in the IT industry. Is the situation improving?

Women · 2 min · Mar 8, 2021

Lights on: 1 week and 3 events that filled me with hope

It’s Sunday. I finally got the chance to sleep in a bit. In just a week, I was lucky to participate in three amazing events that were started up by three amazing tech/startup communities. It’s probably not something that will be heavily featured in the news, what with the game of political throne...

Education Technology Women · 6 min · May 18, 2014

The ABC of promoting your programming workshops in a woman aka human friendly way

You might have noticed that I’m getting increasingly fed up with the lack of women in IT. It’s a fun, exciting, creative and increasingly influential industry, so why does the majority of my half of the population still feel like they don’t belong in this world?

Women Education · 9 min · Aug 10, 2013

Lessons learned from Rails Girls and why we really do need more women in tech

It can be surprisingly easy to not notice things because "that's just the way it is". I have to admit I used to feel that way about the lack of women in tech. Just as a lot of women in the industry, I quickly started to think of myself as on of the guys and not even notice that I'm consistently ...

Women Education Technology · 11 min · Mar 8, 2013

How I found great chocolate in Brussels and glimpsed the flame of hope

I found myself in a bit of an awkward situation when I had to explain to my friends why I would be flying to Brussels this week. Sure, I knew the official answer. I have been selected as one of the 25 members of the "Young Advisors Expert Group on implementation of the Digital Agenda for Europe"...

Women Other · 10 min · Mar 7, 2013

When magic happens at Rails Girls Ljubljana

What happens when you fill 2 classrooms and 1 big conference room at Telekom Slovenije with over 70 girls of all ages, who want to build their own web app, and 30 coaches, experienced web developers? No, it's not a rhetorical question, it's a real challenge!Over a hundred people at the first Rai...

Women Education · 8 min · Dec 17, 2012

Android for girls: a new frontier

According to last year's AdMod Mobile Metrics Report, nearly three quarters of Android users are male. Sure, other tech gadgets and smartphone operating systems do tend to show a slight male bias, but why is the percentage of Android female users so dramatically low? And can anything be done to ...

Technology Women · 9 min · Mar 8, 2011

Celebrating Ada Lovelace Day

If you haven't heard it yet, today is Ada Lovelace Day, "an international day of blogging to draw attention to women excelling in technology". I must confess I haven't heard much about Ada before today, but I have of course heard much more about Charles Babbage, the inventor of the computer she ...

Women · 2 min · Mar 24, 2009