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Ada Lovelace Day

By Elmine Wijnia | Published: March 24, 2010
Today it’s Ada Lovelace Day: Ada Lovelace Day is an international day of blogging to celebrate the achievements of women in technology and science. My blogpost for #ald10 is dedicated to three women that I know well. My colleague Joitske. Joitske has a background in the developing world. She lived in Africa for several years with her family and [...]
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Women ≠ Men (56)

By Elmine Wijnia | Published: January 17, 2010
And nor should they. Trine-Maria linked to a rant by Clay Shirky on male versus female behaviour. He rants about reasons why men are ahead of women in their carreers. He concludes that women are not self-promotional enough, whereas men more easily overstate their capabilities and thus bluff their way into a carreer. Women could do [...]
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