[OH-Publicity] Ada Lovelace Day

[Karen Rustad]

Ship it already!

On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 2:04 PM, Asheesh Laroia <asheesh at asheesh.org> wrote:

> Excerpts from Asheesh Laroia's message of Thu Oct 18 16:05:09 -0400 2012:
> > Excerpts from Asheesh Laroia's message of Wed Oct 17 21:54:17 -0400 2012:
> > > Excerpts from Asheesh Laroia's message of Wed Oct 17 11:05:42 -0400
> 2012:
> > > > Every year, one day is "Ada Lovelace Day," where on the web we
> celebrate
> > > > inspirational women in science, technology, engineering, and math.
> > > >
> > > > That day was Tuesday Oct 16 <http://findingada.com/ald-2012/> this
> year,
> > > > which admittedly is yesterday.
> > > >
> > > > I think it's okay if we put up a post on the topic today or
> tomorrow, and
> > > > if people seem to be okay with back-dating it, that'd be fine with
> me.
> > > > (I'm also okay with not backdating it.) We can still celebrate even
> if
> > > > we're a little late to the party.
> > > >
> > > > Given that: Is there a women in science, technology, engineering,
> and/or
> > > > math whose achievements someone on this list personally admires, in
> a way
> > > > that's related to OpenHatch and our mission of growing the diversity
> and
> > > > activity in free, open source software communities?
> > > >
> > > > I'll open the floor until about 3 PM Pacific, and hope that someone
> will
> > > > step up to write about someone! Otherwise I might reply with an idea
> of my
> > > > own, but I'd rather see more posts by others.
> > >
> > > Okay, I'll write up a note about Madeleine Price Ball, about whom you
> > > can all read here: http://www.madprime.org/
> >
> > I present to you a draft:
> >
> > http://htmlpad.org/mad-post/edit
> >
> > http://htmlpad.org/mad-post/
> >
> > Let me know what y'all think! Please feel free to edit the post directly
> > in HTMLpad (preferably, let me know what you did). If you prefer, feel
> > very free to just reply here with feedback.
>
> I added one more thing to the post, which maybe makes it too long, or
> maybe makes it more awesome. I'm going with "more awesome. Fresh review
> requested, if possible.
>
> Unless I hear about some specific fixes to make, I'll push it to the
> blog around 9 PM Eastern today. Thanks everyone for the eyeballs that
> you lend!
>
> -- Asheesh.
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