Phew! I almost missed it. It wasn't until dinner tonight that I heard about Ada Lovelace day. I've been heads-down all day working on three different Django projects. Oh, the irony (in the colloquial sense)!
Thanks to everyone who gave shout-outs to all the ladies on their blogs and Twitter and such! Yay! I'm terribly sorry I missed the pledge drive, but I'll participate anyways.
A woman in technology I admire is Marissa Mayer. Sure, it seems kind of easy to pick the most famous female Googler, but I really like the idea of Marissa Mayer. I like to imagine that she's the midwestern frosty blonde evil genius running the whole company and Sergey, Larry and Eric are just her stooges. Of course this isn't entirely true, but it's fun to think about. Besides, I wish I had that job.
On a more serious note, I greatly admire Valerie Aurora, Elaine Wherry, and Lisa Phillips. While they are very different kinds of hackers (Linux kernel, JavaScript, and systems administration), I know them all through the great work they have done for open source software.
Speaking of geekery, forget following me on Twitter - follow me on GitHub!
