Come and listen to the stories of women in tech and follow the history of Ada Lovelace, one of the first women to ever code.
Check out dontwastemy.energy/2022/05/13/stories-of-women-in-tech
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Today I finally finished 80% of my project. My draft on wordpress is almost done.
All I am missing is:
- Picture Material (Header)
- Interview Chrysa
- Upload Transcripts
- Overview of Ada Lovelaces Biography
While I was searching for a comic for my contribution on dontwastemyenergy I found the comic artist xkcd.
His comics are centered about IT, Nerds and sometimes about more general stuff.
This is the comic that summed up my project perfectly.
Get to know the first female programmer, Ada Lovelace.
Film über Ada Lovelace (srf.ch)
Today I focused on getting my data toghether for publishing it on dontwastemyenergy.
I will make an image collection and list of what I still have to photograph myself (since I have my own photo studio and photograph as a part-time job). In addition I should come up with a solution for the interview transcripts - since the interview is quite long.
Photos I still need:
- Header image
- Pictures of Ada Lovelace
I have recieved some recommendations on where to learn how to code / how to self study during my interviews.
These are a few of their recommendations:
https://code.org/
https://www.wyzant.com/
Interview No1 - with aunt Eileen (the tech savy digital nomad).
I had to cut it into three parts because the file was too big for the horse.
Part 1 - Interview_Eileen_Part_01.mp3 (14,30 mb)
Part 2 - Interview_Eileen_Part_02.mp3 (10,45 mb)
Part 3 - Interview_Eileen_Part_03.mp3 (6,17 mb)
Find the transcript below:
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Today I focused on cutting the audio from the interviews and oh boy! I have more than 1h worth of audio to cut through.
Since I am already aquainted with the audio cutting tool, it is not that much hard work. But listening to my own voice defenitley sucks. I am working with the tool "audacity" - I recommend it to anyone that wants to edit/cut audios.
Title: Women in Tech
[Header Picture] <- I am not sure what to use yet
Introduction:
I wasn't interested in computer science during my education until I started an apprenticeship in a computer science company. It was only during my apprenticeship that I learned that I had a completely wrong image of computer science and that computer science can be so comprehensive and exciting.
During the project work in technology and the environment, I immediately became interested in the topic of computer science, especially women in computer science. During my apprenticeship, I noticed how few women I met, who actually work in that field. My goal with this work is to generate more interest for careers in computer science / tech and break through certain stereotypes.
My family is not new to computer science - many work in computer science professions (my father, 3 of my aunts). Since my father told me a lot of exciting stories about my aunt Eileen, who travels the world as a digital nomad, I immediately decided to interview her and other IT professionals in my family.
On the side, I did my own research by learning about the early female programmers and have conduct a survey to raise awareness of gender specific interest in computer science.
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Status 18.03.2021
Last week on Saturday I was able to interview another one of my aunts and got some really good answers (as well as really sweet career advice). This was the aunt who has more than 3 degrees (one of them being a doctor title). We discussed dropping out of school and how it is never to late to achieve something in life.
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Status 11.03.2022
Today I managed to record the introduction for my podcast! Podcast on Anchor
I started writing "template" for my post on dontwastemyenergy, but it still needs some revision.
Tomorrow I will interview another one of my aunts - I think that I will also ask someone from the old company I worked at.