Ada Lovelace Day [1] is an international initiative striving to increase content about achievements of women in technology and science, named after the world's first programmer Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace [2] (1815-1852), Lord Byron [3]‘s daughter, also famous as a character in the seminal steampunk [4] novel The Difference Engine [5] by Gibson & Sterling. A pledge drive is currently under way: participants take an obligation to post about geek heroines on their blogs on March 24. More info on Twitter via hashtags #AdaLovelaceDay [6] and #ALD10 [7].
Ada Lovelace Day 2010
· Written by Filip Stojanovski
Categories: Arts & Culture, Digital Activism, History, Literature, Science, Technology, Women & Gender