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Author Topic: Lady Geek -- Helping businesses sell technology to women  (Read 6,076 times)

zridling

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Lady Geek -- Helping businesses sell technology to women
« on: September 29, 2011, 03:44 PM »
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Re: Lady Geek -- Helping businesses sell technology to women
« Reply #1 on: September 30, 2011, 12:16 AM »
Nothing funnier than good satire...
Interviewer: Is there anything you don't like?
Bjarne Stroustrup: Marketing hype as a substitute for technical argument. Thoughtless adherence to dogma. Pride in ignorance.

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Re: Lady Geek -- Helping businesses sell technology to women
« Reply #2 on: September 30, 2011, 12:23 AM »
At first I thought this was one of those sites helping women get involved in technology.

On closer look it seems to be a big advert for a company trying to sell it's services advising companies how to market to women.  :down:

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Re: Lady Geek -- Helping businesses sell technology to women
« Reply #3 on: September 30, 2011, 12:28 AM »
Here's a better link instead by Louis Gray:

Women in Tech and Media
https://plus.google.com/100535338638690515335/posts/AQjL31jgUX8

A thriving online community is the product of the people participating, the content being shared, and the technology that makes it all possible. For me, the active women on Google+, particularly those who live tech and media, play a major role in my stream. I'm happy to share with you a list of active women on Google+ who make tech, talk tech, or live tech.
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Re: Lady Geek -- Helping businesses sell technology to women
« Reply #4 on: September 30, 2011, 12:40 AM »
Cool.

I also like the blog GeekMom.

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Re: Lady Geek -- Helping businesses sell technology to women
« Reply #5 on: September 30, 2011, 02:47 AM »
I think arguably few individuals will have succeeded as well as Steve Shirley in terms of encouraging women to work in IT. I have been a fan of hers since the '70s when I saw how she built up F.I. Group. I think she started by getting contracts for IT work which was assigned to highly skilled solo mothers, so they could work from home (thus tapping into a rich vein of resources and incurring little or no office overhead costs). What an amazingly developmental and beneficial life (for humanity) she has led.
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