Comments on: Ada Lovelace: First Programmer or Harbinger of Doom? http://xhipi.com/2009/03/ada-lovelace-first-programmer-or-harbinger-of-doom/ eXperience, Human Interaction, & Process Improvement Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:09:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Whitney Hess http://xhipi.com/2009/03/ada-lovelace-first-programmer-or-harbinger-of-doom/comment-page-1/#comment-89 Whitney Hess Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:18:05 +0000 http://xhipi.com/?p=123#comment-89 Matthew, thank you so much for including me among these amazing women. If you were a woman, I would include you in my Ada Lovelace list. P.S. I love your comment form! Matthew, thank you so much for including me among these amazing women. If you were a woman, I would include you in my Ada Lovelace list.

P.S. I love your comment form!

]]> By: Dana Chisnell http://xhipi.com/2009/03/ada-lovelace-first-programmer-or-harbinger-of-doom/comment-page-1/#comment-87 Dana Chisnell Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:44:04 +0000 http://xhipi.com/?p=123#comment-87 Ada, oh, dear Ada, you knew not what the future would bring. Brilliant mathematician though you were, your gift was not enough to predict how difficult your hobby would make doing essential things like getting proper health care and voting. I am a woman who does research to inform the design of information technology products. As a woman who kicks ass in tech (thanks, Matthew!), I sincerely hope to work myself out of a job remedying usability problems so I can move on to help teams use tech to make the world a better place. Ada, oh, dear Ada, you knew not what the future would bring. Brilliant mathematician though you were, your gift was not enough to predict how difficult your hobby would make doing essential things like getting proper health care and voting.

I am a woman who does research to inform the design of information technology products. As a woman who kicks ass in tech (thanks, Matthew!), I sincerely hope to work myself out of a job remedying usability problems so I can move on to help teams use tech to make the world a better place.

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