The first computers were women. They were actually called ‘computers’ as programming was traditionally female clerical work – lowly paid
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Fighting, typing, and computing
Little did I know that my journey from secretarial training to computer scientist was the classic one women had been
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The accidental techie (3): Transference California
[ 1) the accidental techie, 2) the uninvited, 3) transference california, 4) flow, 5) shadowing, 6) going inside, 7) lost and found, 8) 20/20 , 9) creating, 10)
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Westworld and the ghosts of AI
Someday, somewhere – anywhere, unfailingly, you’ll find yourself, and that, and only that, can be the happiest or bitterest hour
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Alone Together three years on: Is social media changing us?
You are not alone Oprah Winfrey Alone Together (1) Three years ago, I watched social psychologist Sherry Turkle’s TED talk
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