Ada Lovelace Day is an international celebration of the achievements of women in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM). Ada Lovelace Day was founded in 2009 by Suw Charman-Anderson, and part of her reason for doing this was a worry that women in tech were invisible. The idea was a positive one - rather than highlighting the problem, ( Read more... )

Today is Ada Lovelace Day and this means this year it's on my birthday. Ada Lovelace Day besides reminding people of her achievements is also about the achievements of all women in STEM, both historic and modern. She was the first programmer but many don't think of There are many events that are happening today but the one that I like the most is ( Read more... )

I got my copy of The Apocalypse Ocean. I got it for supporting it on Kickstarter and it's signed by Tobias Buckell. I could write down what dedication I want on the address submission page. It's funny how much more personal it feels when it's in Polish. I didn't even touch the book so it can be preserved in pristine condition. I have the e-book ( Read more... )

Today is Ada Lovelace Day - a day to celebrate women in science. I was growing up in country which most famous scientist was Maria Skłodowska-Curie and I always wanted to be scientist. I admire women like her - she wanted to study physics so badly nothing could stop her. She couldn't do it in Russia (Poland didn't existed back then for a while) as ( Read more... )