Ada's List: Archive

Jun 30, 2015518 notes

“A badass bunch of women”: FutureGov helps Ada’s List bring government reformers togetherwearefuturegov.com

Jun 30, 2015

“The logical conclusion seems to be that simply spending money on diversity initiatives meant to attract the attention of non-white, non-male potential hires once their careers are already underway is a bandaid on a larger cultural problem. Considering the magnitude of the problem, it would certainly be nice to see companies that are struggling to hire diverse staffs contribute in some way to early stage education that could help teens connect the phones in their hands to their dreams for the future.”—The 21st century has really not been great for women and minorities in STEM in Buzzfeed

Jun 30, 2015

#diversity #womenintech

We Built a Diversity Dashboard for Buffer; Here’s How You Can, Toooverflow.bufferapp.com

Jun 30, 2015

#womenintech #diversity

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Jun 26, 2015

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It is the responsibility of everyone: teachers and campaigners working tirelessly at the grassroots; politicians pushing for better STEM education and better technology education and skills; the media to track down and give voice to female talent; female entrepreneurs and investors who have to fight even harder to break through and need to make themselves heard; and to the establishment, which has to recognise that diverse businesses make better products, more money and better represent the future of our fabulously talented nation of engineers, designers and technologists.

If not, the only thing the UK will do better than Silicon valley is institutional sexism.

”—So, I’m not the only woman to despair about institutional sexism in tech by Jemima Kiss in the Guardian

Jun 26, 20153 notes

#womenintech

Come one, come all!

TODAY!!

Join Ada’s List for a gov love in – we are hosting GDS and their counterparts from the USA – the USDS and 18f. You could call it a UK – USA govtech smackdown. Or consider it an opportunity to learn from some of the best, funnest, most badass reformers and doers in government on both sides of the Atlantic.

Themes for our conversation: Change at scale – what’s the impact of all of this govtech awesomeness? Institutional Reform – how do (can) you sustainably change government? Why working for gov is awesome and why you should join?

Your speakers:

Hillary Hartley, Deputy Director @ 18f

Lindsey Keighley, Programme Delivery Manager, GOV.UK

Leisa Reichelt, Head of User Research @ GDS

Emma Stace, Head of Agency Transformation, Enabling Strategy @ GDS

Haley van Dyck, Deputy Administrator @ USDS

Our moderators:

Carrie Bishop, Director of FutureGov

Merici Vinton, co-founder of Ada’s List

Homework:

Obama and his geeks

Government as a Platform: the next phase of digital transformation

And our host: FutureGov is a digital and design company for public services. They’ve been making gov better for the past 7 years. And they are hiring.

A few tickets for Ada’s Listers still available here.

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GROWTHVERSE | Marketing Landscapegrowthverse.com

Congrats to member Jenny Karn whose project Growthverse with her company Beutler Ink is live, with Accel Partners!

Jun 19, 20151 note

#brag

BBC develops ‘mind-control TV’ headset for iPlayer app – BBC Newsbbc.co.uk

Congrats to Ada’s Lister Chloe Kirton from This Place whose project was featured by the BBC!

Jun 19, 20151 note

#brag

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Maybe I’m an optimist but I’m convinced things are changing. The change is slow and there’s certainly more to be done but right now, for women who work or want to work in tech, there are more education and support networks than ever before.

Included in this list are think code academies such as Code First Girls, Girls in Tech’s newly launched mentoring scheme, and supportive, diverse community, Ada’s List. And supermodel Karlie Kloss has launched a foundation to get teen girls coding.

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Why aren’t there more women in tech by Sarah Drinkwater in Stylist

Thanks for the mention Sarah!

Jun 19, 20153 notes

#womenintech

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If you see an all-male or all-white or all-anything panel and have the qualifications to contribute, don’t wait for someone to offer you a seat.

Just ask.

”—How to crash an all-male panel, by Lisa Cheng

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“When we do make a noise, stand up for what’s right, have an open conversation about gender balance in science—even if that conversation is conducted as a virtual shouting match—we remind each other of the essential importance of equality. And we move, all of us, in a direction that matters.”—Deborah Blum, who was a co-panellist with Tim Hunt at the conference in Korea, on why it matters that there was a furore in the media, quoted in the Daily Beast

Jun 17, 2015

#womenintech

Lack of women in London’s tech sector ‘disappointing’standard.co.uk

“If you don’t have a diverse team, you are automatically limiting the terrain for creativity. If two people think the same then one of them is irrelevant. Women have a different pool of life experience to draw upon.”—Kat Gordon, at the 3 per cent London conference last week

Jun 16, 20151 note

#women #3percen

Why women should stop caring and say what they think | Advertising news | Campaigncampaignlive.co.uk

Jun 16, 2015

“Get a load of white, middle class, men together they will form a tribe and there will be bias towards other white middle class men. But implicit in that is that there are people in senior positions who, if there was a level playing field, may not be sitting here. People don’t like that.”—Nick Bailey, at the 3 per cent London conference last week, quoted in Campaign

Jun 16, 20151 note

#manbassador

“If women look at an agency and think it has the same crusty model they’ve seen for the last 25 years they’ll think, ‘why the fuck would I go there? It’s going to be awful.’”—Nils Leonard, quoted at the 3 Per Cent Conference London in Campaign

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The Complete Ecosystem Supporting Women-Led Tech Companiesmedium.com

Lots more to add to this from this side of the pond but a good start.

Jun 11, 2015

#womenintech

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