#ald13

We bring you interviews from the amazing live event, ALD13, including Suw Charman-Anderson who founded the day, and Fran Scott who ignited rockets into the audience.

Check out some pictures from the event here.

We tell the inspirational stories of some women in science which turned up in some unexpected places, and talk to our special guest Lauren Hoskin who is researching bias in our brains and in the media.

Yesterday was Ada Lovelace Day. Ada's not only the namesake of this site, but she's also (way more importantly) the first person to write a programming language. On paper. Called the "Analytical Engine," Ada and her colleagues mapped out the earliest version of what one day became a computer. 

Ada Lovelace Day is a day to celebrate the achievements of women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. 

The Shine Theory + Ada Lovelace 

The Shine Theory is an idea posited by Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman - in short, if we surround ourselves by smart, successful, fun, crazy cool women, maybe some of that awesome-ness will rub off on us simply by proximity.

Let's make Ada Lovelace Day a year round thing - let's shine like the bright stars we are - and find some brighter stars and befriend them - and all make the world a bit of a better, brighter place.

In an Ada Lovelace Day special, a panel of top experts discuss why the tech industries need more women