August 2012
4 posts
Girls in IT Are Here to Stay
Go ahead and Google Image search “Girls in IT” or “tech girls” and look at what pops up. You have to scroll down a bit before you find pictures of women working with computers (if you find them at all).
Why is this true? Even though women are working in and with technology, why is it so hard for some people to believe that women are working in the field and are here to stay?
Women in tech are...
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A Tale of Two Tragedies: With and Without Social...
Waking up on 9/11 was just like any other day for an elementary school student living in New York City. My mom woke me up, made me breakfast, got me dressed and I was out to door walking to school with my father. It wasn’t until I was sitting in my first-ever computer class that my teacher burst through the door, screamed that a plane hit the World Trade Center, and then started to sob. Not...
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The Importance of Being A Well Rounded...
Everyone working in IT has heard it before: “You’re in the right field.” or “You’re in the right place at the right time, IT is booming.” There’s no doubt that IT is in fact the place to be in today’s world. School of Information Studies Professor Anthony Rotolo recently tweeted: #NewRule: It is no longer acceptable to say, “I’m not a technology person.”
The truth is, you’re a technologist if...
