The Women of Station X in The Bletchley Circle

When we at BCSWomen produced "The Women of Station X" video highlighting the role of women at Bletchley Park several years ago we could only dream of one day watching something like The Bletchley Circle :))) It's like a dream come true! There's a ...

The Trip of a Lifetime!

I'm delighted to have been offered the opportunity to join the Orange Blogger's Tour of Silicon Valley later this month. We will be visiting some very cool tech companies in the Bay Area and asking ourselves the question: "Is there a new wave of i...

My Best Friend H

H has been my best friend for nearly 20 years. In the 1970s we had both been punk-ish, I wish we had known each other then. We would have been dangerous together ;) Until recently H was an IT consultant. Ridiculously clever, funny, sassy, a right ...

Young Rewired State and my brother Stephen

Yesterday, 11th August 2012 was an extremely life affirming and poignant day for me, but it was also tinged with sadness. I spent the day at Young Rewired State 2012 at The Custard Factory in Birmingham judging incredible apps produced in the prev...

UK tech heros and the goto effect

Do you recognise this woman? How about this woman? or this man? How about this man? ;) They are all amazing UK tech heroes. People from the UK who have done amazing things in the technology sector, but do we know about them and their achievements?...

Goto needs you! We Can do IT!

Thanks @Jon_P_Cape for this fab poster We can do IT! :) Over the last few months I've been working with various fab people to get The

Stop Blaming the Women!

BBC Radio Four Woman's Hour this morning had a feature on Women in IT asking why the numbers were so low. Maggie Berry reported on Women in Technology's survey which showed that women will only put themselves forward for jobs if they feel that the...

Nominet internet awards 2012

Last night was fabulous :)) My blog savingbletchleypark.org was nominated and shortlisted for the Nominet internet awards in the charity/non profit category. I got there early, so stood outside in the sunshine watching all the people walking aroun...