Comments on: Celebrating Ada Lovelace Day – Pattie Maes http://blog.paulwalk.net/2009/03/24/celebrating-ada-lovelace-day-pattie-maes/ Thu, 14 Jan 2010 08:36:39 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Joy Palmer http://blog.paulwalk.net/2009/03/24/celebrating-ada-lovelace-day-pattie-maes/comment-page-1/#comment-387 Joy Palmer Sun, 29 Mar 2009 20:22:40 +0000 http://blog.paulwalk.net/2009/03/24/celebrating-ada-lovelace-day-pattie-maes/#comment-387 Coming to this a tad late, but appreciated this post and certainly agree Maes is worth celebrating. I thought your criteria for selection was interesting too, as I'm so often reflecting lately on how gender operates in our environment. I wonder how the issue of 'public' exposure -- getting yourself known and out there -- is a criteria that automatically privileges men (or masculine modes of discourse). A lot more to say on this one (what's 'masculine' discourse?) but I'll leave it there. A lot to think about and something I am interested in thinking through more. Coming to this a tad late, but appreciated this post and certainly agree Maes is worth celebrating. I thought your criteria for selection was interesting too, as I’m so often reflecting lately on how gender operates in our environment. I wonder how the issue of ‘public’ exposure — getting yourself known and out there — is a criteria that automatically privileges men (or masculine modes of discourse). A lot more to say on this one (what’s ‘masculine’ discourse?) but I’ll leave it there. A lot to think about and something I am interested in thinking through more.

]]> By: paul http://blog.paulwalk.net/2009/03/24/celebrating-ada-lovelace-day-pattie-maes/comment-page-1/#comment-391 paul Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:37:41 +0000 http://blog.paulwalk.net/2009/03/24/celebrating-ada-lovelace-day-pattie-maes/#comment-391 Karyn, I agree about the generosity. I hadn't seen the TED talk - in fact I had no idea what Pattie was doing now until I sat down to write this post. Great to see that she is still doing impressive stuff. Karyn,
I agree about the generosity. I hadn’t seen the TED talk – in fact I had no idea what Pattie was doing now until I sat down to write this post. Great to see that she is still doing impressive stuff.

]]> By: Karyn Romeis http://blog.paulwalk.net/2009/03/24/celebrating-ada-lovelace-day-pattie-maes/comment-page-1/#comment-388 Karyn Romeis Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:44:08 +0000 http://blog.paulwalk.net/2009/03/24/celebrating-ada-lovelace-day-pattie-maes/#comment-388 What a great choice! I hadn't even heard of Maes until recently. Just today I posted a link to her talk at TED on my blog... and that was before I saw your post. What impresses me so much about Maes in the video is that she is so generous with the credit, making sure that her student gets all the applause, and enormously enjoying his standing ovation. Such generosity is sure to bring its own reward. Who wouldn't want to work with such a person? What a great choice! I hadn’t even heard of Maes until recently. Just today I posted a link to her talk at TED on my blog… and that was before I saw your post.

What impresses me so much about Maes in the video is that she is so generous with the credit, making sure that her student gets all the applause, and enormously enjoying his standing ovation. Such generosity is sure to bring its own reward. Who wouldn’t want to work with such a person?

]]> By: paul http://blog.paulwalk.net/2009/03/24/celebrating-ada-lovelace-day-pattie-maes/comment-page-1/#comment-390 paul Tue, 24 Mar 2009 13:26:24 +0000 http://blog.paulwalk.net/2009/03/24/celebrating-ada-lovelace-day-pattie-maes/#comment-390 Thanks Sarah! I enjoyed rediscovering that interview and realising what an impact Pattie's thinking had on my subsequent work. Thanks Sarah! I enjoyed rediscovering that interview and realising what an impact Pattie’s thinking had on my subsequent work.

]]> By: Sarah Currier http://blog.paulwalk.net/2009/03/24/celebrating-ada-lovelace-day-pattie-maes/comment-page-1/#comment-389 Sarah Currier Tue, 24 Mar 2009 12:00:32 +0000 http://blog.paulwalk.net/2009/03/24/celebrating-ada-lovelace-day-pattie-maes/#comment-389 Great post Paul. Thanks for putting so much energy and thought into writing this for Ada Lovelace Day- that's a woman I hadn't heard of. Great post Paul. Thanks for putting so much energy and thought into writing this for Ada Lovelace Day- that’s a woman I hadn’t heard of.

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