I went to two tech events this week and I thought you might like to know a little about them. On Monday I attended Think, Drink, Do run by an innovation agency called Paper. The idea is to get together of an evening and do a little of all three. There were three talks to … Continue reading
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Storify of International Women’s Day WomenTechmakers Summit at Google Campus London
I celebrated International Women’s Day by attending a women in technology one-day conference hosted by WomenTechmakers and Google in London. WomenTechmakers and Google partnered to host events all over the world, including one in London. I had some fantastic conversations throughout the day. One of my favourite parts was finding myself suddenly thrown into the … Continue reading
Caitiewrites at Mozfest 2013: a Storify Journey
I was lucky enough to go to Mozilla Festival for the first time over the weekend. I experimented with Storify for the first time also, capturing my notes and photos for the festival here. Here’s a sample of what you can find on my Storify of Mozilla Festival 2013! Much more detail over there, organized … Continue reading
Blog for Little Miss Geek: Humanities Students Make Great Geeks
The lovely folks over at Little Miss Geek, who run an initiative designed to inspire more women and girls to get into technical careers, allowed me to write a post for them on why humanities students make great geeks. Digital technology pervades all aspects of our lives and careers, a trend that looks like it’s … Continue reading
Publication of “Belly Dance Around the World”
I am so pleased and proud to announce that the volume I have been co-editing, Belly Dance Around the World: New Communities, Performance and Identity, has just been published by McFarland press! My parents forwarded this photo of my author copies–they arrived at their house in the US a few days ago, along with a … Continue reading
The Data Dance: Women in Technology, and Information Visualisation
In a move that is known technically as Continuous Professional Development, but which I prefer to call Learning About Some New Stuff I Find Quite Interesting, I recently went on a QlikView Developer course. This is to help me move beyond building pretty (and pretty useful) little objects in the user interface which people see … Continue reading
In a Merry Hour: Caitlin E McDonald 