[SIGCIS-Members] Women in computing - NPR interviews

[Andrew Russell]

Janet, all - 

I don’t know if Matt Wisnioski is on this list, but his review of Isaacson’s book is in the Washington Post - 

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-innovators-on-the-creation-of-the-digital-revolution-by-walter-isaacson/2014/10/03/cd41676c-37a0-11e4-9c9f-ebb47272e40e_story.html

Cheers,

Andy


On Oct 4, 2014, at 7:42 PM, Janet Abbate <abbate at vt.edu> wrote:

> If anyone's interested, I just did a couple of interviews with NPR reporters on the subject of women in computing. One should air on Monday (Oct 6) during Morning Edition, in a piece by Laura Sydell. (No idea if I'll get more than a soundbite.) The other is part of a podcast by Steve Henn for Planet Money (http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/); not sure when that will be posted. 
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> So, why the interest in this topic all of a sudden? Turns out that Walter Isaacson, who wrote the best-selling bio of Steve Jobs, has a book coming out in a few days called "The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution." I haven't had a chance to see it yet--any SIGCIS folks get an advance copy?--but evidently he devotes some attention to women in computing.  Below is a link to an excerpt that was published in Fortune; the source list at the end shows he is aware of our collective work.
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> http://fortune.com/2014/09/18/walter-isaacson-the-women-of-eniac/
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> On a related note, I see that Kathy Kleiman finally finished her film on the ENIAC women (a few months ago), which had been in the works for years. If anyone has seen that, a review posted to this list would be welcome. 
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