Here come Ada Lovelace, Andra Keay, and Prezi.
Ada Lovelace
Introducing her as Lord Byron's daughter and Charles Babbage's wife somehow comes counter-thematic - providing context relative to two men - as she became an international symbol for the achievements of women in technology and science more than 100 years after her death. Her notes on Babbage's Analytical Machine, the first mechanical general-purpose computer from the 1840's, are regarded as the world's first computer program.
That's right, boys, today's IT departments might be packed with men; the first programmer ever was a girl! [The debate about Babbage's contribution to the algorithm left aside.]
Andra Keay - in her own words
"Woman Warrior of the Inner West. Convergent interests in culture, scifi and computers. Excited by Newtown Kids Robot Club and Sydney Trampoline School. Passionate about TED Talks. Punk Feminist Surfie. The Personal is STILL Political."
For those unfamiliar with Sydney - including me - just looked it up in Wikipedia. The Inner West is a general term which is used to describe the metropolitan area directly to the west of the Sydney central business district, New South Wales, Australia.
Prezi
Credit for pointing me to Prezi goes to Rafael Azzati - mentioning Prezi was one of those living-under-a-rock minutes despite all the channels I consume every day.
Prezi takes off where PowerPoint and all other sequential presentation tools leave you alone. I.e. with the information architecture questions:
- Where am I? [Use the circular icon at the bottom right.]
- Where have I been? [Use the back arrow at the bottom left.]
- Where else can I go? [Zoom out - preferably in full screen mode - and click anything.]
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