in particular the Internet and new media.
is not necessarily a technician. I would
mai potuto mancare un evento così speciale: da
parecchi anni ormai (mi vien da dire "chi me lo ha fatto fare?"
:-)) mi occupo di roba noiosa che ha a che fare con Internet, reti geografiche,
wi-fi, broadband, router Cisco, Linux, web e quant'altro. Alle riunioni di tecnici
ero abituata da tempo, ma gira che ti rigira mi ritrovavo sempre in uno sparuto
gruppo di donne. Devo dire che mi sono sempre divertita tanto, mi sono spesso
sentita supercoccolata dai colleghi uomini, perché unica donna ai corsi
tecnici frequentati e non ho mai sofferto di sensi di inferiorità nei
loro confronti, ma la cosa che mi lascia perplessa è that in Italy women involved in computer science or otherwise, are very few compared to many European countries and USA. I thought that the opportunity offered by the staff of Excite and Dada.net was unique and irreplaceable.
the location chosen for the first meeting of the Italian Geek Girls was the 'EDA near Piola. I do not work so far and I arrived very early appointment: I am greeted by Amanda Lorenzani , exquisitely organized the event, and I intrufulo in a conversation in English between Deirdre Straughan (which following advice to all of us to never be satisfied!), Angelo, and Bernard, boys staff of Excite, which flows immediately after the arrival of Red Sara, in conversation with Italian nuances of German, British and Roman.
Sara's blog a few days before I met him, reading some comments here and there: I discovered a lovely girl with the desire to know as many people as possible and in fact the whole evening was entertained from table to table to distribute business cards fabulous flickr . By then I feel surprised by a call girl and discovers that it is peppermint and thank for being present because, having no photographic reference, I would never have known. Among some familiar faces I encounter in the Milan area Nicole, wife of president of the Italian section of FSF, I know for obvious reasons, and met other dinners geek and nerd : - ) We
tagged with various adhesives prepared ad hoc and then begin to eat. In addition to Nicole, San Francisco American, I find myself at a table with many Italians, a Austric and Tara, NYC American who speaks perfect Italian, impegnata in un interessante progetto per il salvataggio
delle password. Si discute di algoritmi, musica lirica e di quanto siano divertenti
gli italiani per gli stranieri :-)
Ad un certo punto della cena mi vedo sbucare la cuoca e urlo:
Giovanna! ,
realizzando così perché avevo tanto gradito il tortino ai carciofi
e la pasta alla Norma! Mi ha fatto un enorme piacere rivederla dopo tanto tempo
anche se ho potuto scambiare con lei solo poche parole.
La serata è proseguita con il dolce e le foto di alcune
ragazze (tra cui io :-)) che hanno indossato la maglietta degli sponsor.
[Per gentile concessione di Angelo Ovidi, Excite]
The only regret was not being able to talk to most, perhaps a standing buffet would have allowed a greater exchange of views, but hopefully this is not the only meeting of its kind.
Among other things, reading around in various accounts of the evening, I was pleasantly surprised by the words of Luke Sartoni , because they are a little 'things that I think, but such a man is always a certain effect.
... At some point, I was turned on the light bulb. I understand the difference between geek geek women and men: the men show their geek status making embarrassing jokes (many in a row make a pentium microprocessione), they tell about their uselessness new motherboard, they laugh at nothing and normally wear stupid shirts.geek girls have plans, based non-profit organizations, invent new creative uses for LEGO bricks, lead companies and know exactly what they're doing.
This has been my dominant impression and that is why I am increasingly convinced that we need fewer men of power and we need more women in Parliament, the Government and the focal points of the system. I have no idea if the shares rose may be a valuable stimulus to this goal, but if just need a little ', it would just groped this way ...
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