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Guest blogger | womenintechnology in the press
Written by Julia Kukiewicz
Last week, a US iPhone app called Girls Around Me was withdrawn from sale after widespread criticism that it was at least ‘creepy’ if not an outright invitation to stalkers.
The row touched on women’s privacy and safety online in several ways that are interesting to any woman who uses a social network and, perhaps, worrying to women to that work in technolo...
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Miscellaneous | Social media | womenintechnology in the press
Doesn’t time fly? Our blog has now been running for a year, so thanks to our loyal readers for coming back and even contributing your own posts! We’ve written about a wide range of topics and we hope you have found them useful, informative, entertaining, or perhaps all three!
To fly the womenintechnology flag, we’re nominating our blog for the first ever Cosmopolitan blog awards – and we...
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Press releases | womenintechnology in the press
We’re excited to tell our readers that I have been named as one of Management Today’s ’35 women under 35’, a list which featured the nation’s top flying young businesswomen. The list is produced annually and has been running for ten years and has even included Stella McCartney, Martha Lane Fox and Rebekah Wade in the past.
It is a great honour to be included on the list, especially as t...
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Women | Women in business | womenintechnology in the press
Here is a post I wrote recently for Computer Weekly’s WITsend blog:
Are women bad networkers?
In my opinion the answer to this question is, of course, no. At womenintechnology we organise lots of networking events which are always very popular. There was a piece in the Times recently entitled ‘why are women such bad networkers?’ that, understandably, grabbed my attention! Its overall message...
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WITsend
Posted by: Maggie Berry 07 December 2009
Women in IT | womenintechnology in the press
Just a quick post to say thank you to the people over at Computer Weekly’s WITsend blog for welcoming me on board as a guest blogger! I’m really looking forward to contributing and engaging with their readers about more women in IT issues. My first post is now up, discussing how I recently signed the ECWT Code of Best Practice for Women in ICT on behalf of womenintechnology, so please have a r...
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womenintechnology in the press
Are you getting bored with the music on your MP3 player? If so, now is the perfect opportunity to download the new podcast by Computing, which features me talking about career development for female IT professionals and the gender pay gap. I give my best advice for women wanting to reach the top in IT and also give my thoughts on what companies can be doing to help reverse the ...
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womenintechnology in the press
Read my advice in the Times today on preparing for your career break: http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/management/article6835763.ece
Some good points to think about for women going on maternity leave, or anyone that’s taking some time out from work.
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Women in IT | womenintechnology in the press
The internet is a wonderful thing – an online presence means that comments you make can reappear years later! And that’s just what has happened to us. The Independent has recently blogged an article that womenintechnology.co.uk contributed to, about acheiving the right balance of women in SET (science, engineering and technology) careers. Have a read here.
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