Looks like I am not the only one who found this “Top Ten Girl Geeks” on CNET offensive. Well, they at least they included Ada Byron and Grace Hopper, but blew it when they put them alongside Lisa Simpson and Ashley Simpon. As CrunchNotes mentions someone actually took the time to write this and another person edited it.
They should be ashamed.
Including Grace Hopper along the sides of Lisa Simpson is a disgrace and I won’t even start about Paris Hilton. One of the things I am proud of on Channel 9 is our WM_IN (short for Women in Technology series) that highlights talented women at Microsoft. You really need to check out this piece. Charles Torre and Jennifer Ritzinger are the folks who make these interviews happen and today that is definitely something I am truly thankful for.
To truly build software that is global and diverse you need people from all walks of lifes. As a person in the industry and a Dad of two daughters, CNET, you could have done a lot better.
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