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Ada Lovelace and Brazil’s female IT pros

Posted on October 7, 2011 by Mark Hillary

When I was studying computer science at college in the UK, one of the things I had to learn was how to write software in the programming language Ada. It’s quite hard compared to languages such as BASIC or C, the languages … Continue reading →

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Taking a vacation in bits

Posted on May 31, 2011 by Mark Hillary

IT industry geeks the world over rejoiced when John Graham-Cumming published his book The Geek Atlas in 2009, a travel guide that brings to life a myriad of places where science, technology, and mathematics is (or was) happening. Next week, the book … Continue reading →

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