Tag Archives: female

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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WEF: End of day report – where are the women?

Posted on April 28, 2011 by Mark Hillary

It’s the end of the second day at the World Economic Forum on Latin America in Rio de Janeiro – though this was the first day that the media were allowed in, so for us it was the end of … Continue reading →

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Dilma: the international woman of Brazil

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Mark Hillary

Carnival is upon us today and Brazil is almost entirely on holiday, unless you happen to be a bus driver who drew the Carnival shift, but how could IT Decisions fail to comment on International Women’s Day?

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