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> Another "code fore-mother" was Ada Lovelace Speaking of which... today's Google "doodle" is for Ada Lovelace's 197th birthday [cid:[log in to unmask]] http://www.google.com/ -- Michael > -----Original Message----- > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of > Andrew Darby > Sent: Friday, December 07, 2012 10:13 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4lib Chicago 2013 poster > > Another "code fore-mother" was Ada Lovelace (who also had the > distinction of having Lord Byron as a father): > > http://www.computerhistory.org/babbage/adalovelace/ > > I've been doing the CS 101 course from Udacity with my 7 year old son, > where I just recently learned about Ada Lovelace and Grace Hopper. > Grace Hopper was even on Letterman: > > http://www.myvidster.com/video/425708/Grace_Hopper_on_Letterman > > > On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 7:34 AM, Jacobs, Jane W > <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: > > I've been lurking on this thread, but I really like the poster and the > theme it embodies. I think it would also be great to acknowledge our > code fore-mother, Henriette Avram > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henriette_Avram) Unfortunately, a quick > Google didn't spot any photos of her with a mainframe. A more serious > search might turn up something better. > > > -- > Andrew Darby > Head, Web & Emerging Technologies > University of Miami Libraries