This document summarizes key figures in the history of technology and computing. It discusses how technology is disrupting various industries like media, education, transportation, finance, and payments. New on-demand personal services and democratized content are mentioned. The document ends with three quotes about passion and ideas from Sheryl Sandberg, Marissa Mayer, and Meg Whitman.

1. Dissecting the Tech Industry
Charles Mok
@charlesmok
GirlSpark Camp 2015

3. …the first female computer programmer
Ada Lovelace
(1815-1852)
“The science of operations, as derived from
mathematics more especially, is a science of itself, and
has its own abstract truth and value.”

4. Dr. Grace Hopper
Wrote the first compiler, developed the COBOL
programming language and coined the term “debug”
(1951-2012)

5. Margaret Hamilton
Computer science pioneer and engineer
who took the Apollo XI to the Moon

6. Sally Ride
(1951-2012)

7. dis•rupt
verb dis-ˈrəpt
to cause (something) to be unable to
continue in the normal way :
to interrupt the normal progress or
activity of (something)

8. Technology redefining
products, services and markets

9. media TV REVOLUTION

10. education LEARNING IS FREE:
ANYTHING, ANYTIME, ANYWHERE

11. transport FUTURE OF COMMUTING?
GOGOROUBER
JETME

12. finance INTERNET VS BANKS:
SOCIAL LENDING, CROWDFUNDING…

13. payment WALLETS REIMAGINED:
CONTACTLESS, MOBILE

14. personal “Uber for X”
ON-DEMAND SERVICES

15. personal DEMOCRATIZED CONTENT
GENERATION

17. To end…3 quotes

18. "If you're offered a seat on a rocket ship,
don't ask what seat."

19. Sheryl Sandberg
COO of Facebook

20. “If you can find something that you're
really passionate about, whether you're a
man or a woman comes a lot less into play.
Passion is a gender-neutralizing force."

21. Marissa Mayer
CEO and President of Yahoo

22. “You can kill a man
but you can't kill an idea."

23. Meg Whitman
Chairman, CEO, and President of HP