This document discusses the history of women in programming, including Ada Lovelace in the 1800s, the women who programmed ENIAC in 1945, and Radia Perlman who developed the spanning tree protocol in 1985. It notes that women are often early adopters of new technologies like the internet, mobile phones, and social networks. The document argues that programming is not inherently a male domain, as it requires patience and attention to detail, and that the best way to learn programming is to find a project that interests you.

1. Programming in the real world

2. A bit of history...

3. Ada Countess of Lovelace
"enchantress! of numbers"
!
- b. 1815
- algorithm for Bernoulli numbers
!

4. The women of ENIAC
- ENIAC = first digital computer (1945)
- programmed using ~3000 switches

5. Radia Perlman
"the mother of the internet"
!
- spanning tree protocol (1985)

6. 3 reasons

7. You already know how to program
- alarm clock, thermostat, TV

8. "Women lead in tech adoption"
!
- internet usage
- mobile phone usage
- every social network (except LinkedIn)
- e-readers
- health-care devices
- GPS
source: Intel research

9. It's not a guy's thing
- it's a cultural thing
"Programming requires patience and the ability to handle detail.
Women are 'naturals' at programming"

10. It's not a guy's thing

11. It's not a guy's thing
"Men were interested in building, the hardware, doing
the circuits, figuring out the machinery. And women
were very good mathematicians back then."

12. Best way to learn
- find something you like to make
- keep looking for that feeling