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Women in Tech – Battling the Bias

Posted on 26th July 2018 by swanny

The ‘ick’ I’ve been running Girls ‘n Gadgets for over nine years now. I’ve always aimed to be a voice within women in tech and make tech fun and understandable. However, it never fails to amaze me how gender biased and narrow minded technology companies and their PR’s can be. Nine years ago, I guess…

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Girl Geek Dinners turns 5 (Guest post by Judith Lewis)

Posted on 12th July 2010 by Guest Post

Have you ever heard of London Girl Geek Dinners?  What started as an organisation of a few passionate women has blossomed into a worldwide network of “dinners” from New Zealand through to Toronto and now the home of that movement is turning 5 years old! London Girl Geek Dinners really does hope to change the…

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G ‘n’ G Women in Tech Week, Cate Sevilla – BitchBuzz.com

Posted on 8th May 2009 by swanny

My name is Cate Sevilla, and I’m the founding editor of BitchBuzz.com, as well as being a freelance writer and professional blogger. I grew up in California and after meeting a rather handsome British Geek on Myspace, I moved over to London in the spring of 2006. After blogging a ridiculous amount about women’s issues…

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G ‘n’ G Women in Tech Week – Diane Perlman, Branding Matters

Posted on 8th May 2009 by swanny

Closet geek and entrepreneur, Diane Perlman has spent time learning and practicing nearly every marketing discipline over her career, both agency and client-side, and the last 12 years focusing mostly on digital and working with tech and telecoms clients.  Diane, now director of ‘virtual agency’ Branding Matters for the past 4 years, provides strategic consulting…

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G ‘n’ G Women in Tech Week – Cat Burton, Mind Candy

Posted on 7th May 2009 by swanny

The Girl Geek and the Monsters I’m sat pondering the life of a London girl geek, cup of tea in hand and admiring a lovely view of the Thames.  It’s hard to believe that just a few years ago I was living in rural Lincolnshire, with big dreams of working in the games industry.  I…

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G’n’G Women in Tech Week – Amanda Lord, Fund it Frog

Posted on 5th May 2009 by swanny

Our very own Leila Gilley interviews Amanda Lord to find out how we can all go shopping in a good cause, and finds that not only is it totally cost free for us to use, but its also a must have shopping tool!

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