Ada Lovelace Day

Prior to being introduced to it by way of this blog post, I was completely unaware of Ada Lovelace Day. I know about Ada Lovelace, but the idea of a day devoted to Ada Lovelace and other women in technology and science is new to me, but completely awesome. 

Initially I started thinking about women in traditional science who I learned about in elementary and high school; unfortunately, it seems like women in technology and science are under-represented and those who are noted receive most, if not all, of the attention (Lovelace and Curie specifically). So, I decided to consider women in the more contemporary realm of the web and one of the first women to come to mind was Lifehacker.com founder Gina Trapani. I've read Lifehacker off and on for the past few years and the resource/community she has built is impressive and her efforts are something everyone should aspire to.

Before actually checking Ginatrapani.org, I assumed that Gina was primarly a blogger and focused more on book writing after becoming less involved with Lifehacker.com. However, that's just a small portion of Gina Trapani's contribution to technology. She's also a programmer of several internet tools and is working with a company on a platform that the White House will use to gain insight into what people in various social networks think about policy and other issues.

Check out http://ginatrapani.org/ to see all the other cool stuff she's working on.