Women in IT resources

17 01 2010

Women in IT Resources:
Compiled by Marilyn Drury, University of Northern Iowa

Books:
C. Skelton, B. Francis, & L. Smulyan (Eds.), 2006. The SAGE handbook of gender and education. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications.

P. T. Mitchell (Ed.), 1993. Cracking the wall: Women in higher education administration. Washington, D.C.: The College and University Personnel Association.

J. M Cohoon & W. Aspray (Eds.), 2006. Women and Information Technology: Research on Underrepresentation. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press.

Chliwniak, L. (1997). Higher education leadership: Analyzing the gender gap. ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Report, 25(4). Washington, D. C.: The George Washington University.

Eagly, A. H., & Carli, L. L. (2007). Through the labyrinth: The truth about how women become leaders. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press.

M. F. Fox, D. G. Johnson, and S. V. Rosser (Eds.), 2006. Women, gender, and technology. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press.

Articles/Reports:
Harris, K., Morello, D., Raskino, M. (2007, March 20). Women and men in IT: Breaking through sexual stereotypes. Research Report ID #: G00146320. Retrieved June 9, 2008, from the Gartner, Inc. site, http://www.gartner.com

Web Resources:
Catalyst: Many resources on women in leadership positions, http://www.catalyst.org/
Anita Borg Institute: Women and technology research and initiatives, http://www.anitaborg.org
NCWIT homepage: http://www.ncwit.org/
More resources: http://www.ncwit.org/resources.res.reports.html
Educational Women in IT Group: http://www.educause.edu/Resources/Browse/WomeninIT/34648





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My favorite is this one:





Google’s journey of 11 years in 2 minutes

29 10 2009

In my opinion, this video goes way too fast. But it’s cool to see all that Google’s done. How can you not like Google? They’ve done so many awesome things!





Fun picture

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I like how it’s made up of all ones and zeros.
HP Picture





Snow Leopard Review

26 09 2009

In case you’re wondering about Apple’s new OS, here’s a Snow Leopard review that’s pretty good:
http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/26/snow-leopard-review/





Best IT Companies to work for

26 09 2009

This site has a cool chart that you can use to pick where you want to live and see what top companies are there. Cool resource.

Top Fortune 500 Companies

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/bestcompanies/2009/

This is the main one I was looking for before: Best 100 IT companies

http://bwnt.businessweek.com/interactive_reports/it100_2009/?chan=magazine+channel_in+depth

Best places to launch a career:

http://bwnt.businessweek.com/interactive_reports/career_launch_2008/index.asp





Things you don’t learn in Business school

26 09 2009

They don’t teach you about the donkey in Business school. But they’re in business.
- Anthony Valentino

Great quote. I love it.





Music Phenomenon: How your brain works

3 08 2009

http://www.boingboing.net/2009/08/01/bobby-mcferrin-hacks.html

This is a short video that shows Bobby McFerrin telling people what note to sing when he jumps to a specific spot. He shows a few notes, and then as he jumps to another spot, people still are able to figure out which note to sing.
Isn’t the brain amazing?





Behind the Scenes: The Ballerina Song

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Jessica Oh, one of my previous housemates, made this video for a class of hers. She interviewed me about a song of mine that I’ve written; The Ballerina Song.
She did a great job! Enjoy!

Final Project-Intro to Photo and Photo Editing from Jessica Oh on Vimeo.