Dr. Adrienne Burk convened an amazing conference last month on behalf of the Institute for the Humanities at Simon Fraser University, and I was lucky enough to get a chance to speak on one of the panels. The conference was called Witnessing the World: New Possibilities for Citizenship and Social Change, and while it was an intimate group, there was a wide range of speakers. The day ranged from discussions about the ancient Greeks’ definitions of witnessing all the way to multimedia presentations about citizen journalism as a tool and technique for progressive social change – some day, I’m going to write more about these presentations but the honest truth is that the ideas presented were so complex that I’m still wrapping my head around them.

Happy Ada Lovelace Day!

What? You’ve never heard of her?

Ada Lovelace was born in 1815, and she wrote the world’s first computer programs for the Analytical Machine, a device invented by Charles Babbage.  Women’s contributions to tech aren’t talked about enough - today is aimed at changing that. You can read more about Ada Lovelace Day and its organiser Suw Charman-Anderson, as well as join the challenge yourself here.

To participate, today we’re telling you about a woman who made a huge difference to the way we think about non-profits and the internet.

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