Yes I know it was yesterday, but I fell asleep before I could write it.

Some "women in technology" whom I admire:

First a historical figure and one of my personal heroes back when I thought I was going to be a physicist. Lise Meitner worked with Otto Hahn to discover nuclear fission; he got the Nobel, she didn't. An Austrian Jew, she escaped Germany in 1938 and eventually moved to Cambridge.

Julia Riley is a researcher in radio astronomy and a lecturer in physics in Cambridge. I remember her lectures in my second year as utterly inspiring; she also supervised the associated practicals and was friendly and approachable. For a brief period I felt I really understood Fourier transforms, thanks to her.

geekette8 first drew my attention to Ada Lovelace day. She does really clever stuff with embedded software; she's also a working mother like me and I take inspiration from her ability to balance parenthood with pursuing a deeply technical career.

chrysaphi combines an impressive software development CV with a just-completed D.Phil thesis on Armenian history, and some really interesting work on digital humanities.

Finally, in my job I have the privilege of working on a team with 4 other female software developers (and 5 male). They range in age from mid-twenties to early sixties, and they are all talented, committed and hard-working. It is a pleasure to work with them and I admire them all.