Anita Borg
Anita Borg
Anita Borgwas an American computer scientist. She founded the Institute for Women and Technologyand the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth17 January 1949
CountryUnited States of America
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Leaders of the future will have to be visionary and be able to bring people in - real communicators. These are things that women bring to leadership and executive positions, and it's going to be incredibly valuable and incredibly in demand.
corporations
Women will change the corporation more than we expect.
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If we want technology to serve society rather than enslave it, we have to build systems accessible to all people - be they male or female, young, old, disabled, computer wizards or technophobes.
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It doesn't help to just get women's opinions and then turn them over to an all-white-male engineering team.
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None of these devices address that women keep track of many people's lives, not just their own.
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The Internet does not have a reputation as being a particularly civilized place.
enables share
The Internet enables us to share the ideas we have without having to create another hierarchy.
women
There is still a perception that the way women are isn't necessarily what you need for the powerhouse start-ups.
women
The stereotypes really play into what kinds of companies women can get funded for.