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Women in Tech: The World’s first “Personal Computer”
Wilkes attended Wellesley College with dreams of pursuing a law degree, she majored in philosophy and theology; she graduated in 1959. She put her dreams to become a lawyer on hold after feeling discouraged by friends and mentors due to the challenges women faced in the field. Instead, she went on to work as one of the first computer programmers for a few years before finally pursuing law and becoming a lawyer.
Why you should take the Learn WordPress courses
Learn.WordPress.org is a series of free learning courses that teach the basics of setting up WordPress for the first time and useful tips on some of WordPress’s most prominent features.
Women In Tech: What we can learn from Dr. Marsha Rhea Williams by paying it forward
In 1982, Dr. Marsha Rhea Williams became the first black woman to receive a Ph.D. in computer science. Dr. Williams’s legacy is important for several reasons. The first is that Dr. Williams gave hope to others who did not see themselves in the computer science field. Many Black people, women, and Black women saw not only a mirror in her but a mentor as well.
Why is WordPress.com squeezing its free users?
Automattic seems to be stuck between its blogging past and its web-hosting future.
How We Landed on Vue.js for WP Wallet
Picking a JavaScript framework is entering a long-term relationship, complete with future potential and years of baggage. Here’s our journey towards Vue.js.
Put your money where your mouth is: Why we need pay transparency in tech
Why is pay transparency so important in tech specifically? It helps cut back on biases in hiring and pay, it ensures that people are getting paid their worth, and it makes for happier employees.
A pandemic pivot from SaaS to client work to startup
How the pandemic made one business irrelevant and launched a new, scalable opportunity.
Open source isn’t ready for a world at war
After the ‘Russian Z’ debacle, WordPress needs to rewrite its rules.
Women in Tech: Ada Lovelace, the First Computer Programmer
Ada Lovelace was born Augusta Ada Byron on December 10, 1815 in London. She would later in life be a
Women In Tech: Hedy LaMarr—Hollywood Bombshell & Brilliant Inventor
Wi-fi. Bluetooth. GPS. Where would we be without these technologies in today’s world? It may surprise you to know that
