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My Twin Sister

Today is Ada Lovelace Day, an event initiated by Suw Charman-Anderson, and at the point of writing this, AdaLovelaceDay have 1776 bloggers who have signed up to blog, today, about women excelling in technology in whatever form we choose.

As this is a general topic that crop up on most conferences (where are the girls?) combined with the fact I have worked with so many great and awesome female developers, I figured I should contribute as well, by highlighting that there indeed are many great girls out there who rarely get into the limelight or steal the honour from the boys. In fact, I even struggle to think of any of the tech girls I have worked with who also bang their own drum, or who…

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Excellence - Teamwork or flying solo?

Have you, in your life, been part of something truly excellent, created, at least partially, by you? Something that made you think afterwards: -"How on earth did I pull that off?" or -"I had no idea I was capable of that…"? Think carefully, as this doesn't have to be work related, it can be your first-born child, the first time you won a major sports event or when you pulled off that solo during a live concert in front of 3000 people. Chances are you have had that feeling at some point.

Now, if you think back to that event, that thing (whatever it was, unless winning on the lottery): did you really pull it off all by yourself? Again, chances are you had help (particularly if you were thinking about your kids), or that you were part of a team that "made magic" just by working together, be it by parents, partners, team members, coaches or managers.

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Have been trying out XBMC media center and is massively impressed!! http://ow.ly/gtDZ #
Hunting snails in garden. Salt, flash light and a bucket of water. Amazing I haven't had to explain my activities to the police just yet. #
China's Web filter delay celebrated: http://ow.ly/gjrw #
Almost headbanged myself into garden from living room (admittedly not too far). I give you Grace (LOG): http://ow.ly/giB7 #
Matjessill, potatis, gräddfil, gräslök, knäckebröd med stark ost, öl. :) #

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