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Fall Quarter Feedback Survey

Posted by: Nancy on: November 24, 2008

Hi all,
The ACMW was very happy to see so many people come to our events this quarter. If you have any feedback or suggestions for future events, please let us know!
Survey: https://catalysttools.washington.edu/webq/survey/nancydo/64974

Chill Session / YouTube Charades / Halloween treats!

Posted by: Nancy on: October 19, 2008

**Note**: Location has changed to Gates Commons
ACMW is holding another chill session on October 30th, 5pm in the Gates Commons (on the 6th floor of the CSE Building). Chill sessions are a fun, informal way of getting people (particularly women) in the CSE department together so that we can all get to know each other.
We’re planning [...]

Where are the famous female programmers?

Posted by: Nancy on: September 30, 2008

http://grok-code.com/37/famous-programmers-from-adleman-to-zimmermann/

Nancy’s Summer

Posted by: Nancy on: September 23, 2008

The bulk of my summer, I was working as a Program Manager intern at RealNetworks (the RealPlayer company). There were two main projects I was working on this summer.
Project #1: Write a functional specification for the Rhapsody client (the application that manages their music subscription service). Though Rhapsody already existed, there was almost no documentation [...]

Series: What have the officers been up to this summer?

Posted by: Nancy on: September 19, 2008

Hello everyone! The officers of UW ACMW have been very busy this summer with travel, school, internships, research opportunities, work, and other activities.
We’d like to share some of our summer experiences with you. Expect some posts from us in next two weeks!

Seattle Girl Geek Dinner #2

Posted by: Nancy on: September 12, 2008

Girl geek dinners are fun events for geeky girls to get together, network, and hear a technical presentation. I went to the second girl geek dinner at Amazon with some of my coworkers last night.
Last night’s presentation was an overview of Amazon Web Services. Frankly, I did not even know that Amazon even had something [...]

Google Chrome

Posted by: Nancy on: September 2, 2008

Everyone is talking about “The Chrome” now.
Naturally, if you don’t know what the Chrome is, you might feel a little left out. But no worries, we are here to fill you in. The chrome is Google’s new web browser that just came out today. See more info here: http://www.google.com/chrome/
Read the comic too! (FYI, it’s good, [...]

A Timeline of Internet Memes

Posted by: Nancy on: August 7, 2008

http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/08/06/lol_its_the_attack_of_the_internet_memes.html.
Enjoy .