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Academics and Technology

Despite good intentions, I haven’t yet mentioned Ada Lovelace Day here yet. In honor of her birthday on March 24, bloggers will be posting essays about women in technology who inspired them. Mine is a bit unorthodox, perhaps, but was an easy choice for me, and gave me an excuse to tackle a recent biography that had been on the to-read list for a while. Come back in a few weeks to find out who!

For anyone who likes learning things, I was just pointed to Academic Earth, a collection of video lectures in all disciplines. MIT’s Open Courseware is a similar project, limited to MIT but offering a range of written, video and audio materials.