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March 20, 2025 Musings

Trailer: When women were computers

I was invited to give a talk as part of Vox Feminarum’s Women’s Voices History Month and so to have a bit of fun and refresh my memory about the content, I created a trailer for it.

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March 13, 2025 Musings

When one door closes, keep dazzling yourself

Sometimes, life gets tough and our natural joie de vivre fizzles out and we need to light the fire to get ourselves going again. Sometimes people with whom we resonate do it for us but, sometimes we need to do it for ourselves.

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March 1, 2025 Musings

Bacon on Ice-cream: McDonald’s drive-thru AI

One story which stands out in and amongst the hype is, how fast-food chain McDonald’s withdrew its AI from the drive-thru. In this talk I will explore exactly what happened.

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February 26, 2025 Musings

Duolingo Dutch: Ik spreek een beetje Nederland

Here I am, 525 days later faithfully learning Dutch daily, endlessly charmed and fascinated by this language, amazed by how far I have gotten with five minutes a day on an app.

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January 19, 2025 Musings

National Women in Science and Engineering Day #MoveTheDial #WISEDay25

I talk about AI and IT from a women’s perspective as a female computer scientist, explaining how it actually works. And, I like to think in my own small way, that I help women decide for themselves what they think. 

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