Ada Lovelace – First Female Software Writer
Posted by charles in Careers, Life Stories, People, Women on 27. Mar, 2010 | Comments Off
Ada Lovelace was the daughter of Lord Byron, but made her own name in the world. Her mother provided a very strict upbringing, with a focus on education in mathematics. Ada had an aptitude for applications. When she met Charles Babbage, she realized how her skills could help the man who had designed the first [...]
Apple Mac, PCs and Charles Babbage
Posted by charles in Cities, Entrepreneurs, Inventors, People, Self Development on 23. Dec, 2009 | 4 Comments
It is only 25 years ago that the first Apple Computer went on sale. It came 8 years after Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak sold their first their first computer circuit board. In between, the IBM – PC machine was marketed in 1981. I remember buying a Sinclair ZX81, albeit for my son to use. [...]
