This document discusses women and technology. It provides statistics showing that while more women are entering STEM fields like computer science, they remain underrepresented. It also profiles some successful women in technology, such as those who helped shape eBay and Six Apart, and discusses how their understanding of users, including women, contributed to the companies' successes. The document also examines the rise of social computing and networking tools and their importance and impact in business.

1. Women and Technology Elizabeth Lane Lawley Director, Lab for Social Computing Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY, USA http://www.it.rit.edu/~ell/

2. Gender Breakdown for IT Workers with College Degrees Source: US Bureau of the Census, Population Survey

4. IT Workforce Statistics (ITAA)

11. Basecamp Project Management

12. Marqui CMS

16. 2004: Year of the Blog

18. Case Study: Robert Scoble

20. Microsoft Employee Weblogs

21. Sun Employee Weblogs

22. Sun President/COO Weblog

23. Six Apart President Weblog

26. Wikipedia Entry for Dubai

27. Editing the Wikipedia

29. LinkedIn Connections

30. Meetup Groups

31. Dodgeball