By Amanda Surya, Manager of YouTube and Commerce Developer
Relations
Google strongly supports diversity and
inclusion in all our communities, including users, employees, and developers. In
that spirit, last week we launched Women
Techmakers (WTM) on Google
Developers Live, bringing visibility to talented women leaders in technology
industries.
The inaugural week of WTM programming told the stories of 6 prominent women in the tech
industry and produced some enlightening conversations. From impromptu in-house product
testing, to how to start a company, to crafting that perfect startup pitch, to visualizing the
presidential election in a new way, to manipulating petabytes of data, our first class of
women techmakers taught us new things technically and professionally.
We hope WTM inspires more women to add their expertise and creativity to the tech community.
As Google+ community member Meghan
Petersposted,
“This is wonderful. What a great series – and very inspiring to see the thread speak up about
so many more amazing women! It's this kind of support from each other that can really help
push more women to the top.” We couldn’t have said it better ourselves. And we’re only
getting started. Read on for video highlights and what’s next for WTM.
Video Highlights
Women Techmakers with JESS3
Visualizing data in new and compelling ways. Check out a visual walkthrough of the 2012
Presidential Election infographics from JESS3.
Women Techmakers with Pixel Qi & One Laptop Per Child
Real-time hardware testing and on-air demos.
Women Techmakers with Startup VC and NewME Accelerator
When startups are angel material & what makes a good pitch.
Didn’t get a chance to tune in live? No worries! You can watch all of the Women
Techmakers episodes right now or any time on our YouTube playlist:
What’s next for WTM?
We’re open for suggestions! Share with +Google Developers and @googledevs who you’d like to see on the
next Women Techmakers series. Use hashtag (#WTM) and +mention your nominations.
Amanda
Surya is Manager of the YouTube and Commerce Developer Relations team at Google. In
her spare time, she likes to blog about time-saving tips and of course watch YouTube
videos.
