{"id":3867,"date":"2016-01-06T18:19:49","date_gmt":"2016-01-07T01:19:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cynthiasamuels.com\/blog\/?p=3867"},"modified":"2016-01-06T18:19:49","modified_gmt":"2016-01-07T01:19:49","slug":"the-internet-of-women-1996-but-no-one-would-listen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cynthiasamuels.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/06\/the-internet-of-women-1996-but-no-one-would-listen\/","title":{"rendered":"The Internet of Women: 1996 But No One Would Listen"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Ada<\/a>
Ada Lovelace, Computing Pioneer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Women were always going to thrive on the Internet. \u00a0Connecting, enabling connections among others, sharing information and more importantly, support and wisdom — these are some of the reasons we belonged online from the beginning. \u00a0I knew it as soon as I saw my first browser, Mosaic<\/a> (later Netscape)\u00a0in the early 90s.<\/p>\n

After early obscurity, women have become more and more visible and successful online, not only creating content but entire media operations. Numbered among them were the\u00a0pioneering\u00a0iVillage <\/a>and\u00a0BlogHer <\/a>and agencies like\u00a0Clever Girls<\/a>, Blogalicious<\/a>,\u00a0Women and Work<\/a>, \u00a0Sway Group<\/a>, and\u00a0The Motherhood<\/a>. \u00a0There are plenty more.<\/p>\n

When I saw this story today about the emerging\u00a0Internet of Women<\/a>, led by Cisco’s Monique J. Morrow<\/a>, I’ll admit I got a little sad. I had tried to write a handbook (Internet Bootcamp) for women online in 1996. \u00a0 A friend hooked me up with a celebrity agent I could have never enlisted on my own, and my proposal went to some serious publishers. \u00a0The response – and I wish I still had the precise language, was that the writing was “engaging” but women would never buy such a book. \u00a0I just pulled it to take a look and am posting it here<\/a>. \u00a0See what you think. \u00a0 If nothing else\u00a0it will evoke memories of modems past.<\/p>\n

Here is Morrow’s basic message: (We agree, right?)<\/p>\n

From connected homes and cars to monitoring our health through smart devices, a woman\u2019s view point in this new age of digitization has never been more critical.<\/p>\n

I invite you to follow our publication, the Internet of Women<\/a> and be part of this movement.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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