Ada Lovelace Day

As you can see from my blog, I'm pretty new to this blogging thing but I'm willing to give it a go for a good cause....

I've listed Rosalind Franklin as the heroine on the site but its less about her work and more about how she is placed in history and all those women scientists who are out there working as she did and possibly holding that vital key to a seemingly insurmountable problem.

I'm not saying that Watson and Crick were good or bad... thats not what this is about. It is about recognising a new point of view.

Rosalind came from a different angle to try something new and found a new representation that no one had ever thought of before. There was still interpretations to be made and new discoveries to put into place but her work helped others take steps forward sooner.

Aren't these concepts at the heart of all Scientific endeavour? Experimentation, Consultation, Collaboration, Discovery, Innovation.
Aren't these also attributes that all society should celebrate in all fields?

I think Ada Lovelace Day is not so much about the lack of recognition of women in the early days of Science (and even in the present) but more about recognising the contirbution that another pair of eyes, a fresh outlook and something just a little bit different can make to remarkable discoveries.

So lets try and seek out those quiet achievers - male and female (but of course females more!) - who put in their smaller contributions to a wide goal. As a Science Communicator my goal is to see Science appear in the news for more than a 'feel scared' reason and more for a human endevour. As an Australian I would like to see our Innovators, Researchers and Thinkers held in the same adoration as our sporting and reality TV stars. As a Science nut I would like to see more of our communities becoming Science literate.
As a human being I would love to see a world where those discoveries that improve standards of living or environmental protection be available for all human kind.

High ideal I know but everybody's got to have a vision...

Happy Ada Lovelace Day!

My Hobby...

So no comments yet... and probably not a single person has read this...
Now it seems I have to find something that themes my blog... Something I can link to labels that people will search for.

Perhaps I'll talk about photogrpahy... it's a hobby of mine that I hope I can get better at taking as well as editing on the computer. My main subjects are the flowers and birds in my garden. I'm trying to perfect the quick capture with the birds and insects. Sometimes I get it... others I don't and thats the joy of it I suppose.

Coming into Autumn now and I can't wait fr my Camellias and Gardenias to emerge but the Roses are keeping me happy for now.

I'll get some pics posted once I can bear to share them with the world!

Hope I get a reader soon!

It's been a while...

Wow, it's been over 18 months since my first post!

I was so determined to be a regular blogger when I started it but I guess I didn't have an incentive to continue. I think I do now...

I had a revelation today. I thought that I really had nothing to say on blogs but then there are so many people out there blogging about everything from their mundane lives to celebrities almost equally mundane lives... so why shouldn't I share alittle of my thoughts with this immense organism of the internet.

My only goal here is to get my thoughts out of my head and somewhere concrete... perhaps this will crystallise my life. Of course I don't expect to get comments and followers right away but hope they will come and my thoughts will become discussions...

So here goes!