Because it’s the first self told history of women in technology and women in tech are usually crippled by doubts. Like now.

Arrgghh!

#techcomm #techhistory #womenintech

Maybe 100 times because I’m that excited.

A good day indeed.

In 60 days or so, we get the pieces back for the writers to review to make sure we didn’t mess their piece up. Then some other work by the publisher, and we have a publish date.

Expect the book to release after the new year. Obviously, I’ll announce it when it’s available.

who expected to have a career outside the home as professionals.

As far as I can tell, this is the first living history of that generation. This book is focused on tech comm but the next books will be other professions, with a focus on technology.

Now, the publisher does their stuff and we wait.

first generation of women who expected to join the workforce as professionals for their lives. Which was a complete accident on my part. And an amazing accident.

Expect it to show up for purchase first quarter 2026.

We’re looking for women to tell our stories to capture this history in our own voices.

For more info, including deadlines, go here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

This period is especially interesting because it includes the PC revolution through the dot com boom through the birth of the internet as the everyday world, available on smartphones in nearly every corner of the world. Additionally, the field changed from predominately male to predominately female.

That’s us but we may not travel much at all. Probably not internationally, with a possible exception of Italy this fall. We’re more interested in stockpiling money… it seems smarter.

Yeah. We’re stocking on the things we use all the time or were thinking about and know the tariffs are goi g to increase the price. And then shutting down discretionary spending again.

Updates link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

I (and XML Press) are looking for stories from retired or very close to retirement age women who worked in the technical communication field for the bulk of their careers. For more info, including deadlines, go here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Any help you can give to get the word out helps!

This period is especially interesting because it includes the PC revolution through the dot com boom through the birth of the internet as the everyday world, available on smartphones in nearly every corner of the world. Additionally, the field changed from predominately male to predominately female

Tonight it might rain and the rain may continue thru tomorrow, which is awesome because we’ve had no rain since March or so. Tomorrow, I’ll make some sourdough breads and read. A full day off is a good thing. I need 1 day off every week.

Our babies are good girls. Mine is only 7 and she still goes very fast.

That’s the most beautiful thing of 2024. There you go. Hold on to this for 2025 because we may need this.