Rye Senjen
Rye Senjen is a research scientist and worked for many years at the cutting edge of new communications technologies as a research scientist for Telstra's Artificial Intelligence section, focussing on intelligent agents and mobile computing, especially as they relate to the Internet applications. She and Jane Guthrey co-authored The Internet for Women in 1996 as web, email and other communication technologies began their global spread. Rye is now a spokesperson for Friends of the Earth on nanotechnologies.
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Rye Senjen
Jane Guthrey
The first book to be published anywhere in the world to provide women with an introduction to the Internet. The authors explore the role of gender, anonymity, privacy, pornography, harassment and security. It is a straightforward guide to the use of electronic systems, as well as a brief history of women and computers including Ada Lovelace and Grace Hopper. This book is a collector’s item, a book of and for its time.
1996 | ISBN 9781875559527 | Paperback | 242 x 180 mm | 285 pp
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