Appropriate followup to Amazing Grace post yesterday.   An effort in UK to get girls to see the wisdom of geekness.  http://www.guardian.co.uk/teacher-network/2012/jan/19/girls-computing-manchester-geek-girls

The "Amazing Grace" as she was sometimes called.   Grace Hopper, Hopper-ites, moths in computer log as Smithsonian, and role model for women in computing.   A fascinating call for papers "are we there yet" to honor her legacy this October.  Details are at this url  http://www.dailydisruption.com/2012/01/women-in-tech-2012-grace-hopper-celebration-of-women-in-computing-opens-call-for-participation/

Social Networking report - the most popular internet activitiy http://www.techjournalsouth.com/2011/12/its-a-social-world-internet-users-spend-one-of-every-five-minutes-social-networking/

Trends for the cloud in 2012 http://informationweek.com/news/cloud-computing/infrastructure/232301052