Tery Spataro shares her memories of getting online, learning to code, and developing her first corporate website, for Reebok in 1995. She gives praise to the women and men that inspired her, had the patience to teach and believe in her. Among the people she is grateful for helping her along the way is Caroline Kavanagh, Jerry Nevins, Courtney Pulitzer, …
First Memories: Aliza Sherman
Aliza Sherman shares her memories about her first encounters with computers and the Internet including founding Cybergrrl, Inc. and Webgrrls International. Aliza’s first computer was the Amstrad 1640. She pays tribute to Stacy Horn, of ECHONYC.
First memories: Courtney Pulitzer
Courtney Pulitzer remembering the early days of digital, technology and the internet. Courtney talks about getting online, and her first experience coding. She pays tribute to Stacy Horn, ECHONYC and Aliza Sherman.
Aliza Sherman
Why did you first get online? I first used an external modem to connect with a BBS in 1987 on my Amstrad 1640 desktop computer. I had purchased the computer and a dot matrix printer to type out my many stories that I had hand written into spiral notebooks since I was in grade school. I had dreams of publishing …
Inception
The inception of the project began as a problem solving exercise on digital memorials between Aliza Sherman and Tery Spataro. As the conceptualization progressed, both recognized an issue with lack of historical acknowledgement and recognition of women who were responsible for creating purpose and usage of the internet. The solution was a process to leveraging the strength in technology to …