24th March has been declared Ada Lovelace day (twitter), a blogospheric event to draw attention to groundbreaking work being done by women in technology, in homage to Babbage's undersung partner (though it must be said she has become a cause celebre in recent years). I've committed to writing something for it, which only seems fitting after the heavy influence that Sadie Plant's techno-feminist tome Zeroes and Ones had on Subtext. Many thrilling possibilities, and a good motivation to write.