October 26, 2010: WOW, that’s a lot of traffic today! Thanks for visiting and spreading the word, folks. As far as I can tell, this cartoon is either spreading by email, or was in someone’s (pretty large) email newsletter. Anybody know the source? I’d love to thank them.Oc
October 27, 2010: And the answer’s in. Commenter Patricia Washburn, below, explains the cartoon was posted to Systers, the legendary mailing list for women working on the tech side of computing, started by Anita Borg back in 1994. That couldn’t be more cool!
Happy Ada Lovelace Day, all. May all of our daughters grow up in a world of open doors.
Updated: And here’s the cartoon being drawn:
Updateder: And here’s the four-minute speeded-up version (maybe imagine Benny Hill music in the background):