Geekgirls

Nevyn

Tought this might interest a few ladies here.

http://www.irelandgirlgeekdinners.com

What’s this all about???

Girl Geek Dinners are a chance for ladies in technology to get together, enjoy some nice food and drinks, and have fun meeting other women in their field. In Ireland, we plan to rotate the dinners around the country to give more women a chance to attend and see what it’s all about.

The dinners were started in London a few years ago and have now spread throughout the UK and Europe. You can find more about the international Girl Geek Dinners at http://girlgeekdinners.com. There is a short podcast here about the beginnings of Girl Geek Dinners that gives a good overview of the events.

Events may include speakers and speaking opportunities for those interested. We are actively seeking sponsors for the events as well. If you are interested in getting the chance to speak or interested in being a sponsor for Ireland Girl Geek Dinners, please contact us.


Registration now open for the dublin girl geek dinner
14-Aug-08

Thanks for your interest in the Dublin Ireland Girl Geek Dinner on TUESDAY, AUGUST 26th. The dinner will start at 7:30pm. The location is Herbstreet restaurant on Hanover Quay in Dublin’s South Docklands (near Ely HQ and the Grand Canal Square).

We have tables for 30 booked for our private party. Please register as soon as possible so that we can update the numbers as needed.

Please use the comments form below to register your attendance. If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to e-mail martharo [at] microsoft.com.

(Please note that attendees at this dinner will be paying for their own dinner and drinks. Dinner at Herbstreet is a set three-course meal for €35 per person. You can see their Facebook page here for sample menus if you’re interested: Herbstreet Facebook Page.)

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

it's not sexism when women do it \o/

Dragan

A bit of networking is never a bad thing in fairness.

Reku

|-*SxyDubGrrl93*-| wrote: »

it's not sexism when women do it \o/

lol
So true....


Probably know at least one geek-wannabe (i.e. she's actually a twit but is stuck living in her glory days:rolleyes:) who'd go if she finds out about it.

Engineers don't count as geeks, and we are mindless drones we don't need to network.

All is fair in love and industrial espionage.

Zaph

OK, this thread has gone disturbingly off-topic. Last 3 posts, including my own, deleted for the good of mankind. Or womankind. Or personkind.

Wazdakka

Hmmmm,

Urge to crash dinner rising...

Geek girls are hot

ntlbell

Wazdakka wrote: »

Hmmmm,

Urge to crash dinner rising...

Geek girls are hot

guys can go to

i think there was a few at the first one

Dinxminx

This doesn't sound so much like a geek thing as a nerd thing. I like comic books and BSG. Do I fit in here? Maybe not since I'm technologically retarded...

Though I DID just buy a new camera. It's touchscreen! And pink!

Zaph

You were doing so well until you mentioned it was pink.

ntlbell

Dinxminx wrote: »

This doesn't sound so much like a geek thing as a nerd thing. I like comic books and BSG. Do I fit in here? Maybe not since I'm technologically retarded...

Though I DID just buy a new camera. It's touchscreen! And pink!

it's 2008 geeks/nerds they're all the same!

Black Swan

Will Geekgirls dinner be a free hotspot?

Nevyn

ntlbell wrote: »

it's 2008 geeks/nerds they're all the same!

nope.

Stheno

ntlbell wrote: »

guys can go to

i think there was a few at the first one

Guys can go if they are accompanying a woman

LolaDub

I work in technology but i have little knowledge of geeky stuff and zero interest. Me thinks this is not for me but i'd be interested to hear feedback if anyone does go

nouggatti

nouggatti wrote: »

Guys can go if they are accompanying a woman

Likelihood of a man who describes himself wilfully as a geek knowing a woman he is not blood related to who would accompany him to a dinner? Low...

Quality

Do you have to wear geek clothes to go?

Wazdakka

nouggatti wrote: »

Guys can go if they are accompanying a woman

Anybody looking for a date?

Silverfish

Deleted User wrote: »

Likelihood of a man who describes himself wilfully as a geek knowing a woman he is not blood related to who would accompany him to a dinner? Low...

I think the point is a guy can go if he is accompanying a geeky girl, not geeky guys can go if they can find a girl....

fits

What is a geekgirl anyway?

ntlbell

Thaedydal wrote: »

nope.

Fascinating insight.

Thanks for that. :rolleyes:

ntlbell

Quality wrote: »

Do you have to wear geek clothes to go?

no, but generally you would have to be able to hold a fairly intelligent conversation.

Nevyn

ntlbell wrote: »

Fascinating insight.

Thanks for that. :rolleyes:

You are welcome

WindSock

ntlbell wrote: »

no, but generally you would have to be able to hold a fairly intelligent conversation.

Careful Now.

Ghost Train

Moonbaby wrote: »

Engineers don't count as geeks, and we are mindless drones we don't need to network.

So ye are like the borg?

Stheno

There's another dinner scheduled for Cork on Sept 7th

Registration now open for the Cork girl geek dinner
Thanks for your interest in the Cork Ireland Girl Geek Dinner on SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7th. The dinner will begin at 7:30pm. The location is Proby’s Bistro, and Our Gal Friday in Cork, Sabrina Dent, has kindly coordinated reservations and sorted all the details. Thanks very much, Sabrina.

http://www.probysbistro.net/cork.html

We have a table for 20 booked, so please register as soon as possible so that we can update this as needed.

Please use the comments form below to register your attendance. If you have any questions or comments, please send them to martharo [at] microsoft.com.

(Please note that attendees at this dinner will be paying for their own dinner and drinks. Dinner at Proby’s will be approximately €24 per person, and you can see their web site for sample menus if you’re interested.)

b3t4

I've been to something like this and really enjoyed it.

Working in IT and being female it makes it harder to go along to other 'geek' events as they are dominated hugely by males. I went along to an all male one recently and felt so out of place. Sticking out like a sore thumb isn't my cup of tea. The minute the talk was over I was outa there.

A.

Gauge

Sounds interesting... what do you have to do to qualify as a 'geek girl'?

Edit: b3t4, your post reminded me of being in 1st year of college and trying to join the web society. I enlisted two of my female friends and the three of us went along, to be told 'umm... we've never actually HAD women show up here before.' Needless to say we were treated like intruders into their little boy club for the whole meeting and never went back. No wonder they never get any female members when they act like that!

stovelid

It's obviously a trap set up by loveless male geeks to smoke out hot tech chicks in Dublin and Cork.

Tree

It's geared towards tech heads as opposed to girls in sciences or similarly nerdy fields?

Silverfish

It appears to be geared towards girls who work in the IT /Tech sector.

I could qualify, technically.


Heh, "technically". Crack myself up, I do.

rainbow kirby

That sounds really, really interesting and a decent networking opportunity (always useful for a final year Comp Sci student!) - but I am flat broke at the moment!

Reku

Gauge wrote: »

Sounds interesting... what do you have to do to qualify as a 'geek girl'?

Edit: b3t4, your post reminded me of being in 1st year of college and trying to join the web society. I enlisted two of my female friends and the three of us went along, to be told 'umm... we've never actually HAD women show up here before.' Needless to say we were treated like intruders into their little boy club for the whole meeting and never went back. No wonder they never get any female members when they act like that!

These lads are just idiots.:mad: I've known some girls who'd know WAY more about computers and software than me, did it bother me? Not in the slightest, if nothing else it meant I could talk about nerdy things and not have them roll their eyes, get bored and ask me to go away. Those lads probably just had inadequacy issues IMO.;)

ronbyrne2005

Greek gurls are hot!

dreamr

would the title "geekgirls" include those that lurve graphic novels...??

ntlbell

dreamr wrote: »

would the title "geekgirls" include those that lurve graphic novels...??

animal farm?

hawt.